80_FR_70999 80 FR 70779 - Swan Lake North Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

80 FR 70779 - Swan Lake North Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 220 (November 16, 2015)

Page Range70779-70780
FR Document2015-29158

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70779-70780]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29158]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13318-003]


Swan Lake North Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Unconstructed major project.
    b. Project No.: 13318-003.
    c. Date filed: October 28, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Swan Lake North Hydro LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Swan Lake North Pumped Storage Hydroelectric 
Project.


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f. Location: Approximately 11 miles northeast of the City of Klamath 
Falls, Klamath County, Oregon. The proposed project boundary would 
include about 730 acres of federal land managed by the U.S. Bureau of 
Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  
791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Joe Eberhardt, EDF-Renewable Energy, 1000 SW 
Broadway Ave., Ste. 1800, Portland, OR 97205; Phone: (503) 889-3838.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, dianne.rodman@ferc.gov; phone: 
(202) 502-6077.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: December 27, 2015.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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-13318-003.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would be a closed-loop system using 
groundwater for initial fill and consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) A 7,972-foot-long earthen embankment forming a 
geomembrane-lined upper reservoir with a surface area of 64.21 acres 
and a storage capacity of 2,568 acre-feet at a maximum surface 
elevation of 6,135 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 8,003-foot-
long earthen embankment forming a geomembrane-lined lower reservoir 
with a surface area of 60.14 acres and a storage capacity of 3,206 
acre-feet at a maximum surface elevation of 4,457 feet msl; (3) a 500-
foot-long, rip-rap lined trapezoidal spillway built into the crest of 
each embankment; (4) a 0.5-percent slope perforated polyvinyl chloride 
tube of varying diameter and accompanying optical fiber drainage system 
designed to detect, collect, and monitor water leakage from the 
reservoirs; (5) a 25-inch-diameter bottom outlet with manual valve for 
gravitational dewatering of the lower reservoir; (6) an upper intake 
consisting of a bell mouth, 38.6-foot-wide by 29.8-foot-long inclined 
screen, head gate, and 13.8-foot-diameter foundational steel pipe; (7) 
a 36.5-foot-diameter, 9,655-foot-long steel high-pressure penstock from 
the upper reservoir to the powerhouse that is predominantly above 
ground with a 14-foot-long buried segment; (8) three 9.8-foot-diameter, 
1,430-foot-long steel low-pressure penstocks from the lower reservoir 
to the powerhouse that are predominantly above ground with a 78-foot-
long buried segment; (9) a partially-buried powerhouse with three 
131.1-megawatt (MW) reversible pump-turbine units with a total 
installed capacity of 393.3 MW; (10) a 32.8 mile, 230-kilovolt above-
ground transmission line interconnecting to an existing non-project 
substation; (11) approximately 10.7 miles of improved project access 
road; (12) approximately 3.4 miles of new permanent project access 
road; (13) approximately 8.3 miles of temporary project access road; 
and (14) appurtenant facilities. The project would generate about 1,187 
gigawatt-hours annually.
    o. 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.
    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, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Notice of Acceptance--March 2016
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--April 2016
Comments on Scoping Document 1--June 2016
Issue Scoping Document 2--July 2016
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--July 2016
Commission issues draft EIS--December 2017
Comments on draft EIS--February 2017
Commission issues final EIS--June 2017

