80_FR_26110 80 FR 26023 - Willow Creek Hydro, LLC; Notice of Termination Of License (Minor Project) by Implied Surrender and Soliciting Comments and Protests

80 FR 26023 - Willow Creek Hydro, LLC; Notice of Termination Of License (Minor Project) by Implied Surrender and Soliciting Comments and Protests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 87 (May 6, 2015)

Page Range26023-26024
FR Document2015-10566

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10566]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7856-027]


Willow Creek Hydro, LLC; Notice of Termination Of License (Minor 
Project) by Implied Surrender and Soliciting Comments and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric proceeding has been 
initiated by the Commission:
    a. Type of Proceeding: Termination of license by implied surrender.
    b. Project No.: 7856-027.
    c. Date Initiated: April 29, 2015.
    d. Licensee: Willow Creek Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name and Location of Project: The Potosi Power Company Water 
Power Project, is located on the South Willow and Potosi Creeks, in 
Madison County, Montana and occupies 0.3 acres of federal lands within 
the Beaverhead National Forest.
    f. Filed Pursuant to: Standard Article 24.
    g. Licensee Contact Information: Ms. Jane Joslin, Willow Creek 
Hydro, LLC., 1 South Willow Creek, Pony, Montana 59747 and Mr. Darrin 
Brooks, Willow Creek Hydro, LLC., P.O. Box 267, Pony, Montana 59747, 
(406) 685-3330.
    h. FERC Contact: Ashish Desai, (202) 502-8370, 
[email protected].
    i. Deadline for filing comments and protests is 30 days from the 
issuance date of this notice by the Commission. Please file your 
submittal electronically via the Internet (eFiling) in lieu of paper. 
Please refer to the instructions on the Commission's Web site under 
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp and filing instructions in 
the Commission's Regulations at 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii). To assist 
you with eFilings you should refer to the submission guidelines 
document at http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide/user-guide.pdf. 
In addition, certain filing requirements have statutory or regulatory 
formatting and other instructions. You should refer to a list of these 
``qualified documents'' at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing.pdf. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. Please include the project number (P-7856-027) on 
any documents or motions filed. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings; otherwise, you should submit an original and seven 
copies of any submittal to the following address: The Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mail Code: DHAC, PJ-12, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    j. Description of Project Facilities: (1) A 6-foot-high diversion 
structure; (2) a 2,300-foot-long penstock; (3) a powerhouse containing 
two generating units with a combined installed capacity of 300 kW; (4) 
a 10,000-foot-long underground transmission line; (5) a 2.5-mile-long, 
12.5-kV overhead transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
    k. Description of Proceeding: The licensee is in violation of 
Article 24 of its license, which was issued October 7, 1985 (33 FERC ] 
62,017). Article 24 states in part: If the Licensee shall abandon or 
discontinue good faith operation of the project or refuse or neglect to 
comply with the terms of the license and the lawful orders of the 
Commission, the Commission will deem it to be the intent of the 
Licensee to surrender the license.
    Commission records indicate that the project has not operated since 
the project penstock ruptured in 1994. After several years of 
correspondence regarding restoring project operation, the licensee has 
become non-responsive. The licensee most recently filed a plan and 
schedule to restore project operation with the Commission on February 
6, 2014. By letter dated March 6, 2014, the Commission acknowledged the 
filing and required the licensee to file progress reports January 1 and 
June 1 of each year to ensure the licensee's continued progress towards 
restoring project operation. The licensee did not file the first 
progress report due on June 1, 2014. By letter dated November 12, 2014, 
the Commission indicated the licensee must file the overdue progress 
report, failure to do so would result in an implied surrender of the 
project license. To date, the licensee has not filed a response and the 
project remains inoperable.
    l. This notice is available for review and reproduction at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The filing may also be viewed on the Commission's 
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the 
Docket number (P-7856-027) excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the notice. You may also 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, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or email 
[email protected]. For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should

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so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    n. Comments and Protests--Anyone may submit comments or protests in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210 and 385.211. In determining the appropriate action to take, 
the Commission will consider all protests filed. Any protests must be 
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular 
proceeding.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filing must (1) 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS or ``PROTEST,'' as 
applicable; (2) set forth in the heading the project number of the 
proceeding to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 
and telephone number of the person commenting or protesting; and (4) 
otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 
385.2005. All comments or protests must set forth their evidentiary 
basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). All 
comments or protests should relate to project works which are the 
subject of the termination of license. A copy of any protest must be 
served upon each representative of the licensee specified in item g 
above. A copy of all other filings in reference to this notice 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. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited 
to file comments on the described proceeding. If any agency does not 
file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be 
presumed to have no comments.

