81 FR 2205 - Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 10 (January 15, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2205-2206]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00710]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14439-001]


Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing 
and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 14439-001.
    c. Date Filed: December 29, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC (Hawks Nest Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Glen Ferris Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Kanawha River, 
in Fayette County, West Virginia. The project does not occupy any 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steven Murphy, Manager, Licensing, Brookfield 
Renewable Energy Group, 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, New York 
13069; Telephone (315) 598-6130.
    i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury, (202) 502-6736 or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing Glen Ferris Hydroelectric 
Project consists of: (1) A low concrete dam with a maximum height of 12 
feet above the river bed and a crest elevation of 651.0 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), consisting of (from left to 
right--looking downstream) (i) a 590-foot-long spillway section that 
generally curves upstream; (ii) a 128-foot-long five-bay stoplog 
sluice; (iii) a 2,132-foot-long right spillway that runs diagonally in 
a downstream direction; (iv) a trash sluice section; (v) a 54-foot-long 
by 38-foot-wide east powerhouse with a 62-foot-wide intake structure; 
and (vi) a 64.5-foot-long by 63-foot-wide west powerhouse with a 82.3-
foot-wide intake structure, with both powerhouses integral to the dam; 
(2) a 190-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of approximately 
1,500 acre-feet at the dam crest elevation of 651.0 feet NGVD29; (3) 
two turbine-generator units in the east powerhouse, each with a rated 
capacity of approximately 1.9 megawatts (MW); (4) six turbine-generator 
units in the west powerhouse, each with a rated capacity of 
approximately 0.4 MW; (5) a 4-mile-long, 13.8-kilovolt transmission 
line; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
    The project is currently operated in a run-of-river mode with no 
usable storage capacity. Hawks Nest Hydro proposes to continue run-of-
river operation. The project generates an annual average of 41,482 
megawatt-hours.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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 at [email protected] 
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item 
(h) above.
    m. 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.
    n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule may be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready     February 2016.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary   April 2016.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues EA...................  August 2016.
Comments on EA.........................  September 2016.
Modified Terms and Conditions..........  November 2016.
Commission Issues Final EA, if           February 2017.
 necessary.
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    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: January 11, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-00710 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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