81_FR_2864 81 FR 2853 - Aquenergy Systems, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

81 FR 2853 - Aquenergy Systems, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 11 (January 19, 2016)

Page Range2853-2853
FR Document2016-00820

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 2853]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00820]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2428-007]


Aquenergy Systems, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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: Minor New License.
    b. Project No.: P-2428-007.
    c. Date filed: December 31, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Aquenergy Systems, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Piedmont Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Saluda River, in Anderson and Greenville 
Counties, South Carolina. The project does not occupy lands of the 
United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, P.E., Regional Operations 
Manager, Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 11 Anderson St., 
Piedmont, SC 29674; (864) 846-0042; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy, (202) 502-6145 or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l 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).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: February 29, 2016
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-2428-007.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Piedmont Hydroelectric Project consists of: (a) A 25-foot-
high, 600-foot-long stone masonry dam with a 200-foot-long overflow 
spillway section fitted with 16-inch-high flashboards; (b) a reservoir 
with a surface area of 22 acres at the normal water surface elevation 
of 774.0 feet mean sea level; (c) an open flume intake canal, about 144 
feet long and 81 feet wide; (d) a powerhouse containing a single 
generating unit with a rated capacity of 1,000 kW; (e) a tailrace, 
about 180 feet long and 38 feet wide; (f) a 600 volt transmission line, 
about 263 feet long; and (g) appurtenant facilities.
    o. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Notice of Acceptance................  August 2016.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  October 2016.
Comments on Scoping Document 1 due........  December 2016.
Issue Scoping Document 2..................  February 2017.
Issue notice of ready for environmental     March 2017.
 analysis.
Commission issues EA......................  October 2017.
Comments on EA due........................  November 2017.
Commission issues final EA................  January 2018.
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    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 12, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-00820 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2016 / Notices 2853 above list. They are also available for policy that agencies that cooperate in esubscription.asp to be notified via electronic review in the Commission’s the preparation of the environmental email of new filings and issuances Public Reference Room in Washington, document cannot also intervene. See, 94 related to this or other pending projects. DC. There is an eSubscription link on FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). For assistance, contact FERC Online the Web site that enables subscribers to k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 Support. receive email notification when a CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if p. Procedural schedule and final document is added to a subscribed any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or amendments: The application will be docket(s). For assistance with any FERC person believes that an additional processed according to the following Online service, please email scientific study should be conducted in preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call order to form an adequate factual basis Revisions to the schedule will be made (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call for a complete analysis of the as appropriate. (202) 502–8659. application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file Issue Notice of Acceptance ................ August Dated: January 12, 2016. 2016. a request for a study with the Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Commission not later than 60 days from Issue Scoping Document 1 for com- October Deputy Secretary. ments. 2016. the date of filing of the application, and Comments on Scoping Document 1 December [FR Doc. 2016–00810 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am] serve a copy of the request on the due. 2016. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P applicant. Issue Scoping Document 2 ................. February l. Deadline for filing additional study 2017. Issue notice of ready for environ- March 2017. requests and requests for cooperating mental analysis. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY agency status: February 29, 2016 Commission issues EA ....................... October The Commission strongly encourages 2017. Federal Energy Regulatory electronic filing. Please file additional Comments on EA due ........................ November Commission 2017. study requests and requests for Commission issues final EA ............... January [Project No. 2428–007] cooperating agency status using the 2018. Commission’s eFiling system at http:// Aquenergy Systems, LLC; Notice of www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For Final amendments to the application Application Tendered for Filing With assistance, please contact FERC Online must be filed with the Commission no the Commission and Soliciting Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ later than 30 days from the issuance Additional Study Requests and ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or date of the notice of ready for Establishing Procedural Schedule for (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of environmental analysis. Relicensing and a Deadline for electronic filing, please send a paper Dated: January 12, 2016. Submission of Final Amendments copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street Take notice that the following NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first Deputy Secretary. hydroelectric application has been filed page of any filing should include docket [FR Doc. 2016–00820 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am] with the Commission and is available number P–2428–007. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P for public inspection. m. The application is not ready for a. Type of Application: Minor New environmental analysis at this time. License. n. The Piedmont Hydroelectric Project DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY b. Project No.: P–2428–007. consists of: (a) A 25-foot-high, 600-foot- c. Date filed: December 31, 2015. long stone masonry dam with a 200- Federal Energy Regulatory d. Applicant: Aquenergy Systems, foot-long overflow spillway section Commission LLC. fitted with 16-inch-high flashboards; (b) [Docket No. ER16–700–000] e. Name of Project: Piedmont a reservoir with a surface area of 22 Hydroelectric Project. acres at the normal water surface CPV Towantic, LLC; Supplemental f. Location: On the Saluda River, in elevation of 774.0 feet mean sea level; Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Anderson and Greenville Counties, (c) an open flume intake canal, about Filing Includes Request for Blanket South Carolina. The project does not 144 feet long and 81 feet wide; (d) a Section 204 Authorization occupy lands of the United States. powerhouse containing a single g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power generating unit with a rated capacity of This is a supplemental notice in the Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 1,000 kW; (e) a tailrace, about 180 feet above-referenced proceeding of CPV h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, long and 38 feet wide; (f) a 600 volt Towantic, LLC’s application for market- P.E., Regional Operations Manager, Enel transmission line, about 263 feet long; based rate authority, with an Green Power North America, Inc., 11 and (g) appurtenant facilities. accompanying rate tariff, noting that Anderson St., Piedmont, SC 29674; o. A copy of the application is such application includes a request for (864) 846–0042; Beth.Harris@Enel.com. available for review at the Commission blanket authorization, under 18 CFR i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy, (202) in the Public Reference Room or may be part 34, of future issuances of securities 502–6145 or sean.murphy@ferc.gov. viewed on the Commission’s Web site at and assumptions of liability. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, http://www.ferc.gov using the Any person desiring to intervene or to local, and tribal agencies with ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket protest should file with the Federal asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES jurisdiction and/or special expertise number excluding the last three digits in Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 with respect to environmental issues the docket number field to access the First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, that wish to cooperate in the document. For assistance, contact FERC in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 preparation of the environmental Online Support. A copy is also available of the Commission’s Rules of Practice document should follow the for inspection and reproduction at the and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and instructions for filing such requests address in item h above. 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to described in item l below. Cooperating You may also register online at http:// intervene or protest must serve a copy agencies should note the Commission’s www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ of that document on the Applicant. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 Jan 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM 19JAN1


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