80_FR_15255 80 FR 15200 - FFP Missouri 2, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

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)

Page Range15200-15201
FR Document2015-06526

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 55 (Monday, 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]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

[[Page 15201]]

    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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Milestone                           Target date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P



                                                  15200                         Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices

                                                  related to this or other pending projects.              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  The first page of any filing should
                                                  For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or                                                                        include docket number P–13704–002.
                                                  email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for                   Federal Energy Regulatory                                The Commission’s Rules of Practice
                                                  TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also                Commission                                            require all intervenors filing documents
                                                  available for inspection and                            [Project No. 13704–002]                               with the Commission to serve a copy of
                                                  reproduction at the address in item (h)                                                                       that document on each person on the
                                                  above.                                                  FFP Missouri 2, LLC; Notice of                        official service list for the project.
                                                                                                          Application Ready for Environmental                   Further, if an intervenor files comments
                                                     m. Individuals desiring to be included
                                                                                                          Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,                    or documents with the Commission
                                                  on the Commission’s mailing list should                                                                       relating to the merits of an issue that
                                                                                                          Recommendations, Terms and
                                                  so indicate by writing to the Secretary                                                                       may affect the responsibilities of a
                                                                                                          Conditions, and Prescriptions
                                                  of the Commission.                                                                                            particular resource agency, they must
                                                     n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to                    Take notice that the following                     also serve a copy of the document on
                                                  Intervene: Anyone may submit                            hydroelectric application has been filed              that resource agency.
                                                  comments, a protest, or a motion to                     with the Commission and is available                     k. This application has been accepted
                                                  intervene in accordance with the                        for public inspection.                                for filing and is now ready for
                                                                                                             a. Type of Application: Original Major             environmental analysis.
                                                  requirements of Rules of Practice and
                                                                                                          License—Existing Dam.
                                                  Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.                                                                           l. The proposed Arkabutla Lake
                                                                                                             b. Project No.: 13704–002.
                                                  In determining the appropriate action to                   c. Date filed: November 13, 2013.                  Project would utilize the following
                                                  take, the Commission will consider all                     d. Applicant: FFP Missouri 2, LLC.                 existing Corps’ Arkabutla Lake Dam
                                                  protests or other comments filed, but                      e. Name of Project: Arkabutla Lake                 facilities: (1) A 10,000-foot-long, 65-foot-
                                                  only those who file a motion to                         Hydroelectric Project.                                high earth fill embankment dam; (2) a
                                                  intervene in accordance with the                           f. Location: The proposed project                  reservoir; and (3) outlet works
                                                  Commission’s Rules may become a                         would be located at the U.S. Army                     consisting of a concrete intake tower,
                                                  party to the proceeding. Any comments,                  Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) existing                  three gated inlets that combine to direct
                                                  protests, or motions to intervene must                  Arkabutla Lake Dam, on the Coldwater                  flow through a 355-foot-long, 16.0-foot
                                                  be received on or before the specified                  River, near the town of Hernando, in                  by 18.25-foot ovoid concrete outlet
                                                                                                          Tate and DeSoto Counties, Mississippi.                conduit, and a stilling basin.
                                                  comment date for the particular
                                                                                                          The proposed project would occupy                        The proposed Arkabutla Lake Project
                                                  application.
                                                                                                          approximately 48.2 acres of federal land              would consist of the following new
                                                     o. Filing and Service of Responsive                  administered by the Corps.                            facilities: (1) A 325-foot-long, 15.5-foot-
                                                  Documents: All filings must bear in all                    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power                diameter steel liner installed within the
                                                  capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,                 Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).                        existing outlet conduit; (2) a 50-foot-
                                                  ‘‘PROTESTS’’, AND ‘‘MOTIONS TO                             h. Applicant Contact: Ramya                        long, varying width steel-lined, concrete
                                                  INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the                     Swaminathan, Rye Development, 745                     bifurcation chamber containing two
                                                  Docket Number of the particular                         Atlantic Avenue, 8th Floor, Boston, MA                hydraulically-operated gates used to
                                                  application to which the filing refers. A               02111; telephone (617) 804–1326.                      control the amount of flow diverted
                                                  copy of any Motion to Intervene must                       i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards,                   from the existing stilling basin to the
                                                  also be served upon each representative                 telephone (202) 502–6181 and email                    powerhouse; (3) a 272-foot-long, 12-foot-
                                                  of the Applicant specified in the                       jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov, or Patti                     diameter steel penstock; (4) a 60-foot
                                                  particular application.                                 Leppert, telephone (202) 502–6034 and                 wide, 50-foot-long, 83-foot-high steel
                                                                                                          email patricia.leppert@ferc.gov.                      and reinforced-concrete forebay housing
                                                     p. Agency Comments: Federal, state,
                                                                                                             j. Deadline for filing comments,                   trashracks and a fish bypass gate; (5) an
                                                  and local agencies are invited to file                                                                        80-foot-long, 46-foot-wide concrete
                                                                                                          recommendations, terms and
                                                  comments on the described application.                                                                        powerhouse containing two vertical
                                                                                                          conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days
                                                  A copy of the application may be                        from the issuance date of this notice;                Kaplan turbine-generator units having a
                                                  obtained by agencies directly from the                  reply comments are due 105 days from                  combined installed capacity of 5.1
                                                  Applicant. If an agency does not file                   the issuance date of this notice.                     megawatts; (6) a 200-foot long, 85-foot-
                                                  comments within the time specified for                     The Commission strongly encourages                 wide tailrace; (7) a 1,574-foot-long, 4.16-
                                                  filing comments, it will be presumed to                 electronic filing. Please file comments,              kilovolt (kV) buried cable; (8) a
                                                  have no comments. One copy of an                        recommendations, terms and                            substation; and (9) a 2,712-foot-long,
                                                  agency’s comments must also be sent to                  conditions, and prescriptions using the               12.5-kV overhead transmission line
                                                  the Applicant’s representatives.                        Commission’s eFiling system at http://                extending from the substation to a
                                                    Dated: March 16, 2015.                                www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.                 utility-owned distribution line. The
                                                                                                          Commenters can submit brief comments                  average annual generation would be
                                                  Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                                                                          up to 6,000 characters, without prior                 19,000 megawatt-hours.
                                                  Secretary.                                              registration, using the eComment system                  m. A copy of the application is
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–06528 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am]             at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                   available for review at the Commission
                                                  BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  ecomment.asp. You must include your                   in the Public Reference Room, or may be
                                                                                                          name and contact information at the end               viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                                                                          of your comments. For assistance,                     http://www.ferc.gov, using the
                                                                                                          please contact FERC Online Support at                 ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
                                                                                                          FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)                     number, excluding the last three digits
                                                                                                          208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659               in the docket number field, to access the
                                                                                                          (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please           document. For assistance, contact FERC
                                                                                                          send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal              Online Support. A copy is available for
                                                                                                          Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                     inspection and reproduction at the
                                                                                                          First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.               address in item h above.


