81 FR 2207 - 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 Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 10 (January 15, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-00706 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 2207-2208] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-00706] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2512-075] 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.: 2512-075. c. Date Filed: December 29, 2015. d. Applicant: Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC (Hawks Nest Hydro). e. Name of Project: Hawks Nest Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The existing project is located on the New 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 Hawks Nest Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A 948-foot-long concrete gravity dam with a crest elevation of 795.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29); (2) 14 ogee-type spillway bays extending almost the entire length of the dam, each with a 25-foot-high by 50-foot-wide Stoney-type steel lift gate and separated by a 9-foot-wide concrete pier; (3) a 243-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 7,323 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 819.9 feet NGVD29; (4) an intake structure located at the right shoreline (looking downstream) of the reservoir just upstream of the dam and consisting of a 110-foot-wide by 50-foot- high trashrack structure and a Stoney-type 42-foot-high by 50-foot-wide bulkhead intake gate that sits back approximately 50 feet from the opening where the trashrack is located; (5) a 16,240-foot-long tunnel that runs along the right side of the river to convey water from the intake to the powerhouse downstream of the New River; (6) a 600-foot- long by 170-foot-wide surge basin located at a point on the tunnel approximately 60 percent of the distance from the intake to the powerhouse; (7) a 116-foot-diameter and 56-foot-high differential surge tank located at the downstream end of the tunnel and before the powerhouse; (8) a 210-foot-long by 74.5-foot-wide powerhouse containing four turbine-generator units, each with a rated capacity of approximately 25.5 megawatts; (9) two parallel approximately 5.5-mile- long, 69-kilovolt transmission lines; and (10) appurtenant facilities. Hawks Nest Hydro operates the project in a run-of-river mode. The existing license (Article 402) requires that the project release a continuous minimum flow of 100 cubic feet per second into the bypassed reach between the dam and the powerhouse. Hawks Nest Hydro proposes to continue run-of-river operation and a modified minimum flow schedule for the bypassed reach. The project generates an annual average of 544,253 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milestone Target date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [[Page 2208]] Modified Terms and Conditions.......... November 2016. Commission Issues Final EA, if February 2017. necessary. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 2016-00706 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Accession Number: 20160111–5311. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY located at a point on the tunnel
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/1/16. approximately 60 percent of the
Federal Energy Regulatory distance from the intake to the
Docket Numbers: ER16–706–001.
Commission powerhouse; (7) a 116-foot-diameter and
Applicants: RE Garland A LLC.
[Project No. 2512–075] 56-foot-high differential surge tank
Description: Tariff Amendment: located at the downstream end of the
Amendment to Application and Initial tunnel and before the powerhouse; (8) a
Tariff Filing to be effective 2/12/2016. Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing With 210-foot-long by 74.5-foot-wide
Filed Date: 1/11/16. powerhouse containing four turbine-
the Commission and Establishing
Accession Number: 20160111–5312. Procedural Schedule for Licensing and generator units, each with a rated
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/1/16. Deadline for Submission of Final capacity of approximately 25.5
Docket Numbers: ER16–708–000. Amendments megawatts; (9) two parallel
Applicants: Calpine Energy Services, approximately 5.5-mile-long, 69-kilovolt
Take notice that the following transmission lines; and (10) appurtenant
L.P.
hydroelectric application has been filed facilities.
Description: Request for Limited with the Commission and is available
Waiver and Shortened Comment Period Hawks Nest Hydro operates the
for public inspection. project in a run-of-river mode. The
of Calpine Energy Services, L.P. a. Type of Application: New Major
Filed Date: 1/8/16. existing license (Article 402) requires
License.
Accession Number: 20160108–5278. that the project release a continuous
b. Project No.: 2512–075.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2015. minimum flow of 100 cubic feet per
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/16.
d. Applicant: Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC second into the bypassed reach between
Docket Numbers: ER16–710–000. the dam and the powerhouse. Hawks
(Hawks Nest Hydro).
Applicants: Arizona Public Service Nest Hydro proposes to continue run-of-
e. Name of Project: Hawks Nest
Company. river operation and a modified
Hydroelectric Project.
Description: Section 205(d) Rate f. Location: The existing project is minimum flow schedule for the
Filing: Service Agreement No. 219— located on the New River, in Fayette bypassed reach. The project generates
Amendment 2 to be effective 1/1/2016. County, West Virginia. The project does an annual average of 544,253 megawatt-
Filed Date: 1/11/16. not occupy any federal lands. hours.