    Dated: November 9, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29158 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 220 / Monday, November 16, 2015 / Notices 70779 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY m. Blackstone Hydro filed a Pre- Application Document (PAD; including Federal Energy Regulatory Federal Energy Regulatory a proposed process plan and schedule) Commission Commission with the Commission, pursuant to 18 [Project No. 3023–012] CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s [Docket No. ID–7757–000] regulations. Blackstone Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Intent n. A copy of the PAD is available for Drury, Scott D.; Notice of Filing To File License Application, Filing of review at the Commission in the Public Pre-Application Document, Approving Reference Room or may be viewed on Take notice that on November 6, Use of the Traditional Licensing the Commission’s Web site (http:// 2015, Scott D. Drury filed an application Process www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ for authorization to hold interlocking link. Enter the docket number, positions, pursuant to section 305(b) of a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to excluding the last three digits in the the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. File License Application and Request to docket number field to access the 825d(b) and Part 45 of the Regulations Use the Traditional Licensing Process. document. For assistance, contact FERC of the Federal Energy Regulatory b. Project No.: 3023–012. Online Support at Commission (Commission), 18 CFR part c. Date Filed: September 16, 2015. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 45. d. Submitted By: Blackstone Hydro, 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 Any person desiring to intervene or to Inc. (TTY). A copy is also available for protest this filing must file in e. Name of Project: Tupperware inspection and reproduction at the accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of Hydroelectric Project. address in paragraph h. f. Location: On the Blackstone River o. The licensee states its unequivocal the Commission’s Rules of Practice and in Providence County, Rhode Island and intent to submit an application for a Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Worcester County, Massachusetts. No new license for Project No. 3023–012. Protests will be considered by the federal lands are occupied by the project Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 Commission in determining the works or located within the project each application for a new license and appropriate action to be taken, but will boundary. any competing license applications not serve to make protestants parties to g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the must be filed with the Commission at the proceeding. Any person wishing to Commission’s regulations. least 24 months prior to the expiration become a party must file a notice of h. Potential Applicant Contact: Lewis intervention or motion to intervene, as of the existing license. All applications C. Loon, Blackstone Hydro, Inc., 37 for license for this project must be filed appropriate. Such notices, motions, or Alfred Plourde Parkway, Suite 2, protests must be filed on or before the by September 30, 2018. Lewiston, ME 04240; (207) 786–8834; or p. Register online at http:// comment date. On or before the by email at Lewis.Loon@kruger.com. comment date, it is not necessary to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang at (202) esubscription.asp to be notified via serve motions to intervene or protests 502–8250; or email at amy.chang@ on persons other than the Applicant. email of new filing and issuances ferc.gov. related to this or other pending projects. The Commission encourages j. Blackstone Hydro, Inc. (Blackstone For assistance, contact FERC Online electronic submission of protests and Hydro) filed its request to use the Support. interventions in lieu of paper using the Traditional Licensing Process on ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. September 16, 2015. Blackstone Hydro Dated: November 9, 2015. Persons unable to file electronically provided public notice of its request on Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., should submit an original and 5 copies September 15 and 16, 2015. In a letter Deputy Secretary. of the protest or intervention to the dated November 9, 2015, the Director of [FR Doc. 2015–29154 Filed 11–13–15; 8:45 am] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Division of Hydropower Licensing BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC approved Blackstone Hydro request to 20426. use the Traditional Licensing Process. This filing is accessible on-line at k. With this notice, we are initiating DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY http://www.ferc.gov, using the informal consultation with the U.S. Fish ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for and Wildlife Service and NOAA Federal Energy Regulatory electronic review in the Commission’s Fisheries under section 7 of the Commission Public Reference Room in Washington, Endangered Species Act and the joint [Project No. 13318–003] DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on agency regulations thereunder at 50 the Web site that enables subscribers to CFR, Part 402. We are also initiating Swan Lake North Hydro LLC; Notice of receive email notification when a consultation with the Massachusetts Application Tendered for Filing With document is added to a subscribed and Rhode Island State Historic the Commission and Soliciting docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Preservation Officers, as required by Additional Study Requests Online service, please email section 106, National Historic Take notice that the following FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call Preservation Act, and the implementing hydroelectric application has been filed (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call regulations of the Advisory Council on with the Commission and is available (202) 502–8659. Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. for public inspection. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time l. With this notice, we are designating a. Type of Application: Unconstructed tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES on November 27, 2015. Blackstone Hydro as the Commission’s major project. non-federal representative for carrying b. Project No.: 13318–003. Dated: November 9, 2015. out informal consultation pursuant to c. Date filed: October 28, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., section 7 of the Endangered Species Act d. Applicant: Swan Lake North Hydro Deputy Secretary. and consultation pursuant to section LLC. [FR Doc. 2015–29152 Filed 11–13–15; 8:45 am] 106 of the National Historic e. Name of Project: Swan Lake North BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Preservation Act. Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:47 Nov 13, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16NON1.SGM 16NON1

70780 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 220 / Monday, November 16, 2015 / Notices f. Location: Approximately 11 miles a geomembrane-lined upper reservoir p. Procedural schedule: The northeast of the City of Klamath Falls, with a surface area of 64.21 acres and application will be processed according Klamath County, Oregon. The proposed a storage capacity of 2,568 acre-feet at a to the following preliminary Hydro project boundary would include about maximum surface elevation of 6,135 feet Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 730 acres of federal land managed by above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 8,003- schedule will be made as appropriate. the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. foot-long earthen embankment forming Issue Notice of Acceptance—March g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power a geomembrane-lined lower reservoir 2016 Act 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)–825(r). with a surface area of 60.14 acres and Issue Scoping Document 1 for h. Applicant Contact: Joe Eberhardt, a storage capacity of 3,206 acre-feet at a comments—April 2016 EDF-Renewable Energy, 1000 SW maximum surface elevation of 4,457 feet Comments on Scoping Document 1— Broadway Ave., Ste. 1800, Portland, OR msl; (3) a 500-foot-long, rip-rap lined June 2016 97205; Phone: (503) 889–3838. trapezoidal spillway built into the crest Issue Scoping Document 2—July 2016 i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, of each embankment; (4) a 0.5-percent Issue notice of ready for environmental dianne.rodman@ferc.gov; phone: (202) slope perforated polyvinyl chloride tube analysis—July 2016 502–6077. of varying diameter and accompanying Commission issues draft EIS—December j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, optical fiber drainage system designed 2017 local, and tribal agencies with to detect, collect, and monitor water Comments on draft EIS—February 2017 jurisdiction and/or special expertise leakage from the reservoirs; (5) a 25- Commission issues final EIS—June 2017 with respect to environmental issues inch-diameter bottom outlet with that wish to cooperate in the Dated: November 9, 2015. manual valve for gravitational preparation of the environmental dewatering of the lower reservoir; (6) an Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., document should follow the upper intake consisting of a bell mouth, Deputy Secretary. instructions for filing such requests 38.6-foot-wide by 29.8-foot-long [FR Doc. 2015–29158 Filed 11–13–15; 8:45 am] described in item l below. Cooperating inclined screen, head gate, and 13.8- BILLING CODE 6717–01–P agencies should note the Commission’s foot-diameter foundational steel pipe; policy that agencies that cooperate in (7) a 36.5-foot-diameter, 9,655-foot-long the preparation of the environmental steel high-pressure penstock from the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY document cannot also intervene. See, 94 upper reservoir to the powerhouse that FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). is predominantly above ground with a Federal Energy Regulatory k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 14-foot-long buried segment; (8) three Commission CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 9.8-foot-diameter, 1,430-foot-long steel any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or Combined Notice of Filings #1 low-pressure penstocks from the lower person believes that an additional reservoir to the powerhouse that are Take notice that the Commission scientific study should be conducted in predominantly above ground with a 78- received the following electric corporate order to form an adequate factual basis foot-long buried segment; (9) a partially- filings: for a complete analysis of the buried powerhouse with three 131.1- Docket Numbers: EC16–29–000. application on its merit, the resource megawatt (MW) reversible pump- Applicants: Holtwood, LLC, BIF III agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file turbine units with a total installed Holtwood LLC. a request for a study with the capacity of 393.3 MW; (10) a 32.8 mile, Description: Joint Application of Commission not later than 60 days from 230-kilovolt above-ground transmission Holtwood, LLC et al. for Authorization the date of filing of the application, and line interconnecting to an existing non- under Section 203 of the FPA and serve a copy of the request on the project substation; (11) approximately Request for Limited Waivers. applicant. 10.7 miles of improved project access Filed Date: 11/6/15. l. Deadline for filing additional study road; (12) approximately 3.4 miles of Accession Number: 20151106–5197. requests and requests for cooperating new permanent project access road; (13) Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/27/15. agency status: December 27, 2015. approximately 8.3 miles of temporary The Commission strongly encourages Docket Numbers: EC16–30–000. project access road; and (14) Applicants: Talen Ironwood, LLC, electronic filing. Please file additional appurtenant facilities. The project study requests and requests for Talen Energy Marketing, LLC, would generate about 1,187 gigawatt- TransCanada Facility USA, Inc., cooperating agency status using the hours annually. Commission’s eFiling system at http:// TransCanada Power Marketing, Ltd. o. A copy of the application is www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For Description: Joint Application of available for review at the Commission assistance, please contact FERC Online Talen Ironwood, LLC et al. for in the Public Reference Room or may be Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ Authorization of Disposition of viewed on the Commission’s Web site at ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or http://www.ferc.gov using the Jurisdictional Facilities under Section (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 203 of the FPA and Requests for electronic filing, please send a paper number excluding the last three digits in Waivers. copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy the docket number field to access the Filed Date: 11/6/15. document. For assistance, contact FERC Accession Number: 20151106–5198. Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/27/15. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first Online Support. A copy is also available page of any filing should include docket for inspection and reproduction at the Take notice that the Commission number P–13318–003. address in item h above. received the following exempt tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES m. The application is not ready for You may also register online at http:// wholesale generator filings: environmental analysis at this time. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Docket Numbers: EG16–19–000. n. The proposed project would be a esubscription.asp to be notified via Applicants: BIF III Holtwood LLC. closed-loop system using groundwater email of new filings and issuances Description: Notice of Self- for initial fill and consist of the related to this or other pending projects. Certification of Exempt Wholesale following new facilities: (1) A 7,972– For assistance, contact FERC Online Generator Status of BIF III Holtwood foot-long earthen embankment forming Support. LLC. 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