                                             VerDate Sep<11>2014   16:51 Mar 20, 2015   Jkt 235001   PO 00000   Frm 00015   Fmt 4703   Sfmt 4703   E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM   23MRN1


                                                                                Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices                                                  15201

                                                     Register online at http://                           DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  and interested agencies on the project.
                                                  www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                                                                                     Your input will help the Commission
                                                  esubscription.asp to be notified via                    Federal Energy Regulatory                             staff determine what issues they need to
                                                  email of new filings and issuances                      Commission                                            evaluate in the EA. Please note that the
                                                  related to this or other pending projects.              [Docket No. ER15–402–001; Docket No.                  scoping period will close on April 17,
                                                  For assistance, contact FERC Online                     ER15–817–000; Docket No. ER15–861–000]                2015.
                                                  Support.                                                                                                        You may submit comments in written
                                                                                                          California Independent System                         form or verbally. Further details on how
                                                     All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital
                                                                                                          Operator Corporation; Notice of FERC                  to submit written comments are in the
                                                  letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY
                                                                                                          Staff Attendance                                      Public Participation section of this
                                                  COMMENTS,’’
                                                                                                                                                                notice. If you sent comments on this
                                                  ‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS                               The Federal Energy Regulatory                      project to the Commission before the
                                                  AND CONDITIONS,’’ or                                    Commission (Commission) hereby gives                  opening of this docket on December 30,
                                                  ‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS’’; (2) set forth in the                 notice that on March 18, 2015 members                 2014, you will need to file those
                                                  heading the name of the applicant and                   of its staff will attend the California               comments in Docket No. PF15–9–000 to
                                                  the project number of the application to                Independent System Operator’s (CAISO)                 ensure they are considered as part of
                                                  which the filing responds; (3) furnish                  Market Performance and Planning                       this proceeding. In lieu of or in addition
                                                  the name, address, and telephone                        Forum. The agenda and other                           to sending written comments, the
                                                  number of the person submitting the                     documents for the meeting are available               Commission invites you to attend the
                                                  filing; and (4) otherwise comply with                   on CAISO’s Web site, www.caiso.com.                   public scoping meeting scheduled as
                                                  the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001                        Sponsored by CAISO, the meeting is                 follows:
                                                  through 385.2005. All comments,                         open to all market participants and
                                                  recommendations, terms and conditions                   staff’s attendance is part of the                      Date and time              Location
                                                  or prescriptions must set forth their                   Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts.
                                                  evidentiary basis and otherwise comply                  The meeting may discuss matters at                    April 7, 2015,    James F. Baugher Elemen-
                                                  with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).                issue in the above captioned dockets.                   6:00 p.m.         tary School, All Purpose
                                                  Agencies may obtain copies of the                          For further information, contact Saeed               (Eastern          Room, 60 Brenda
                                                  application directly from the applicant.                Farrokhpay at saeed.farrokhpay@                         Time).            Rovenolt Circle, Milton, PA
                                                                                                                                                                                    17847.
                                                  Each filing must be accompanied by                      ferc.gov (916) 294–0322.
                                                  proof of service on all persons listed on                 Dated: March 16, 2015.                                This notice is being sent to the
                                                  the service list prepared by the                        Kimberly D. Bose,                                     Commission’s current environmental
                                                  Commission in this proceeding, in
                                                                                                          Secretary.                                            mailing list for this project. State and
                                                  accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and                                                                            local government representatives should
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2015–06529 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  385.2010.                                                                                                     notify their constituents of this planned
