81_FR_63931 81 FR 63751 - Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

81 FR 63751 - Great Lakes Hydro America, 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 180 (September 16, 2016)

Page Range63751-63752
FR Document2016-22266

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 180 (Friday, September 16, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 180 (Friday, September 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63751-63752]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22266]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2520-076]


Great Lakes Hydro America, 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.: 2520-076.
    c. Date Filed: August 31, 2016.
    d. Applicant: Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC (Great Lakes Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Mattaceunk Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Penobscot River 
in Aroostook and Penobscot Counties, Maine. 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: Kevin Bernier, Senior Compliance Specialist, 
Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC, 1024

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Central Street, Millinocket, Maine 04462; Telephone (207) 723-4341, 
x118.
    i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer, (202) 502-8449 or [email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The Project Description: The existing Mattaceunk Hydroelectric 
Project consists of: (1) A 1,060-foot-long, 45-foot-high dam (Weldon 
Dam) with a crest elevation of 236.0 feet (USGS datum), and includes 
(i) a 110-foot-long earthen embankment extending to the left abutment; 
(ii) a combined intake and powerhouse structure; (iii) an upstream fish 
ladder; (iv) a 10-foot-wide log sluice structure, controlled by an 8-
foot-high vertical slide gate; (v) a 90-foot-long, 19-foot-high gated 
spillway with a single roller gate; (vi) a 657.5-foot-long, 70-foot 
high concrete gravity overflow spillway with 4-foot-high flashboards to 
create a maximum flashboard crest elevation of 240.0 feet; and (vii) a 
retaining wall at the right abutment; (2) a 1,664-acre reservoir with a 
total storage capacity of 20,981 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation 
of 240.00 feet (USGS datum); (3) a 142-foot-long, 99-foot-wide 
powerhouse (Weldon Station) integral to the dam containing two Kaplan 
turbines rated at 5,479 kilowatt (kW) and two fixed-blade propeller 
turbines rated at 5,489 kW, each driving a 6,000 kilovolt-ampere (kVA), 
4,800 kW vertical synchronous generator for an authorized installed 
capacity of 19.2 megawatts (MW); (4) a downstream fishway; (5) an 
outdoor substation adjacent to the powerhouse; (6) a 9-mile-long, 34.5-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line within a 120-foot-wide right of way; 
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project generates about 123,332 
megawatt-hours (MWh) annually.
    The Mattaceunk Project is operated with minimal fluctuations of the 
reservoir surface elevation. Flexibility on reservoir elevations is 
required to provide for safe installation of the project's flashboards 
and to allow an adequate margin for wave action, debris loads, or 
sudden pool increases that might cause flashboard failure. The existing 
license requires a reservoir surface elevation no lower than 1.0 foot 
below the dam crest elevation of 236.0 feet when the 4-foot-high 
flashboards are not in use, and no lower than 2.0 feet below the top of 
flashboard elevation of 240.0 feet when the 4-foot-high flashboards are 
in use. The existing license also requires a year-round continuous 
minimum flow of 1,674 cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow, whichever 
is less, and a daily average minimum flow of 2,392 cfs from July 1 
through September 30 and 2,000 cfs from October 1 through June 30, 
unless inflow is less than the stated daily average minimum flows (in 
which case outflow from the project must equal the inflow to the 
project). Great Lakes Hydro proposes to: (1) Install a seasonal 
upstream eel ramp; (2) install an upstream passage structure for 
American shad, alewife, and blueback herring; (3) install trashracks 
having 1-inch clear spacing to the full depth of the turbine intakes 
during the fish passage season; and (4) improve the recreation facility 
at the downstream angler access area.
    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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[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   October 2016.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations,             December 2016.
 preliminary terms and conditions,
 and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft Environmental  June 2017.
 Assessment (EA).
Comments on Draft EA.................  July 2017.
Modified terms and conditions........  September 2017.
Commission issues Final EA...........  December 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: September 8, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-22266 Filed 9-15-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 180 / Friday, September 16, 2016 / Notices 63751 include distinction between domestic what is the estimated tonnage • EIA–20 (standby) will consist of 491 and export sales of coke and breeze to representing the amount of coal respondents gather more accurate data on each type identified in the reserve that is (6) Annual Estimated Number of of sale. technologically and economically Responses: 3,725. • In Part 8, Question 2, revise coal feasible to extract?’’ and add ‘‘As of (7) Annual Estimated Number of refining plant disposition categories to December 31st of the reporting year, Burden Hours: 5,515. allow for accurate accounting of refined what is the estimated amount of coal in (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and coal. the reserve that is feasible Recordkeeping Cost Burden: Additional EIA proposes adding the following (economically/technologically) to costs to respondents are not anticipated questions to Form EIA–3: extract? This rewording of the current beyond costs associated with response • In Part 2, Question 2, add the question requesting recoverable coal burden hours. The information is question: ‘‘Does this site operate a coke reserves helps clarify to respondents to maintained in the normal course of oven’’? This question will be used to report the amount of coal that can be business. The cost of the burden hours identify active U.S. coking plants within recovered from the coal reserve in place. is estimated to be $397,190 (5,515 manufacturing sites. burden hours times $72.02 per hour). • In Part 3, Question 3A, add the Form EIA–8A: Annual Survey of Coal Other than the cost of burden hours, EIA question ‘‘Please provide the contact Stocks and Coal Exports estimates that there are no additional information for your broker.’’ Contact • In Part 2, Question 2, revise list of costs for generating, maintaining and information will be used to help locations where U.S. produced coal providing the information. maintain the EIA–8A frame, eliminate stocks are located to include ‘‘IT—In Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the duplicative reporting on Form EIA–7A Transit’’ Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, and reduce burden between Forms EIA– • In Part 3, Question 2, add new field Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b), 8A and EIA–7A. requesting port of export and and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub. destination country for export sales to L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. Form EIA–7A: Annual Survey of Coal gather more detailed export data and Production and Preparation Issued in Washington, DC, on September 9, assist in cross-survey comparison with 2016. • In Part 5, question 7, revise the EIA–7A and coal trade data Renee Miller, reporting categories of coal mine sales to collected by the U.S. Census Bureau to simplify question wording while adding quantify and eliminate double-counting Acting Director, Office of Survey Development and Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy export categories to include open of export coal sales. Information Administration. market export sales, captive market Standby Forms EIA–6: Emergency Coal [FR Doc. 2016–22310 Filed 9–15–16; 8:45 am] export sales, and broker export sales. Supply Survey (Standby) and EIA–20: BILLING CODE 6450–01–P The new categories will provide more Emergency Weekly Coal Monitoring accurate information on coal exports by Survey for Coal Burning Power type of sale and seller by eliminating Producers (Standby) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY potential double-counting of export coal sales on Form EIA–8A. It will improve • No substantive changes will be made to these forms. Federal Energy Regulatory EIAs assessments on production trends Commission and coal supply by basin. It will also Request for Comments: As a potential facilitate EIA’s comparison of coal respondent to the request for [Project No. 2520–076] supply by basin with export data information, review the proposed changes mentioned above, the survey Great Lakes Hydro America, LLC; collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. EIA proposes adding the following forms and instructions, and please Notice of Application Tendered for questions to Form EIA–7A: advise the following: Filing With the Commission and • In Part 3, Question 5A, add the • Is the proposed collection of Establishing Procedural Schedule for question ‘‘What is the average depth of information necessary for the proper Licensing and Deadline for the mine below the surface?’’ This performance of the functions of the Submission of Final Amendments question will assist with data agency and does the information have practical utility? Take notice that the following discrepancies of coalbed data reported hydroelectric application has been filed • What actions could be taken to help by comparing coalbeds mined with U.S. with the Commission and is available ensure and maximize the quality, Geological Survey data. for public inspection. • In Part 5, delete question 2 ‘‘With objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information to be collected? a. Type of Application: New Major the existing equipment in place, what is License. • Are the instructions and definitions the maximum amount of coal that this b. Project No.: 2520–076. clear and sufficient? If not, which mining operation can produce during c. Date Filed: August 31, 2016. instructions need clarification? the reporting year?’’ and add ‘‘With the • Can the information be submitted d. Applicant: Great Lakes Hydro existing equipment in place, what is the by the respondent by the due date? America, LLC (Great Lakes Hydro). annual operating capacity of this • Can information be submitted using e. Name of Project: Mattaceunk mine?’’ This is a rewording to the the proposed collection method? Hydroelectric Project. current question requesting annual (5) Estimated Number of Survey f. Location: The existing project is operating/producing capacity. By Respondents: 2,429. located on the Penobscot River in comparing actual production compared • EIA–3 will consist of 432 Aroostook and Penobscot Counties, mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES to operating capacity, EIA can assess if respondents Maine. The project does not affect mines are producing at maximum • EIA–7A will consist of 848 federal lands. capacity and can use this as an indicator respondents g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power of market conditions affecting coal • EIA–8A will consist of 48 Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). supply. respondents h. Applicant Contact: Kevin Bernier, • In Part 5, delete question 5 ‘‘As of • EIA–6 (standby) will consist of 610 Senior Compliance Specialist, Great December 31st of the reporting year, respondents Lakes Hydro America, LLC, 1024 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Sep 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16SEN1.SGM 16SEN1

63752 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 180 / Friday, September 16, 2016 / Notices Central Street, Millinocket, Maine downstream fishway; (5) an outdoor upstream eel ramp; (2) install an 04462; Telephone (207) 723–4341, x118. substation adjacent to the powerhouse; upstream passage structure for i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer, (202) (6) a 9-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt (kV) American shad, alewife, and blueback 502–8449 or adam.peer@ferc.gov. transmission line within a 120-foot- herring; (3) install trashracks having 1- j. This application is not ready for wide right of way; and (7) appurtenant inch clear spacing to the full depth of environmental analysis at this time. facilities. The project generates about the turbine intakes during the fish k. The Project Description: The 123,332 megawatt-hours (MWh) passage season; and (4) improve the existing Mattaceunk Hydroelectric annually. recreation facility at the downstream Project consists of: (1) A 1,060-foot-long, angler access area. 45-foot-high dam (Weldon Dam) with a The Mattaceunk Project is operated with minimal fluctuations of the l. Locations of the Application: A crest elevation of 236.0 feet (USGS reservoir surface elevation. Flexibility copy of the application is available for datum), and includes (i) a 110-foot-long on reservoir elevations is required to review at the Commission in the Public earthen embankment extending to the provide for safe installation of the Reference Room or may be viewed on left abutment; (ii) a combined intake project’s flashboards and to allow an the Commission’s Web site at http:// and powerhouse structure; (iii) an adequate margin for wave action, debris www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. upstream fish ladder; (iv) a 10-foot-wide loads, or sudden pool increases that Enter the docket number excluding the log sluice structure, controlled by an 8- might cause flashboard failure. The last three digits in the docket number foot-high vertical slide gate; (v) a 90- existing license requires a reservoir field to access the document. For foot-long, 19-foot-high gated spillway with a single roller gate; (vi) a 657.5- surface elevation no lower than 1.0 foot assistance, please contact FERC Online foot-long, 70-foot high concrete gravity below the dam crest elevation of 236.0 Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ overflow spillway with 4-foot-high feet when the 4-foot-high flashboards ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or flashboards to create a maximum are not in use, and no lower than 2.0 (202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also flashboard crest elevation of 240.0 feet; feet below the top of flashboard available for inspection and and (vii) a retaining wall at the right elevation of 240.0 feet when the 4-foot- reproduction at the address in item (h) abutment; (2) a 1,664-acre reservoir with high flashboards are in use. The existing above. a total storage capacity of 20,981 acre- license also requires a year-round m. You may also register online at feet at a normal pool elevation of 240.00 continuous minimum flow of 1,674 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ feet (USGS datum); (3) a 142-foot-long, cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow, esubscription.asp to be notified via 99-foot-wide powerhouse (Weldon whichever is less, and a daily average email of new filings and issuances Station) integral to the dam containing minimum flow of 2,392 cfs from July 1 related to this or other pending projects. two Kaplan turbines rated at 5,479 through September 30 and 2,000 cfs For assistance, contact FERC Online kilowatt (kW) and two fixed-blade from October 1 through June 30, unless Support. propeller turbines rated at 5,489 kW, inflow is less than the stated daily n. Procedural Schedule: The each driving a 6,000 kilovolt-ampere average minimum flows (in which case application will be processed according (kVA), 4,800 kW vertical synchronous outflow from the project must equal the to the following preliminary Hydro generator for an authorized installed inflow to the project). Great Lakes Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the capacity of 19.2 megawatts (MW); (4) a Hydro proposes to: (1) Install a seasonal schedule may be made as appropriate. Milestone Target date Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ....................................................................................... October 2016. Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ..................................................... December 2016. Commission issues Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) ................................................................................................... June 2017. Comments on Draft EA ........................................................................................................................................................... July 2017. Modified terms and conditions ................................................................................................................................................. September 2017. Commission issues Final EA ................................................................................................................................................... December 2017. o. Final amendments to the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY • Board of Directors application must be filed with the Æ September 15, 8:30 a.m.–12 noon, Commission no later than 30 days from Federal Energy Regulatory St. Paul Hotel, 350 Market Street, the issuance date of the notice of ready Commission St. Paul, MN for environmental analysis. Notice of Commission Staff • Board of Directors Markets Committee Dated: September 8, 2016. Attendance at MISO Meetings Æ September 13, 9 a.m.–12 noon, St. Kimberly D. Bose, Paul Hotel, 350 Market Street, St. The Federal Energy Regulatory Paul, MN Secretary. Commission (Commission) hereby gives • Board of Directors Corporate [FR Doc. 2016–22266 Filed 9–15–16; 8:45 am] notice that Commission staff may attend Governance and Strategic Planning BILLING CODE 6717–01–P the following MISO-related meetings: Committee • Advisory Committee Æ September 13, 11:15 a.m.–1 p.m., Æ September 14, 10:15 a.m.–3 p.m., mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES St. Paul Hotel, 350 Market Street, St. Paul Hotel, 350 Market Street, St. Paul, MN St. Paul, MN • Board of Directors Audit & Finance Unless otherwise noted all of the Committee meetings above will be held at either: Æ September 14, 3:45 p.m.–5 p.m., St. Carmel, MISO Headquarters, 701 City Paul Hotel, 350 Market Street, St. Center Drive, 720 City Center Drive, Paul, MN and Carmel, IN 46032. 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