81 FR 22589 - Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; 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 74 (April 18, 2016)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 74 (April 18, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-08861 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 22589-22590] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-08861] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1940-029] Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; 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.: P-1940-029. c. Date filed: March 28, 2016. d. Applicant: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. e. Name of Project: Tomahawk Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The existing project is located on the Wisconsin River in [[Page 22590]] Lincoln County, Wisconsin. The project does not affect federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Todd P. Jastremski, Asset Manager Hydro Operations, WE Energies, 800 Industrial Park Drive, Iron Mountain, MI 49801; or at (906) 779-4099. i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202) 502-8379 or by email at [email protected]. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. The existing Tomahawk Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A 27-foot-high, 3,400-foot-long reinforced concrete and embankment dam that includes a 2,450-foot-long left embankment section, a 300-foot- long right embankment section, 9-foot-long sluice gate section, 267- foot-long radial gate section, 160-foot-long slab and buttress section, and a 60-foot-long abutment section with a crest elevation of 1,441.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD); (2) a 2,773-acre reservoir (Lake Mohawksin) at a full-pool elevation of 1,435.5 feet NGVD; (3) a 67-foot-long by 41-foot-wide powerhouse containing two 1.3- megawatt (MW) generators providing a combined installed capacity of 2.6 MW; (4) powerhouse intake trash racks with a 2.7-inch clear bar spacing; (5) two 2.4-kilovolt (kV) generator leads and an associated 3.75-megavolt-ampere, 2.4/24.9-kV three phase transformer; (6) an interconnected substation located adjacent to the powerhouse; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project is operated in a limited peaking mode, with maximum allowed daily reservoir fluctuations of approximately 0.8 feet (1,435.5 feet NGVD to 1,434.7 feet NGVD). During normal peaking operations, the reservoir is drawn down from the maximum pond elevation during the day and refilled at night providing one peaking cycle per day. The amount of fluctuation is determined primarily by the volume of water which can normally be restored to the Tomahawk reservoir during off-peak hours. During low flow periods, the project is required to maintain a minimum flow of 162 cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow, whichever is less. The operation of the Tomahawk Project is coordinated with the downstream WPS Projects (Grandfather Falls and Alexander Projects) and with the Grandmother Falls Project to make the most effective use of the available water resource. The normal tailwater elevation of the project is 1,419.5 feet NGVD. The impoundment provides about 14.5 feet of gross head for power generation purposes. The hydraulic capacity of the project is 2,634 cfs and water flowing through the turbines is discharged via the draft tubes into the tailrace immediately below the dam. Electricity generated from the project is transmitted from the powerhouse via two 2.5-kV generator leads and a 3.75 MVA 2.4/24.9-kV three-phase transformer to the adjacent substation and into Wisconsin Public Service Corporation's distribution system. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation is proposing to continue current operations at the Project for the term of the new license. l. 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 [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free) or (202) 502- 8659 (TTY). 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 June 2016. for Environmental Analysis. Filing of recommendations, August 2016. preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions. Issue Environmental Assessment (EA).. December 2016. Comments due on EA................... January 2017. Modified terms and conditions........ March 2017. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: April 6, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-08861 Filed 4-15-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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link of the Commission’s Web site at ready for environmental analysis, A copy of the EA may also be
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ requesting comments, accessed using this link: http://
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number recommendations, terms and elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/
(P–14758) in the docket number field to conditions, or prescriptions. OpenNat.asp?fileID=14010704.
access the document. For assistance, For further information, contact Alan You may also register online at http://
contact FERC Online Support. Mitchnick at (202) 502–6074. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Dated: April 6, 2016. Dated: April 6, 2016. esubsription.asp to be notified via email
Kimberly D. Bose,
of new filings and issuances related to
Kimberly D. Bose,
this or other pending projects. For
Secretary. Secretary.
assistance, contact FERC Online
[FR Doc. 2016–08860 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2016–08857 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am] Support.