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                     n. Procedural Schedule:                                                                                    project and encourage them to comment
                                                     The application will be processed                                                                          on their areas of concern.
                                                  according to the following revised hydro                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    If you are a landowner receiving this
                                                  licensing schedule. Revisions to the                                                                          notice, a pipeline company
                                                  schedule may be made as appropriate.                    Federal Energy Regulatory                             representative may contact you about
                                                                                                          Commission                                            the acquisition of an easement to
                                                             Milestone                   Target date      [Docket No. PF15–9–000]                               construct, operate, and maintain the
                                                                                                                                                                planned facilities. The company would
                                                  Filing of recommendations,            May 2015.         UGI Sunbury, LLC; Notice of Intent To                 seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
                                                     terms and conditions, and                            Prepare an Environmental Assessment                   agreement. However, if the Commission
                                                     prescriptions.                                       for the Planned Sunbury Pipeline                      approves the project, that approval
                                                  Commission issues Draft EA            December          Project and Request for Comments on                   conveys with it the right of eminent
                                                                                          2015.                                                                 domain. Therefore, if easement
                                                  Comments on Draft EA Due              January 2016.
                                                                                                          Environmental Issues, and Notice of
                                                                                                          Public Scoping Meeting                                negotiations fail to produce an
                                                  Commission Issues Final EA            May 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                agreement, the pipeline company could
                                                                                                            The staff of the Federal Energy                     initiate condemnation proceedings
                                                    o. Public notice of the filing of the                 Regulatory Commission (FERC or                        where compensation would be
                                                  initial development application, which                  Commission) will prepare an                           determined in accordance with state
                                                  has already been given, established the                 environmental assessment (EA) that will               law.
                                                  due date for filing competing                           discuss the environmental impacts of                    A fact sheet prepared by the FERC
                                                  applications or notices of intent. Under                the Sunbury Pipeline Project (Project)                entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
                                                  the Commission’s regulations, any                       involving the construction and                        Facility On My Land? What Do I Need
                                                  competing development application                       operation of approximately 34.5 miles of              To Know?’’ is available for viewing on
                                                  must be filed in response to and in                     20-inch diameter pipeline and related                 the FERC Web site (www.ferc.gov). This
                                                  compliance with public notice of the                    facilities by UGI Sunbury, LLC                        fact sheet addresses a number of
                                                  initial development application. No                     (Sunbury) in Snyder, Union,                           typically asked questions, including the
                                                  competing applications or notices of                    Northumberland, Montour, and                          use of eminent domain and how to
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                  intent may be filed in response to this                 Lycoming Counties, Pennsylvania. The                  participate in the Commission’s
                                                  notice.                                                 Commission will use this EA in its                    proceedings.
                                                    Dated: March 16, 2015.
                                                                                                          decision-making process to determine
                                                                                                          whether the project is in the public                  Summary of the Planned Project
                                                  Kimberly D. Bose,                                                                                               Sunbury plans to construct, own, and
                                                                                                          convenience and necessity.
                                                  Secretary.                                                This notice announces the opening of                operate a new natural gas pipeline
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–06526 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am]             the scoping process the Commission                    extending from Lycoming County,
                                                  BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  will use to gather input from the public              Pennsylvania to a gas-fired power plant,


                                             VerDate Sep<11>2014   16:51 Mar 20, 2015   Jkt 235001   PO 00000   Frm 00016   Fmt 4703   Sfmt 4703   E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM   23MRN1



Document Created: 2018-02-21 09:47:25
Document Modified: 2018-02-21 09:47:25
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation80 FR 15200 

2025 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR