80 FR 76681 - Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Intent To Waive Parts of the Pre-Filing Three Stage Consultation Process, and Intent To Waive Scoping and Establish an Expedited Schedule for Processing

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 237 (December 10, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-31127

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14677-001]

Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests,
Intent To Waive Parts of the Pre-Filing Three Stage Consultation
Process, and Intent To Waive Scoping and Establish 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: Original License for a Major Water Power
Project at an Existing Dam, 5 Megawatts or Less.
b. Project No.: 14677-001.
c. Date filed: November 23, 2015.
d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Project Description: The Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project
would utilize the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Clark Canyon Dam and
outlet works including an intake structure and concrete conduit in the
reservoir. The project would also consist of the following new
facilities: (1) A 360-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstock within
the existing concrete conduit, ending in a trifurcation; (2) two 35-
foot-long, 8-foot-diameter penstocks extending from the trifurcation to
the powerhouse, transitioning to 6-foot-diameter before entering the
powerhouse; (3) a 10-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstock leaving
the trifurcation and ending in a 7-foot-diameter cone valve and reducer
to control discharge into the existing outlet stilling basin; (4) a 65-
foot-long, 46-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two
vertical Francis-type turbine/generator units with a total capacity of
4.7 megawatts; (5) two 25-foot-long steel draft tubes transitioning to
concrete draft tube/tailrace section; (6) a 17-foot-long, 15-foot-
diameter tailrace channel connecting with the existing spillway
stilling basin; (7) a 45-foot-long, 10-foot-wide aeration basin
downstream of the powerhouse with three frames containing 330
diffusers; (8) a 1,100-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV) buried
transmission line from the powerhouse to a substation; (9) a substation
containing step-up transformers and switchgear; (10) a 7.9-mile-long,
69-kV transmission line extending from the project substation to the
Peterson Flat substation (the point of interconnection); and (11)
appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Clark
Canyon Dam Project would be 15.4 gigawatt-hours. All project facilities
would be located on federal lands owned by the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The applicant
proposes to operate the project as run-of-release.
g. Location: The project is located on Beaverhead River near the
town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy
62.1 acres of land owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and 0.2
acres of land owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
h. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.61 of the Commission's regulations.
i. Applicant Contact: John Gangemi, (406) 249-3972, email at
john.gangemi@erm.com.
j. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, (202) 502-6480, email at
kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov.
k. 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 (P-14677). For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free
at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY (202) 502-8659.
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.
l. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, state, and local
agencies and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the
preparation of the environmental document. Agencies who would like to
request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in item n 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).
m. Deadline for filing additional study requests: Because the
current proposal is substantially the same as the applicant's
previously licensed but unconstructed project (P-12429), the
applicant's close coordination with tribal, state, and federal agencies
during the preparation of the application, and the lack of comments on
the draft application, we are waiving the 60-day timeframe specified in
18 CFR 4.32(b)(7) for filing additional study requests and requiring
all additional study requests to be filed 30 days from the date the
license application was filed.
All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the
Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp)
under the ``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text
only comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-
free at (866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although
the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may
also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
n. The applicant requested that the Commission only solicit
competing applications for 30 days, and not notices of intent to file
competing applications. For the reasons noted in item m and to expedite
the licensing process, we intend to solicit competing applications for
30 days, but will allow notices of intent to be filed to ensure
sufficient opportunity for competing applications to be filed.
o. Preliminary procedural schedule: Commission staff has determined
that the issues that need to be addressed in its environmental analysis
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) have been
adequately identified in the previous licensing proceeding and during
the applicant's public meeting and site visit, and no new issues are
likely to be identified through additional scoping. Therefore, we
intend to accept the consultation that has occurred on this project
during the pre-filing period as satisfying our requirements for the
standard 3-stage consultation process under 18 CFR 4.38 and for
National Environmental Policy Act scoping and prepare a single
environment assessment. To further expedite the licensing process, once
we have found the application acceptable and ready for environmental
analysis, we also intend to waive 4.34(b) of the Commission's
regulations to require the filing of comments, terms and conditions or
prescriptions within 30 days of the notice and the reply comments with
45 days of the notice. The application will be processed according to
the following preliminary

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procedural schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.

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Milestone Target date
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Additional study requests and December 23, 2015.
comments on waivers due.
Issue notice of acceptance and ready January 5, 2016.
for environmental analysis.
Comments, recommendations, and terms February 4, 2016.
and conditions due.
Reply comments due.................. February 19, 2016.
Notice of the availability of the EA May 1, 2016.
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Dated: December 4, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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procedural schedule. Revisions to the
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Milestone Target date

Additional study requests and comments on waivers due ...................................................................................................... December 23, 2015.
Issue notice of acceptance and ready for environmental analysis ......................................................................................... January 5, 2016.
Comments, recommendations, and terms and conditions due ............................................................................................... February 4, 2016.
Reply comments due ............................................................................................................................................................... February 19, 2016.
Notice of the availability of the EA .......................................................................................................................................... May 1, 2016.

Dated: December 4, 2015. This filing is accessible on-line at Applicants: Pure Energy, Inc.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., http://www.ferc.gov, using the Description: Compliance filing:
Deputy Secretary. ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for Revised Compliance Filing to be
[FR Doc. 2015–31127 Filed 12–9–15; 8:45 am] review in the Commission’s Public effective 11/17/2015.
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Reference Room in Washington, DC. Filed Date: 12/4/15.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Accession Number: 20151204–5193.
Web site that enables subscribers to Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY receive email notification when a Docket Numbers: ER16–465–000.
document is added to a subscribed Applicants: Duke Energy Progress,
Federal Energy Regulatory docket(s). For assistance with any FERC LLC.
Commission Online service, please email Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
[Docket No. EL01–10–139] FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call Amended RS No. 185—Town of
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call Waynesville to be effective 1/1/2016.
Puget Sound Energy, Inc. v. All (202) 502–8659. Filed Date: 12/4/15.
Jurisdictional Sellers of Energy and/or Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Accession Number: 20151204–5165.
Capacity at Wholesale Into Electric Time on December 24, 2015. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15.
Energy and/or Capacity Markets in the Dated: December 4, 2015. Docket Numbers: ER16–466–000.
Pacific Northwest, Including Parties to Applicants: Anahau Energy, LLC.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
the Western Systems Power Pool Description: Compliance filing:
Deputy Secretary. Notification of Change in Status and
Agreement; Notice of Filing
[FR Doc. 2015–31122 Filed 12–9–15; 8:45 am] Tariff Amendment to be effective 12/5/
Take notice that on December 3, 2015, BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 2015.
Idaho Power Company and IDACORP Filed Date: 12/4/15.
Energy Services Company submitted a Accession Number: 20151204–5211.
compliance filing pursuant to the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15.
Commission’s November 3, 2015 Docket Numbers: ER16–467–000.
Order.1 Federal Energy Regulatory
Applicants: Midcontinent
Any person desiring to intervene or to Commission
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
protest this filing must file in WPPI Energy.
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of Combined Notice of Filings #2
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Take notice that the Commission 2015–12–04_WPPI Cost Recovery Filing
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). received the following exempt to be effective 1/1/2016.
Protests will be considered by the wholesale generator filings: Filed Date: 12/4/15.
Commission in determining the Docket Numbers: EG16–26–000. Accession Number: 20151204–5212.
appropriate action to be taken, but will Applicants: FTS Project Owner 1, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15.
not serve to make protestants parties to LLC. The filings are accessible in the
the proceeding. Any person wishing to Description: Notice of Self- Commission’s eLibrary system by
become a party must file a notice of Certification of Exempt Wholesale clicking on the links or querying the
intervention or motion to intervene, as Generator (EWG) Status of FTS Project docket number.
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or Owner 1, LLC. Any person desiring to intervene or
protests must be filed on or before the Filed Date: 12/4/15. protest in any of the above proceedings
comment date. On or before the Accession Number: 20151204–5176. must file in accordance with Rules 211
comment date, it is not necessary to Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15. and 214 of the Commission’s
serve motions to intervene or protests Docket Numbers: EG16–27–000. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
on persons other than the Applicant. Applicants: FTS Master Tenant 1,
The Commission encourages 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
LLC. time on the specified comment date.
electronic submission of protests and Description: Notice of Self-
interventions in lieu of paper using the Protests may be considered, but
Certification of Exempt Wholesale intervention is necessary to become a
‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. Generator (EWG) Status of FTS Master
Persons unable to file electronically party to the proceeding.
Tenant 1, LLC.
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should submit an original and 5 copies eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
Filed Date: 12/4/15. information relating to filing
of the protest or intervention to the Accession Number: 20151204–5177.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, requirements, interventions, protests,
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15. service, and qualifying facilities filings
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
Take notice that the Commission can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
20426.
received the following electric rate docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
1 Puget Sound Energy, Inc. v. All Jurisdictional filings: other information, call (866) 208–3676
Sellers of Energy, 153 FERC ¶ 61,136 (2015). Docket Numbers: ER16–336–001. (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.

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80 FR 76681 - Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Intent To Waive Parts of the Pre-Filing Three Stage Consultation Process, and Intent To Waive Scoping and Establish an Expedited Schedule for Processing

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 237 (December 10, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission