81_FR_23368 81 FR 23292 - 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

81 FR 23292 - 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 76 (April 20, 2016)

Page Range23292-23293
FR Document2016-09092

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23292-23293]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09092]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1966-054]


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-1966-054.
    c. Date filed: March 30, 2016.
    d. Applicant: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Grandfather Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Wisconsin River 
in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. The project would occupy 0.1 acres of 
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
    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 Grandfather Falls Hydroelectric Project consists of 
(1) a 36-foot-high, 625-foot-long reinforced concrete main dam with a 
crest elevation of 1,402 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) 
that includes a masonry non-overflow wall, a concrete spillway section 
with seven Tainter gates, and a non-overflow masonry dam and a rockfill 
embankment with masonry core wall; (2) a 340-acre reservoir at a full-
pool elevation of 1,397.1 feet NGVD; (3) a 67-foot-long by 51-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing an 11-MW turbine-generator and a 6.2-megawatt 
(MW) turbine-generator providing a combined installed capacity 17.2 MW; 
(4) a 300-foot-wide by 4,000-foot-long intake canal; (5) an 11-foot- 
diameter by 1,325-foot-long wooden stave penstock and a 13.5-foot-
diameter by 1,325-foot-long wooden stave penstock to the powerhouse; 
(7) a steel surge tank connected to each penstock; (8) an intake 
structure at the downstream end of the intake canal with two 55.5-foot-
wide by 30.5-foot-high trashracks with a clear bar spacing of 2.5 
inches; (9) a 20-foot-wide by 167-foot long concrete sluiceway at the 
canal intake structure; (10) 6.9-kilovolt (kV) generator leads; (11) a 
300-foot-long, 46 kV overhead transmission line; and (12) appurtenant 
facilities. The intake canal and penstocks bypass about 4,800 feet of 
the Wisconsin River.
    The Grandfather Falls Project is operated in a limited peaking 
mode. The project is fully automated and is remotely operated from 
Wisconsin Public Service's control center in Green Bay, which is 
staffed 24 hours a day, and 365 days a year. Remote operation includes 
starting and stopping the project generators, monitoring kilowatt 
output, monitoring headwater and tailwater gage elevations, and 
maintaining headwater elevations through the operation of a heated gate 
structure. The project is required to maintain a minimum flow of 400 
cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow, whichever is less, as measured 
below

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the project tailrace and include a continuous minimum flow of 50 cfs 
released into the bypassed reach of the Wisconsin River between the 
project dam and the tailrace.
    During normal peaking operations, the impoundment is drawn down 
from the maximum pond elevation during the day and refilled at night 
providing one peaking cycle per day. The maximum elevation of the 
impoundment is 1,397.1 feet NGVD and the minimum elevation is 1,396.1 
feet NGVD. The operating regime has both seasonal and daily variations 
depending on precipitation and controlled releases made at upstream 
storage reservoirs, regulated by the Wisconsin Valley Improvement 
Company. Water releases from the Tomahawk and the Grandmother Falls 
projects and the non-power dam at Spirit Lake, (which are all located 
upstream from the Grandfather Falls Project) are coordinated with water 
releases from the Grandfather Falls Project to ensure that adequate 
water is available in the Wisconsin River during the seasonal low-flow 
periods. The pondage provided by the 1 foot of maximum drawdown between 
elevation 1,396.1 feet NGVD and 1397.1 feet NGVD for the Grandfather 
Falls Project, is used to augment and adjust the timing of the peaking 
operation at the project. Recharge of the Grandfather Falls reservoir 
occurs in the late evening and early morning hours. The peaking 
discharges from the Grandfather Falls Project are attenuated by the 
effects of the downstream Bill Cross Rapids (which is part of a free-
flowing stretch of the Wisconsin River) with no evidence of the 
project's peaking effects visible at Wisconsin Public Service 
Corporation's downstream Alexander Project (FERC No. 1979), which 
operates in a run-of-river mode. When flows in the Wisconsin River 
exceed 2,820 cfs, water is discharged via operation of the spillway 
Tainter gates at the project.
    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 
FERCOnline [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.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for  June 2016.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary    August 2016.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Issue Environmental Assessment (EA).....  December 2016.
Comments due on EA......................  January 2017.
Modified terms and conditions...........  March 2017.
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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: April 6, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-09092 Filed 4-19-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