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P All comments must be filed within 30
days of the date of this notice and
should reference Project No. 5891–009.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY The Commission strongly encourages
Federal Energy Regulatory electronic filing. Please file comments
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission using the Commission’s efiling system
Commission
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
[Project No. 2246–065] [Project No. 5891–009] efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
Yuba County Water Agency; Notice Deschutes Valley Water District; Notice without prior registration, using the
Soliciting Comments on Final of Availability of Environmental eComment system at http://
Technical Memoranda Assessment www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
On March 31, 2016, Yuba County ecomment.asp. You must include your
In accordance with the National
Water Agency, licensee for the Yuba name and contact information at the end
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
River Project, filed Technical of your comments. For assistance,
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Memoranda 7–11 and 7–11a, Fish please contact FERC Online Support. In
Commission’s (Commission)
Behavior and Hydraulics near Narrows lieu of electronic filing, please send a
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No.
2 Powerhouse and Radio Telemetry of paper copy to: Kimberly D. Bose,
486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy
Spring- and Fall-Run Chinook Migratory Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Projects has reviewed the Deschutes
Behavior Downstream of Narrows 2 Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Valley Water District’s (licensee)
Powerhouse.1 The memoranda were Washington, DC 20426.
application to amend the license in For further information, contact
required by studies approved by the
order to construct and operate fish Jennifer Ambler at (202) 502–8586 or
Commission on September 30, 2011
passage facilities at the Opal Springs Jennifer.Ambler@ferc.gov.
(modified on December 28, 2011; April
Hydroelectric Project No. 5891. The
12, 2012; and March 29, 2013) (Study Dated: April 6, 2016.
project is located on the Crooked River
11) and August 22, 2013 (Study 11a). Kimberly D. Bose,
in Jefferson County, Oregon. The project
The Commission is soliciting Secretary.
occupies federal lands administered by
comments on these memoranda. Any
the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. [FR Doc. 2016–08859 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am]
comments should be filed within 30
The application, filed with the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
days from the date of this notice. The
Commission on October 8, 2015,
Commission strongly encourages
contains an Environmental Analysis in
electronic filing. Please file all DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
its Exhibit E. After independent review
documents using the Commission’s
of the licensee’s Exhibit E, Commission
eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/ Federal Energy Regulatory
staff has decided to adopt the licensee’s
docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can Commission
Environmental Analysis and issue it as
submit brief comments up to 6,000
staff’s Environmental Assessment (EA). [Project No. 1940–029]
characters, without prior registration,
The EA analyzes the potential
using the eComment system at http:// Wisconsin Public Service Corporation;
environmental impacts of construction
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Notice of Application Tendered for
and operation of fish passage facilities
ecomment.asp. You must include your Filing With the Commission and
plus the proposed mitigation measures
name and contact information at the end Establishing Procedural Schedule for
and concludes that granting the
of your comments. For assistance, Licensing and Deadline for
proposed amendment would not
please contact FERC Online Support at Submission of Final Amendments
constitute a major federal action that
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of
would significantly affect the quality of Take notice that the following
electronic filing, please send a paper
the human environment. hydroelectric application has been filed
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
A copy of the EA is on file with the
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street with the Commission and is available
Commission and is available for public
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first for public inspection.
inspection. The EA may be viewed on a. Type of Application: New Major
page of any filing should include docket
the Commission’s Web site at http:// License.
number P–2246–065.
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Once the Commission has determined www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. b. Project No.: P–1940–029.
that it has sufficient information to Enter the docket number (P–5891) in the c. Date filed: March 28, 2016.
process the license application, it will docket number field to access the d. Applicant: Wisconsin Public
issue a notice that the application is document. For assistance, contact FERC Service Corporation.
Online Support at e. Name of Project: Tomahawk
1 These technical memoranda can be viewed at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call Hydroelectric Project.
