80 FR 15200 - FFP Missouri 2, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 55 (March 23, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15200-15201]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06526]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13704-002]


FFP Missouri 2, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License--Existing Dam.
    b. Project No.: 13704-002.
    c. Date filed: November 13, 2013.
    d. Applicant: FFP Missouri 2, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Arkabutla Lake Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) existing Arkabutla Lake Dam, on the 
Coldwater River, near the town of Hernando, in Tate and DeSoto 
Counties, Mississippi. The proposed project would occupy approximately 
48.2 acres of federal land administered by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Rye Development, 745 
Atlantic Avenue, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02111; telephone (617) 804-1326.
    i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards, telephone (202) 502-6181 and email 
[email protected], or Patti Leppert, telephone (202) 502-6034 and 
email [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at 
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your 
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-13704-002.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. The proposed Arkabutla Lake Project would utilize the following 
existing Corps' Arkabutla Lake Dam facilities: (1) A 10,000-foot-long, 
65-foot-high earth fill embankment dam; (2) a reservoir; and (3) outlet 
works consisting of a concrete intake tower, three gated inlets that 
combine to direct flow through a 355-foot-long, 16.0-foot by 18.25-foot 
ovoid concrete outlet conduit, and a stilling basin.
    The proposed Arkabutla Lake Project would consist of the following 
new facilities: (1) A 325-foot-long, 15.5-foot-diameter steel liner 
installed within the existing outlet conduit; (2) a 50-foot-long, 
varying width steel-lined, concrete bifurcation chamber containing two 
hydraulically-operated gates used to control the amount of flow 
diverted from the existing stilling basin to the powerhouse; (3) a 272-
foot-long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstock; (4) a 60-foot wide, 50-
foot-long, 83-foot-high steel and reinforced-concrete forebay housing 
trashracks and a fish bypass gate; (5) an 80-foot-long, 46-foot-wide 
concrete powerhouse containing two vertical Kaplan turbine-generator 
units having a combined installed capacity of 5.1 megawatts; (6) a 200-
foot long, 85-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a 1,574-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt 
(kV) buried cable; (8) a substation; and (9) a 2,712-foot-long, 12.5-kV 
overhead transmission line extending from the substation to a utility-
owned distribution line. The average annual generation would be 19,000 
megawatt-hours.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room, or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field, to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.

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    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS''; (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    n. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
revised hydro licensing schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made 
as appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of recommendations, terms and        May 2015.
 conditions, and prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA................  December 2015.
Comments on Draft EA Due..................  January 2016.
Commission Issues Final EA................  May 2016.
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    o. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the due date for 
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the 
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be 
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the 
initial development application. No competing applications or notices 
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.

    Dated: March 16, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-06526 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
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