Accession Number: 20160111–5297. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power l. Locations of the Application: A
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/1/16. Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). copy of the application is available for
Docket Numbers: ER16–711–000. h. Applicant Contact: Steven Murphy, review at the Commission in the Public
Manager, Licensing, Brookfield Reference Room or may be viewed on
Applicants: Pio Pico Energy Center,
Renewable Energy Group, 33 West 1st the Commission’s Web site at http://
LLC.
Street South, Fulton, New York 13069; www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Enter the docket number excluding the
Telephone (315) 598–6130.
Application for MBR to be effective last three digits in the docket number
i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury,
3/1/2016. field to access the document. For
(202) 502–6736 or monir.chowdhury@
Filed Date: 1/11/16. ferc.gov. assistance, contact FERC Online
Accession Number: 20160111–5304. j. This application is not ready for Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/1/16. environmental analysis at this time. ferc.gov or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676,
The filings are accessible in the k. Project Description: The existing or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is
Commission’s eLibrary system by Hawks Nest Hydroelectric Project also available for inspection and
clicking on the links or querying the consists of: (1) A 948-foot-long concrete reproduction at the address in item (h)
docket number. gravity dam with a crest elevation of above.
Any person desiring to intervene or 795.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical m. You may also register online at
protest in any of the above proceedings Datum of 1929 (NGVD29); (2) 14 ogee- http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
must file in accordance with Rules 211 type spillway bays extending almost the esubscription.asp to be notified via
and 214 of the Commission’s entire length of the dam, each with a 25- email of new filings and issuances
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and foot-high by 50-foot-wide Stoney-type related to this or other pending projects.
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern steel lift gate and separated by a 9-foot- For assistance, contact FERC Online
time on the specified comment date. wide concrete pier; (3) a 243-acre Support.
Protests may be considered, but reservoir with a gross storage capacity of n. Procedural Schedule: The
intervention is necessary to become a 7,323 acre-feet at a normal pool application will be processed according
party to the proceeding. elevation of 819.9 feet NGVD29; (4) an to the following preliminary Hydro
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed intake structure located at the right Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
information relating to filing shoreline (looking downstream) of the schedule may be made as appropriate.
requirements, interventions, protests, reservoir just upstream of the dam and
service, and qualifying facilities filings consisting of a 110-foot-wide by 50-foot- Milestone Target date
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ high trashrack structure and a Stoney-
type 42-foot-high by 50-foot-wide Notice of Acceptance/No- February 2016.
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
tice of Ready for Envi-
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other information, call (866) 208–3676 bulkhead intake gate that sits back
approximately 50 feet from the opening ronmental Analysis.
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Filing of recommendations, April 2016.
where the trashrack is located; (5) a
Dated: January 11, 2016. preliminary terms and
16,240-foot-long tunnel that runs along conditions, and fishway
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., the right side of the river to convey prescriptions.
Deputy Secretary. water from the intake to the powerhouse Commission issues EA ...... August 2016.
[FR Doc. 2016–00702 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] downstream of the New River; (6) a 600- Comments on EA .............. September
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P foot-long by 170-foot-wide surge basin 2016.
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Milestone Target date described in item l below. Cooperating topped with flashboards ranging from 6
agencies should note the Commission’s to 8 inches in height and (ii) a 160-foot-
Modified Terms and Condi- November 2016. policy that agencies that cooperate in long overflow section with an ice sluice
tions. the preparation of the environmental opening; (2) a 4-acre reservoir with a
Commission Issues Final February 2017. document cannot also intervene. See, 94 storage capacity of 27.9 acre-feet at a
EA, if necessary. FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). normal elevation of 769.6 feet NAVD 88;
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of the (3) an intake structure with a steel trash
o. Final amendments to the Commission’s regulations, if any rack, integral with a powerhouse
application must be filed with the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person containing two 500-kW turbine and
Commission no later than 30 days from believes that an additional scientific generator units; (4) a tailrace; (5) a 250-
the issuance date of the notice of ready study should be conducted in order to foot-long, 2.4-kV transmission line
for environmental analysis. form an adequate factual basis for a connected to the Upper Beaver Falls
Dated: January 11, 2016. complete analysis of the application on powerhouse; and (6) appurtenant
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., its merit, the resource agency, Indian facilities. The project generates about
Deputy Secretary. Tribe, or person must file a request for 5,617 MWh annually.