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/ toll-free at 1–866–208–3676 or (202) f. Location: The existing project is
OpenNat.asp?fileID=14186240. 502–8659 (for TTY). located on the Wisconsin River in
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Lincoln County, Wisconsin. The project 24.9-kV three phase transformer; (6) an generated from the project is transmitted
does not affect federal lands. interconnected substation located from the powerhouse via two 2.5-kV
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power adjacent to the powerhouse; and (7) generator leads and a 3.75 MVA 2.4/
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). appurtenant facilities. 24.9-kV three-phase transformer to the
h. Applicant Contact: Todd P. The project is operated in a limited adjacent substation and into Wisconsin
Jastremski, Asset Manager Hydro peaking mode, with maximum allowed Public Service Corporation’s
Operations, WE Energies, 800 Industrial daily reservoir fluctuations of distribution system. Wisconsin Public
Park Drive, Iron Mountain, MI 49801; or approximately 0.8 feet (1,435.5 feet Service Corporation is proposing to
at (906) 779–4099. NGVD to 1,434.7 feet NGVD). During continue current operations at the
i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202) normal peaking operations, the reservoir Project for the term of the new license.
502–8379 or by email at lee.emery@ is drawn down from the maximum pond l. A copy of the application is
ferc.gov. elevation during the day and refilled at available for review at the Commission
j. This application is not ready for night providing one peaking cycle per in the Public Reference Room or may be
environmental analysis at this time. day. The amount of fluctuation is viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
k. The existing Tomahawk determined primarily by the volume of http://www.ferc.gov using the
Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A water which can normally be restored to ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
27-foot-high, 3,400-foot-long reinforced the Tomahawk reservoir during off-peak number excluding the last three digits in
concrete and embankment dam that hours. During low flow periods, the the docket number field to access the
includes a 2,450-foot-long left project is required to maintain a document. For assistance, contact
embankment section, a 300-foot-long minimum flow of 162 cubic feet per FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
right embankment section, 9-foot-long second (cfs) or inflow, whichever is less. 208–3676 (toll free) or (202) 502–8659
sluice gate section, 267-foot-long radial The operation of the Tomahawk Project (TTY). A copy is also available for
gate section, 160-foot-long slab and is coordinated with the downstream inspection and reproduction at the
buttress section, and a 60-foot-long WPS Projects (Grandfather Falls and address in item h above.
abutment section with a crest elevation Alexander Projects) and with the m. You may also register online at
of 1,441.0 feet National Geodetic Grandmother Falls Project to make the http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Vertical Datum (NGVD); (2) a 2,773-acre most effective use of the available water esubscription.asp to be notified via
reservoir (Lake Mohawksin) at a full- resource. email of new filings and issuances
pool elevation of 1,435.5 feet NGVD; (3) The normal tailwater elevation of the related to this or other pending projects.
a 67-foot-long by 41-foot-wide project is 1,419.5 feet NGVD. The For assistance, contact FERC Online
powerhouse containing two 1.3- impoundment provides about 14.5 feet Support.
megawatt (MW) generators providing a of gross head for power generation n. Procedural schedule:
combined installed capacity of 2.6 MW; purposes. The hydraulic capacity of the The application will be processed
(4) powerhouse intake trash racks with project is 2,634 cfs and water flowing according to the following preliminary
a 2.7-inch clear bar spacing; (5) two 2.4- through the turbines is discharged via Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to
kilovolt (kV) generator leads and an the draft tubes into the tailrace the schedule may be made as
associated 3.75-megavolt-ampere, 2.4/ immediately below the dam. Electricity appropriate.
Milestone Target date
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ........................................................................................... June 2016.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ........................................................ August 2016.
Issue Environmental Assessment (EA) ....................................................................................................................................... December 2016.
Comments due on EA ................................................................................................................................................................. January 2017.
Modified terms and conditions .................................................................................................................................................... March 2017.
o. Final amendments to the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Dakota County, Minnesota. The
application must be filed with the Commission will use this EA in its
Commission no later than 30 days from Federal Energy Regulatory decision-making process to determine
the issuance date of the notice of ready Commission whether the project is in the public
for environmental analysis. [Docket No. PF15–33–000] convenience and necessity.
Dated: April 6, 2016. This notice announces the opening of
Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice the scoping process the Commission
Kimberly D. Bose,
of Intent To Prepare an Environmental will use to gather input from the public
Secretary. Assessment for the Planned Northern and interested agencies on the project.
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environmental effects, reasonable
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Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an alternatives, and measures to avoid or
environmental assessment (EA) that will lessen environmental impacts. Your
discuss the environmental impacts of input will help the Commission staff
the Northern Lights 2017 Expansion determine what issues they need to
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