80_FR_24994 80 FR 24910 - 5440 Hydro Inc.; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing With the Commission, Intent To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, and Recommendations, and Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Processing

80 FR 24910 - 5440 Hydro Inc.; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing With the Commission, Intent To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, and Recommendations, and Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Processing

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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FR Document2015-10220

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13806-004]


5440 Hydro Inc.; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing With 
the Commission, Intent To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To 
Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and 
Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, and Recommendations, and 
Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Processing

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Exemption From Licensing.
    b. Project No.: P-13806-004.
    c. Date filed: July 28, 2014.
    d. Applicant: 5440 Hydro Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Brooklyn Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Upper Ammonoosuc River, in the Town of 
Northumberland, Coos County, New Hampshire. The project would not 
occupy lands of the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Lutz Loegters, 5440 Hydro Inc., 717 Atlantic 
Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, (416) 643-6615.
    i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) 502-8969, [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
terms and conditions, and recommendations: Due to the small size and 
location of this project and the close coordination with state and 
federal agencies during preparation of the application, the 60- day 
timeframe in 18 CFR 4.34(b) is shortened. Instead, motions to intervene 
and protests, comments, terms and conditions, and recommendations are 
due 30 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply comments 
must be filed with the Commission within 45 days from the issuance date 
of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene, protests, comments, and recommendations 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-13806-004.
    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 Brooklyn Dam Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) An 
existing 163-foot-long and 14-foot-high dam that includes: (a) A 113-
foot-long spillway with a crest elevation 878.69 feet National Geodetic 
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29); (b) 2.50-foot-high flashboards with a 
crest elevation 881.23 feet NGVD29; and (c) a 50-foot-long floodgate 
structure with four 6.9-foot-wide, 10-foot-high floodgates; (2) an 
existing 100-foot-long, 45-foot-wide forebay with three 15.2-foot-wide, 
15.5-foot-high trashracks with 1.0-inch open bar spacing; (3) an 
existing 40-foot-long, 15.78-foot-high tailrace training wall; (4) an 
existing 9-foot-wide, 9-foot-high side waste gate; (5) an existing 26-
acre impoundment having a gross storage capacity of 52-acre-feet at 
elevation 881.23 feet NGVD29; (6) an existing 45-foot-long, 48-foot-
wide, and 23-foot-high brick and concrete powerhouse that would contain 
two proposed 300-kilowatt (kW), Kaplan turbine-generating units for a 
total installed capacity of 600 kW; (7) an existing 48-foot-long, 45-
foot-wide tailrace; (8) a proposed 400-foot-long 35.4-kilovolt

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above-ground transmission line; (9) three proposed single phased 
transformers; and (10) appurtenant facilities. On average, the project 
would generate approximately 2,800 megawatt-hours annually. The 
applicant proposes to remove a non-operating sluice gate on the 
spillway, rehabilitate the powerhouse, and operate the project in a 
run-of-river mode.
    m. Due to the project works already existing and the limited scope 
of proposed rehabilitation of the project site described above, the 
applicant's close coordination with federal and state agencies during 
the preparation of the application, completed studies during pre-filing 
consultation, and agency recommended preliminary terms and conditions, 
we intend to waive scoping and expedite the exemption process. Based on 
a review of the application, resource agency consultation letters 
including the preliminary 30(c) terms and conditions, and comments 
filed to date, Commission staff intends to prepare a single 
environmental assessment (EA). Commission staff determined that the 
issues that need to be addressed in its EA have been adequately 
identified during the pre-filing period, which included a public 
meeting and site visit, and no new issues are likely to be identified 
through additional scoping. The EA will consider assessing the 
potential effects of project construction and operation on aquatic, 
terrestrial, threatened and endangered species, recreation and land 
use, aesthetic, and cultural and historic resources.
    n. 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 also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    o. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, 
the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, 
protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the 
specified comment date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,'' 
``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' or ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS;'' 
(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 protesting or 
intervening; 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. A copy of 
any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each 
representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application. A copy of all other filings in reference to this 
application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons 
listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    p. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following procedural schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.
    MILESTONE: Notice of the availability of the EA.
    TARGET DATE: October 1, 2015.

    Dated: April 23, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-10220 Filed 4-30-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