[FR Doc. 2016–00706 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] a study with the Commission not later The Lower Beaver Falls Project is
than 60 days from the date of filing of located approximately 600 feet
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
the application, and serve a copy of the downstream of the Upper Beaver Falls
request on the applicant. Project. The dams and existing project
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY l. Deadline for filing additional study
facilities for both projects are owned by
requests and requests for cooperating
the applicant. The applicant proposes
Federal Energy Regulatory agency status: February 28, 2016.
The Commission strongly encourages no new project facilities or operational
Commission changes, but proposes that both projects
electronic filing. Please file additional
[Project Nos. 2593–031; 2823–020] study requests and requests for be combined under a single license.
cooperating agency status using the o. A copy of the application is
Algonquin Power (Beaver Falls), LLC; Commission’s eFiling system at http:// available for review at the Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For in the Public Reference Room or may be
Filing With the Commission and assistance, please contact FERC Online viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
Soliciting Additional Study Requests Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ http://www.ferc.gov using the
and Establishing Procedural Schedule ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter one of the docket
for Relicensing and a Deadline for (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of numbers excluding the last three digits
Submission of Final Amendments electronic filing, please send a paper in the docket number field to access the
Take notice that the following copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy document. For assistance, please contact
hydroelectric application has been filed Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street FERC Online Support at
with the Commission and is available NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
for public inspection. page of any filing should include docket 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
a. Type of Application: New Major numbers P–2593–031 and P–2823–020. (TTY). A copy is also available for
License. m. The application is not ready for inspection and reproduction at the
b. Project Nos.: 2593–031 and 2823– environmental analysis at this time. address in item (h) above.
020. n. The existing project works are as You may also register online at
c. Date filed: December 30, 2015. follows: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
d. Applicant: Algonquin Power The Upper Beaver Falls Project esubscription.asp to be notified via
(Beaver Falls), LLC. consists of: (1) A 328-foot-long, 25-foot- email of new filings and issuances
e. Name of Projects: Upper Beaver high concrete gravity dam with an related to these or other pending
Falls and Lower Beaver Falls projects. uncontrolled overflow spillway; (2) a projects. For assistance, contact FERC
f. Location: On the Beaver River, in 48-acre reservoir with a storage capacity Online Support.
the towns of Croghan and New Bremen, of 800 acre-feet at elevation 799.4 feet
p. Procedural Schedule: The
Lewis County, New York. The project North American Vertical Datum of 1988
application will be processed according
does not occupy lands of the United (NAVD 88); (3) a 17-foot-high, 26.5-foot-
to the following preliminary Hydro
States. wide, 27.5-foot-long intake structure
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power with a steel trash rack; (4) a 90-foot-
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). long, 16-foot-wide, 8-foot-high concrete
h. Applicant Contact: Robert A. Gates, penstock; (5) a powerhouse containing Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)—
February 2016
Executive Vice President, Eagle Creek one turbine-generator with a nameplate Request Additional Information—February
Renewable Energy, 65 Madison Avenue, rating of 1,500 kilowatts (kW); (6) a 2016
Suite 500, Morristown, New Jersey tailrace excavated in the riverbed; (7) a Issue Acceptance Letter—May 2016
07960; (973) 998–8400; bob.gates@ 2,120-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV) Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments—
eaglecreekre.com. overhead transmission line connecting May 2016
i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick, (202) to an existing National Grid substation; Request Additional Information (if
502–8660 or andrew.bernick@ferc.gov. and (8) other appurtenances. The project necessary)—July 2016
Issue Scoping Document 2—September 2016
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j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, generates about 8,685 megawatt-hours
local, and tribal agencies with (MWh) annually. Issue notice of ready for environmental
jurisdiction and/or special expertise The Lower Beaver Falls Hydroelectric analysis—September 2016
Commission issues EA, draft EA, or draft
with respect to environmental issues Project consists of: (1) A 400-foot-long EIS—March 2017
that wish to cooperate in the concrete gravity dam with a maximum Comments on EA, draft EA, or draft EIS—
preparation of the environmental height of 14 feet, including: (i) A 240- April 2017
document should follow the foot-long non-overflow section Commission issues final EA or EIS—June
instructions for filing such requests containing an 8-foot-wide spillway 2017
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