    Dated: April 29, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-10566 Filed 5-5-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 87 / Wednesday, May 6, 2015 / Notices 26023 blanket authorization, under 18 CFR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DHAC, PJ–12, 888 First Street NE., part 34, of future issuances of securities Washington, DC 20426. and assumptions of liability. Federal Energy Regulatory j. Description of Project Facilities: (1) Commission A 6-foot-high diversion structure; (2) a Any person desiring to intervene or to 2,300-foot-long penstock; (3) a protest should file with the Federal [Project No. 7856–027] powerhouse containing two generating Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 units with a combined installed First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Willow Creek Hydro, LLC; Notice of capacity of 300 kW; (4) a 10,000-foot- in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 Termination Of License (Minor Project) long underground transmission line; (5) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice by Implied Surrender and Soliciting a 2.5-mile-long, 12.5-kV overhead and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and Comments and Protests transmission line; and (6) appurtenant § 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to facilities. Take notice that the following intervene or protest must serve a copy k. Description of Proceeding: The hydroelectric proceeding has been of that document on the Applicant. licensee is in violation of Article 24 of initiated by the Commission: Notice is hereby given that the its license, which was issued October 7, a. Type of Proceeding: Termination of deadline for filing protests with regard 1985 (33 FERC ¶ 62,017). Article 24 license by implied surrender. states in part: If the Licensee shall to the applicant’s request for blanket b. Project No.: 7856–027. abandon or discontinue good faith authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of c. Date Initiated: April 29, 2015. operation of the project or refuse or future issuances of securities and d. Licensee: Willow Creek Hydro, neglect to comply with the terms of the assumptions of liability is May 19, 2015. LLC. license and the lawful orders of the The Commission encourages e. Name and Location of Project: The Commission, the Commission will deem electronic submission of protests and Potosi Power Company Water Power it to be the intent of the Licensee to Project, is located on the South Willow surrender the license. interventions in lieu of paper, using the and Potosi Creeks, in Madison County, Commission records indicate that the FERC Online links at http:// Montana and occupies 0.3 acres of project has not operated since the www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic federal lands within the Beaverhead service, persons with Internet access project penstock ruptured in 1994. After National Forest. several years of correspondence who will eFile a document and/or be f. Filed Pursuant to: Standard Article listed as a contact for an intervenor regarding restoring project operation, 24. the licensee has become non-responsive. must create and validate an g. Licensee Contact Information: Ms. The licensee most recently filed a plan eRegistration account using the Jane Joslin, Willow Creek Hydro, LLC., and schedule to restore project eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 1 South Willow Creek, Pony, Montana operation with the Commission on link to log on and submit the 59747 and Mr. Darrin Brooks, Willow February 6, 2014. By letter dated March intervention or protests. Creek Hydro, LLC., P.O. Box 267, Pony, 6, 2014, the Commission acknowledged Persons unable to file electronically Montana 59747, (406) 685–3330. the filing and required the licensee to should submit an original and 5 copies h. FERC Contact: Ashish Desai, (202) file progress reports January 1 and June of the intervention or protest to the 502–8370, Ashish.Desai@ferc.gov. 1 of each year to ensure the licensee’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, i. Deadline for filing comments and continued progress towards restoring 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC protests is 30 days from the issuance project operation. The licensee did not 20426. date of this notice by the Commission. file the first progress report due on June Please file your submittal electronically 1, 2014. By letter dated November 12, The filings in the above-referenced via the Internet (eFiling) in lieu of 2014, the Commission indicated the proceeding(s) are accessible in the paper. Please refer to the instructions on licensee must file the overdue progress Commission’s eLibrary system by the Commission’s Web site under report, failure to do so would result in clicking on the appropriate link in the http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ an implied surrender of the project above list. They are also available for efiling.asp and filing instructions in the license. To date, the licensee has not review in the Commission’s Public Commission’s Regulations at 18 CFR filed a response and the project remains Reference Room in Washington, DC. 385.2001(a)(1)(iii). To assist you with inoperable. There is an eSubscription link on the eFilings you should refer to the l. This notice is available for review Web site that enables subscribers to submission guidelines document at and reproduction at the Commission in receive email notification when a http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission- the Public Reference Room, Room 2A, document is added to a subscribed guide/user-guide.pdf. In addition, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC docket(s). For assistance with any FERC certain filing requirements have 20426. The filing may also be viewed on Online service, please email statutory or regulatory formatting and the Commission’s Web site at http:// FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call other instructions. You should refer to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call a list of these ‘‘qualified documents’’ at Enter the Docket number (P–7856–027) (202) 502–8659. http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/ excluding the last three digits in the filing.pdf. You must include your name docket number field to access the Dated: April 29, 2015. and contact information at the end of notice. You may also register online at Kimberly D. Bose, your comments. Please include the http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Secretary. project number (P–7856–027) on any esubscription.asp to be notified via tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2015–10561 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] documents or motions filed. 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26024 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 87 / Wednesday, May 6, 2015 / Notices so indicate by writing to the Secretary Commission confirm that certain DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY of the Commission. qualifying cogeneration facilities n. Comments and Protests—Anyone indirectly owned by or affiliated with Federal Energy Regulatory may submit comments or protests in the Petitioner are exempt from section Commission accordance with the requirements of 203 of the Federal Power Act under 18 [Docket No. CP15–137–000] Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR CFR 292.601(c), as more fully explained 385.210 and 385.211. In determining the in the petition. Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Notice appropriate action to take, the of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Commission will consider all protests Any person desiring to intervene or to Assessment for the Proposed Rex filed. Any protests must be received on protest this filing must file in Zone 3 Capacity Enhancement Project or before the specified deadline date for accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of and Request for Comments on the particular proceeding. the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Environmental Issues o. Filing and Service of Responsive Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Documents—Any filing must (1) bear in Protests will be considered by the The staff of the Federal Energy all capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS Commission in determining the Regulatory Commission (FERC or or ‘‘PROTEST,’’ as applicable; (2) set appropriate action to be taken, but will Commission) will prepare an forth in the heading the project number not serve to make protestants parties to environmental assessment that will of the proceeding to which the filing the proceeding. Any person wishing to discuss the environmental impacts of responds; (3) furnish the name, address, become a party must file a notice of the REX Zone 3 Capacity Enhancement and telephone number of the person intervention or motion to intervene, as Project involving construction and commenting or protesting; and (4) appropriate. Such notices, motions, or operation of facilities by Rockies otherwise comply with the requirements protests must be filed on or before the Express LLC (REX) in Decatur County, of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Indiana and Pickaway, Fayette, comment date. Anyone filing a motion All comments or protests must set forth Muskingum, and Warrenton Counties, to intervene or protest must serve a copy their evidentiary basis and otherwise Ohio. The Commission will use this EA of that document on the Petitioner. in its decision-making process to comply with the requirements of 18 CFR The Commission encourages determine whether the project is in the 4.34(b). All comments or protests should relate to project works which are electronic submission of protests and public convenience and necessity. interventions in lieu of paper using the This notice announces the opening of the subject of the termination of license. ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. the scoping process the Commission A copy of any protest must be served Persons unable to file electronically will use to gather input from the public upon each representative of the licensee should submit an original and 5 copies and interested agencies on the project. specified in item g above. A copy of all of the protest or intervention to the You can make a difference by providing other filings in reference to this notice Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, us with your specific comments or must be accompanied by proof of 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC concerns about the project. Your service on all persons listed in the 20426 comments should focus on the potential service list prepared by the Commission environmental effects, reasonable in this proceeding, in accordance with This filing is accessible on-line at alternatives, and measures to avoid or 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010. http://www.ferc.gov, using the lessen environmental impacts. Your p. Agency Comments—Federal, state, ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for input will help the Commission staff and local agencies are invited to file review in the Commission’s Public determine what issues they need to comments on the described proceeding. Reference Room in Washington, DC. evaluate in the EA. To ensure that your If any agency does not file comments There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the comments are timely and properly within the time specified for filing recorded, please send your comments so Web site that enables subscribers to comments, it will be presumed to have that the Commission receives them in receive email notification when a no comments. Washington, DC on or before May 29, document is added to a subscribed Dated: April 29, 2015. docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Online service, please email If you sent comments on this project Secretary. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call to the Commission before the opening of [FR Doc. 2015–10566 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call this docket on March 31, 2015, you will BILLING CODE 6717–01–P (202) 502–8659. need to file those comments in Docket No. CP15–137–000 to ensure they are Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time considered as part of this proceeding. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY on May 29, 2015. This notice is being sent to the Dated: April 30, 2015. Commission’s current environmental Federal Energy Regulatory Kimberly D. Bose, mailing list for this project. State and Commission local government officials should notify Secretary. their constituents of this proposed [Docket No. EL15–62–000] [FR Doc. 2015–10570 Filed 5–5–15; 8:45 am] project and encourage them to comment Chevron U.S.A. Inc.; Notice of Petition BILLING CODE 6717–01–P on their areas of concern. for Declaratory Order If you are a landowner receiving this notice, a pipeline company tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Take notice that on April 29, 2015, representative may contact you about pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal the acquisition of an easement to Energy Regulatory Commission’s construct, operate, and maintain the (Commission) Rules of Practice and proposed facilities. 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