24910 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 84 / Friday, May 1, 2015 / Notices document. Agencies who would like to r. Register online at http:// filed with the Commission within 45 request cooperating status should follow www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ days from the issuance date of this the instructions for filing comments esubscription.asp to be notified via notice. described in paragraph ‘‘k’’ above. email of new filing and issuances The Commission strongly encourages n. This notice does not constitute the related to this or other pending projects. electronic filing. Please file motions to Commission’s approval of Igiugig’s For assistance, contact FERC Online intervene, protests, comments, and request to use the Pilot Project Licensing Support. recommendations using the Procedures. Upon its review of the Dated: April 23, 2015. Commission’s eFiling system at http:// project’s overall characteristics relative www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Kimberly D. Bose, to the pilot project criteria, the draft Commenters can submit brief comments Secretary. up to 6,000 characters, without prior license application contents, and any [FR Doc. 2015–10219 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am] registration, using the eComment system comments filed, the Commission will determine whether there is adequate BILLING CODE 6717–01–P at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ information to conclude the pre-filing ecomment.asp. You must include your process. name and contact information at the end DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY of your comments. For assistance, o. The proposed Igiugig Hydrokinetic please contact FERC Online Support at Project would consist of: (1) An in- Federal Energy Regulatory FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) stream 20- kilowatt (kW), 64-foot-long, Commission 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 11-foot-high, 43-foot-wide pontoon- [Project No. 13806–004] (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please mounted RivGen Power System Turbine send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Generator Unit (TGU) in Phase 1; (2) an 5440 Hydro Inc.; Notice of Application Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 additional in-stream 20-kW pontoon- Accepted for Filing With the First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. mounted TGU in Phase 2; (3) two Commission, Intent To Waive Scoping, The first page of any filing should anchoring systems consisting of a Soliciting Motions To Intervene and include docket number P–13806–004. 13,000-pound anchor, chain, shackles, Protests, Ready for Environmental The Commission’s Rules of Practice and 150 feet of mooring; (4) a 375-foot- Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, require all intervenors filing documents long, coated and weighted combined Terms and Conditions, and with the Commission to serve a copy of power, data, and environmental Recommendations, and Establishing that document on each person on the monitoring cable from the TGU for an Expedited Schedule for Processing official service list for the project. Phase 1; and a 675-foot-long cable from Further, if an intervenor files comments the TGU for Phase 2; (5) an existing 10- Take notice that the following or documents with the Commission foot-long by 8-foot-wide shore station hydroelectric application has been filed relating to the merits of an issue that for housing project electronics and with the Commission and is available may affect the responsibilities of a controls; and (6) appurtenant facilities. for public inspection. particular resource agency, they must The project is estimated to have an a. Type of Application: Exemption also serve a copy of the document on annual generation of 409,504 kilowatt- From Licensing. that resource agency. hours per year. b. Project No.: P–13806–004. k. This application has been accepted p. A copy of the draft license c. Date filed: July 28, 2014. for filing and is now ready for application and all pre-filing materials d. Applicant: 5440 Hydro Inc. environmental analysis. are available for review at the e. Name of Project: Brooklyn Dam l. The Brooklyn Dam Hydroelectric Commission in the Public Reference Hydroelectric Project. Project would consist of: (1) An existing Room or may be viewed on the f. Location: On the Upper 163-foot-long and 14-foot-high dam that Commission’s Web site (http:// Ammonoosuc River, in the Town of includes: (a) A 113-foot-long spillway www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ Northumberland, Coos County, New with a crest elevation 878.69 feet link. Enter the docket number (P– Hampshire. The project would not National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 13511), excluding the last three digits in occupy lands of the United States. 1929 (NGVD29); (b) 2.50-foot-high the docket number field to access the g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility flashboards with a crest elevation document. For assistance, contact FERC Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 881.23 feet NGVD29; and (c) a 50-foot- Online Support at U.S.C. 2705, 2708. long floodgate structure with four 6.9- FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll h. Applicant Contact: Lutz Loegters, foot-wide, 10-foot-high floodgates; (2) an free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 5440 Hydro Inc., 717 Atlantic Avenue, existing 100-foot-long, 45-foot-wide (202) 502–8659. Suite 1A, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, forebay with three 15.2-foot-wide, 15.5- q. Pre-filing process schedule. The (416) 643–6615. foot-high trashracks with 1.0-inch open pre-filing process will be conducted i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) bar spacing; (3) an existing 40-foot-long, pursuant to the following tentative 502–8969, john.ramer@ferc.gov. 15.78-foot-high tailrace training wall; (4) schedule. Revisions to the schedule j. Deadline for filing motions to an existing 9-foot-wide, 9-foot-high side below may be made based on staff’s intervene and protests, comments, terms waste gate; (5) an existing 26-acre review of the draft application and any and conditions, and recommendations: impoundment having a gross storage comments received. Due to the small size and location of capacity of 52-acre-feet at elevation this project and the close coordination 881.23 feet NGVD29; (6) an existing 45- mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Milestone Date with state and federal agencies during foot-long, 48-foot-wide, and 23-foot-high preparation of the application, the 60- brick and concrete powerhouse that Comments on pre-filing May 23, 2015. day timeframe in 18 CFR 4.34(b) is would contain two proposed 300- materials due. shortened. Instead, motions to intervene kilowatt (kW), Kaplan turbine- Issuance of meeting notice June 7, 2015. and protests, comments, terms and generating units for a total installed (if needed). conditions, and recommendations are capacity of 600 kW; (7) an existing 48- Public meeting/technical June 22, 2015. conference (if needed). due 30 days from the issuance date of foot-long, 45-foot-wide tailrace; (8) a this notice. All reply comments must be proposed 400-foot-long 35.4-kilovolt VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:14 Apr 30, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01MYN1.SGM 01MYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 84 / Friday, May 1, 2015 / Notices 24911 above-ground transmission line; (9) development application no later than TARGET DATE: October 1, 2015. three proposed single phased 120 days after the specified intervention Dated: April 23, 2015. transformers; and (10) appurtenant deadline date. Applications for Kimberly D. Bose, facilities. On average, the project would preliminary permits will not be Secretary. generate approximately 2,800 megawatt- accepted in response to this notice. A notice of intent must specify the [FR Doc. 2015–10220 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am] hours annually. The applicant proposes to remove a non-operating sluice gate on exact name, business address, and BILLING CODE 6717–01–P the spillway, rehabilitate the telephone number of the prospective powerhouse, and operate the project in applicant, and must include an a run-of-river mode. unequivocal statement of intent to DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY m. Due to the project works already submit a development application. A Federal Energy Regulatory existing and the limited scope of notice of intent must be served on the Commission proposed rehabilitation of the project applicant(s) named in this public notice. site described above, the applicant’s Anyone may submit comments, a [Project No. 14628–001] close coordination with federal and protest, or a motion to intervene in state agencies during the preparation of accordance with the requirements of Minneapolis Leased Housing the application, completed studies Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR Associates IV, Limited Partnership; during pre-filing consultation, and 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the Notice of Application and Applicant- agency recommended preliminary terms appropriate action to take, the Prepared EA Accepted for Filing, and conditions, we intend to waive Commission will consider all protests or Soliciting Motions To Intervene and scoping and expedite the exemption other comments filed, but only those Protests, and Soliciting Comments, process. Based on a review of the who file a motion to intervene in and Final Terms and Conditions, application, resource agency accordance with the Commission’s Recommendations, and Prescriptions consultation letters including the Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or Take notice that the following preliminary 30(c) terms and conditions, motions to intervene must be received hydroelectric application and applicant- and comments filed to date, on or before the specified comment date prepared environmental assessment has Commission staff intends to prepare a for the particular application. been filed with the Commission and is single environmental assessment (EA). All filings must (1) bear in all capital available for public inspection. Commission staff determined that the issues that need to be addressed in its letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION a. Type of Application: Minor EA have been adequately identified TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF License. during the pre-filing period, which INTENT TO FILE COMPETING b. Project No.: 14628–001. included a public meeting and site visit, APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMPETING c. Date filed: March 20, 2015. and no new issues are likely to be APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ d. Applicant: Minneapolis Leased identified through additional scoping. ‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ Housing Associates IV, Limited The EA will consider assessing the ‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ or ‘‘TERMS Partnership (Minneapolis Housing potential effects of project construction AND CONDITIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the Associates). and operation on aquatic, terrestrial, heading the name of the applicant and e. Name of Project: A-Mill Artist Lofts threatened and endangered species, the project number of the application to Hydroelectric Project (A-Mill Project). recreation and land use, aesthetic, and which the filing responds; (3) furnish f. Location: On the Mississippi River, cultural and historic resources. the name, address, and telephone in the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin n. A copy of the application is number of the person protesting or County, Minnesota. No federal lands are available for review at the Commission intervening; and (4) otherwise comply occupied by the project works or located in the Public Reference Room or may be with the requirements of 18 CFR within the project boundary. viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 385.2001 through 385.2005. All g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power http://www.ferc.gov using the comments, recommendations, terms and Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket conditions or prescriptions must set h. Applicant Contact: Owen Metz, number excluding the last three digits in forth their evidentiary basis and 2905 Northwest Blvd., Suite 150, the docket number field to access the otherwise comply with the requirements Plymouth, MN 55441; (763) 354–5618; document. For assistance, contact FERC of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain email ometz@dominiuminc.com. Online Support. A copy is also available copies of the application directly from i. FERC Contact: Shana Murray at for inspection and reproduction at the the applicant. A copy of any protest or (202) 502–8333; or email at address in item h above. motion to intervene must be served shana.murray@ferc.gov. Register online at http:// upon each representative of the j. Deadline for filing motions to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ applicant specified in the particular intervene and protests, comments, and esubscription.asp to be notified via application. A copy of all other filings final terms and conditions, email of new filings and issuances in reference to this application must be recommendations, and prescriptions: 30 related to this or other pending projects. accompanied by proof of service on all days from the issuance date of this For assistance, contact FERC Online persons listed in the service list notice; reply comments are due 45 days Support. prepared by the Commission in this from the issuance date of this notice. o. Any qualified applicant desiring to proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR The Commission strongly encourages mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES file a competing application must 4.34(b) and 385.2010. electronic filing. Please file motions to submit to the Commission, on or before p. Procedural Schedule: The intervene and protests, comments, and the specified intervention deadline date, application will be processed according final terms and conditions, a competing development application, to the following procedural schedule. recommendations, and prescriptions or a notice of intent to file such an Revisions to the schedule may be made using the Commission’s eFiling system application. Submission of a timely as appropriate. at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ notice of intent allows an interested MILESTONE: Notice of the efiling.asp. Commenters can submit person to file the competing availability of the EA. brief comments up to 6,000 characters, VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:14 Apr 30, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01MYN1.SGM 01MYN1


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