23292 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 76 / Wednesday, April 20, 2016 / Notices No. CP16–116–000, as noted in the the party or parties directly involved in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. The project caption of this Notice. the protest. would occupy 0.1 acres of Federal land Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Persons who wish to comment only managed by the Bureau of Land Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, on the environmental review of this Management. within 90 days of this Notice the project should submit an original and g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Commission staff will either: Complete two copies of their comments to the Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). its environmental assessment (EA) and Secretary of the Commission. h. Applicant Contact: Todd P. place it into the Commission’s public Environmental commenters will be Jastremski, Asset Manager Hydro record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or placed on the Commission’s Operations, WE Energies, 800 Industrial issue a Notice of Schedule for environmental mailing list, will receive Park Drive, Iron Mountain, MI 49801; or Environmental Review. If a Notice of copies of the environmental documents, at (906) 779–4099. Schedule for Environmental Review is and will be notified of meetings i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202) issued, it will indicate, among other associated with the Commission’s 502–8379 or by email at lee.emery@ milestones, the anticipated date for the environmental review process. ferc.gov. Environmental commenters will not be j. This application is not ready for Commission staff’s issuance of the final required to serve copies of filed environmental analysis at this time. environmental impact statement (FEIS) k. The existing Grandfather Falls or EA for this proposal. The filing of the documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters Hydroelectric Project consists of (1) a EA in the Commission’s public record 36-foot-high, 625-foot-long reinforced for this proceeding or the issuance of a will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the concrete main dam with a crest Notice of Schedule will serve to notify elevation of 1,402 feet National Geodetic federal and state agencies of the timing Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the Vertical Datum (NGVD) that includes a for the completion of all necessary masonry non-overflow wall, a concrete reviews, and the subsequent need to Commission) and will not have the right spillway section with seven Tainter complete all federal authorizations to seek court review of the gates, and a non-overflow masonry dam within 90 days of the date of issuance Commission’s final order. Motions to intervene, protests and and a rockfill embankment with of the Commission staff’s FEIS or EA. masonry core wall; (2) a 340-acre There are two ways to become comments may be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper; see, 18 reservoir at a full-pool elevation of involved in the Commission’s review of 1,397.1 feet NGVD; (3) a 67-foot-long by this project. First, any person wishing to CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web 51-foot-wide powerhouse containing an obtain legal status by becoming a party 11–MW turbine-generator and a 6.2- to the proceedings for this project site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The megawatt (MW) turbine-generator should, on or before the comment date Commission strongly encourages providing a combined installed capacity stated below, file with the Federal electronic filings. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 17.2 MW; (4) a 300-foot-wide by 4,000- Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 foot-long intake canal; (5) an 11-foot- First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, Time on May 5, 2016. diameter by 1,325-foot-long wooden a motion to intervene in accordance Dated: April 14, 2016. stave penstock and a 13.5-foot-diameter with the requirements of the Kimberly D. Bose, by 1,325-foot-long wooden stave Commission’s Rules of Practice and Secretary. penstock to the powerhouse; (7) a steel Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) [FR Doc. 2016–09085 Filed 4–19–16; 8:45 am] surge tank connected to each penstock; and the Regulations under the NGA (18 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P (8) an intake structure at the CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party downstream end of the intake canal status will be placed on the service list with two 55.5-foot-wide by 30.5-foot- maintained by the Secretary of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY high trashracks with a clear bar spacing Commission and will receive copies of of 2.5 inches; (9) a 20-foot-wide by 167- all documents filed by the applicant and Federal Energy Regulatory foot long concrete sluiceway at the canal by all other parties. A party must submit Commission intake structure; (10) 6.9-kilovolt (kV) 5 copies of filings made with the [Project No. 1966–054] generator leads; (11) a 300-foot-long, 46 Commission and must mail a copy to kV overhead transmission line; and (12) the applicant and to every other party in Wisconsin Public Service Corporation; appurtenant facilities. The intake canal the proceeding. Only parties to the Notice of Application Tendered For and penstocks bypass about 4,800 feet of proceeding can ask for court review of Filing with the Commission and the Wisconsin River. Commission orders in the proceeding. Establishing Procedural Schedule For The Grandfather Falls Project is However, a person does not have to Licensing and Deadline For operated in a limited peaking mode. The intervene in order to have comments Submission of Final Amendments project is fully automated and is considered. The second way to remotely operated from Wisconsin Take notice that the following participate is by filing with the Public Service’s control center in Green hydroelectric application has been filed Secretary of the Commission, as soon as Bay, which is staffed 24 hours a day, with the Commission and is available possible, an original and two copies of and 365 days a year. Remote operation for public inspection. comments in support of or in opposition a. Type of Application: New Major includes starting and stopping the to this project. The Commission will License. project generators, monitoring kilowatt consider these comments in b. Project No.: P–1966–054. output, monitoring headwater and Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES determining the appropriate action to be c. Date filed: March 30, 2016. tailwater gage elevations, and taken, but the filing of a comment alone d. Applicant: Wisconsin Public maintaining headwater elevations will not serve to make the filer a party Service Corporation. through the operation of a heated gate to the proceeding. The Commission’s e. Name of Project: Grandfather Falls structure. The project is required to rules require that persons filing Hydroelectric Project. maintain a minimum flow of 400 cubic comments in opposition to the project f. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 76 / Wednesday, April 20, 2016 / Notices 23293 the project tailrace and include a For assistance, contact FERC Online 31, 2016. An Agency may not conduct continuous minimum flow of 50 cfs Support. or sponsor and a person is not required released into the bypassed reach of the n. Procedural schedule: to respond to a collection of information Wisconsin River between the project The application will be processed unless it displays a currently valid OMB dam and the tailrace. according to the following preliminary control number. During normal peaking operations, Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to DATES: Comments must be submitted on the impoundment is drawn down from the schedule may be made as or before June 20, 2016. the maximum pond elevation during the appropriate. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, day and refilled at night providing one referencing the Docket ID numbers peaking cycle per day. The maximum Milestone Target date provided for each item in the text, elevation of the impoundment is 1,397.1 online using www.regulations.gov (our feet NGVD and the minimum elevation Notice of Acceptance/No- June 2016. tice of Ready for Environ- preferred method), or by mail to: EPA is 1,396.1 feet NGVD. The operating Docket Center, Environmental regime has both seasonal and daily mental Analysis. Filing of recommendations, August 2016. Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, variations depending on precipitation preliminary terms and 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., and controlled releases made at conditions, and fishway Washington, DC 20460. upstream storage reservoirs, regulated prescriptions. EPA’s policy is that all comments by the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Issue Environmental As- December received will be included in the public Company. Water releases from the sessment (EA). 2016. docket without change including any Tomahawk and the Grandmother Falls Comments due on EA ........ January 2017. personal information provided, unless projects and the non-power dam at Modified terms and condi- March 2017. the comment includes profanity, threats, Spirit Lake, (which are all located tions. information claimed to be Confidential upstream from the Grandfather Falls Business Information (CBI) or other Project) are coordinated with water o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the information whose disclosure is releases from the Grandfather Falls restricted by statute. Project to ensure that adequate water is Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia available in the Wisconsin River during for environmental analysis. Giuliano, Compliance Division, Office the seasonal low-flow periods. The of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. pondage provided by the 1 foot of Dated: April 6, 2016. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 maximum drawdown between elevation Kimberly D. Bose, Traverwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1,396.1 feet NGVD and 1397.1 feet Secretary. 48105; telephone number: 734–214– NGVD for the Grandfather Falls Project, [FR Doc. 2016–09092 Filed 4–19–16; 8:45 am] 4865; fax number 734–214–4869; email is used to augment and adjust the timing of the peaking operation at the project. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P address: giuliano.julia@epa.gov. Recharge of the Grandfather Falls SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: reservoir occurs in the late evening and Supporting documents which explain in early morning hours. The peaking ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION detail the information that the EPA will discharges from the Grandfather Falls AGENCY be collecting will be available in the Project are attenuated by the effects of public docket for this ICR. The docket [EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0118; FRL–9945–31– can be viewed online at the downstream Bill Cross Rapids OAR] (which is part of a free-flowing stretch www.regulations.gov or in person at the of the Wisconsin River) with no Proposed Information Collection EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room evidence of the project’s peaking effects Request; Comment Request; Control 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., visible at Wisconsin Public Service of Evaporative Emissions From New Washington, DC. The telephone number Corporation’s downstream Alexander and In-Use Portable Gasoline for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. Project (FERC No. 1979), which operates Containers (Renewal), ICR 2213.05, For additional information about EPA’s in a run-of-river mode. When flows in OMB 2060–0597 public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ the Wisconsin River exceed 2,820 cfs, dockets. water is discharged via operation of the AGENCY: Environmental Protection Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of spillway Tainter gates at the project. Agency (EPA). the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments l. A copy of the application is ACTION: Notice. and information to enable it to: (i) available for review at the Commission Evaluate whether the proposed in the Public Reference Room or may be SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection collection of information is necessary viewed on the Commission’s Web site at Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an for the proper performance of the http://www.ferc.gov using the information collection request (ICR), ’’ functions of the Agency, including ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket Control of Evaporative Emissions from whether the information will have number excluding the last three digits in New and In-Use Portable Gasoline practical utility; (ii) evaluate the the docket number field to access the Containers (Renewal)’’, ICR 2213.05, accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the document. For assistance, contact OMB 2060–0597 to the Office of burden of the proposed collection of FERCOnline Support@ferc.gov, (866) Management and Budget (OMB) for information, including the validity of 208–3676 (toll free) or (202) 502–8659 review and approval in accordance with the methodology and assumptions used; (TTY). A copy is also available for the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES inspection and reproduction at the 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is clarity of the information to be address in item h above. soliciting public comments on specific collected; and (iv) minimize the burden m. You may also register online at aspects of the proposed information of the collection of information on those http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ collection request as described below. who are to respond, including through esubscription.asp to be notified via This notice is a proposed extension of the use of appropriate automated email of new filings and issuances the Portable Fuel Container ICR, which electronic, mechanical, or other related to this or other pending projects. is currently approved through August technological collection techniques or VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:53 Apr 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20APN1.SGM 20APN1


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