81_FR_70303 81 FR 70107 - Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

81 FR 70107 - Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 196 (October 11, 2016)

Page Range70107-70108
FR Document2016-24471

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70107-70108]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24471]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: P-12635-002]


Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of Application Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-12635-002.
    c. Date filed: February 13, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Moriah Hydro Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Mineville Energy Storage Project.
    f. Location: The project would be located in an abandoned 
subterranean mine complex \1\ in the town of Moriah, Essex County, New 
York. No federal lands are occupied by project works or located within 
the project boundary.
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    \1\ The existing mine complex is composed of the interconnected 
Old Bed, Bonanza open pit, and Harmony mines.
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    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: James A. Besha, President, Moriah Hydro 
Corporation, c/o Albany Engineering Corporation, 5 Washington Square, 
Albany, New York 12205, (518) 456-7712.
    i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard (202) 502-8256 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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-12635-002.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The proposed project consists of: (1) An upper reservoir located 
within the upper portion of the mine between elevations 495 and 1,095 
feet above mean seal level (msl), with a surface area of 4 acres and a 
storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; (2) a lower reservoir in the lower 
portion of the mine between elevations -1,075 and -1,555 feet msl, with 
a surface area of 5.1 acres and a storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; 
(3) a 14-foot-diameter and 2,955-foot-long upper reservoir shaft 
connecting the upper reservoir to the high-pressure penstock located 
below the powerhouse chamber floor; (4) a 14-foot-diameter and 2,955-
foot-long lower reservoir shaft connecting the lower reservoir and the 
lower reservoir ventilation tunnel; (5) two 6-foot-diameter emergency 
evacuation shafts located between the powerhouse chamber and the 
electrical equipment chamber; (6) a 25-foot-diameter main shaft 
extending 2,955 feet from the surface down to the powerhouse chamber; 
(7) 15-foot-diameter high- and low-pressure steel penstocks embedded 
beneath the powerhouse chamber floor; (8) a 320-foot-long by 80-foot-
wide powerhouse chamber, containing 100 reversible pump-turbine units, 
each with a nameplate generating capacity of 2.4 megawatts; (9) a 274-
foot-long by 36-foot-wide underground electrical equipment chamber 
adjacent to the powerhouse chamber; (10) an inclined electrical tunnel 
connecting the electrical equipment chamber to a new 115-kilovolt (kV) 
substation constructed adjacent to an existing single circuit 115-kV 
transmission line located about one horizontal mile from the 
underground powerhouse chamber; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The 
project would operate as a closed-loop system to meet energy demands 
and grid control requirements. The project would have an average annual 
generation of 421 gigawatt-hours (GWh). The average pumping power used 
by the project would be 554 GWh.
    m. 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.
    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. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    Anyone may submit a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance 
with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 
385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, 
the Commission will consider all protests filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' or ``COMPETING APPLICATION;'' (2) set forth in 
the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the 
application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, 
address, and telephone number of the person protesting or intervening; 
and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 
through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain copies of the application 
directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to 
intervene must be served upon each representative of

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the applicant specified in the particular application.

    Dated: October 4, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-24471 Filed 10-7-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 11, 2016 / Notices 70107 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY issue that may affect the responsibilities for inspection and reproduction at the of a particular resource agency, they address in item h above. Federal Energy Regulatory must also serve a copy of the document Register online at http:// Commission on that resource agency. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ k. This application has been accepted esubscription.asp to be notified via [Project No.: P–12635–002] for filing, but is not ready for email of new filings and issuances Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of environmental analysis at this time. related to this or other pending projects. Application Accepted for Filing and l. The proposed project consists of: (1) For assistance, contact FERC Online Soliciting Motions To Intervene and An upper reservoir located within the Support. Protests upper portion of the mine between n. Any qualified applicant desiring to elevations 495 and 1,095 feet above file a competing application must Take notice that the following mean seal level (msl), with a surface submit to the Commission, on or before hydroelectric application has been filed area of 4 acres and a storage capacity of the specified intervention deadline date, with the Commission and is available 2,448 acre-feet; (2) a lower reservoir in a competing development application, for public inspection. the lower portion of the mine between or a notice of intent to file such an a. Type of Application: Original Major elevations ¥1,075 and ¥1,555 feet msl, application. Submission of a timely License. with a surface area of 5.1 acres and a notice of intent allows an interested b. Project No.: P–12635–002. storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; (3) a person to file the competing c. Date filed: February 13, 2015. 14-foot-diameter and 2,955-foot-long development application no later than d. Applicant: Moriah Hydro upper reservoir shaft connecting the 120 days after the specified intervention Corporation. upper reservoir to the high-pressure deadline date. Applications for e. Name of Project: Mineville Energy penstock located below the powerhouse preliminary permits will not be Storage Project. chamber floor; (4) a 14-foot-diameter accepted in response to this notice. f. Location: The project would be and 2,955-foot-long lower reservoir shaft A notice of intent must specify the located in an abandoned subterranean connecting the lower reservoir and the exact name, business address, and mine complex 1 in the town of Moriah, lower reservoir ventilation tunnel; (5) telephone number of the prospective Essex County, New York. No federal two 6-foot-diameter emergency applicant, and must include an lands are occupied by project works or evacuation shafts located between the unequivocal statement of intent to located within the project boundary. powerhouse chamber and the electrical submit a development application. A g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power equipment chamber; (6) a 25-foot- notice of intent must be served on the Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). diameter main shaft extending 2,955 applicant(s) named in this public notice. h. Applicant Contact: James A. Besha, feet from the surface down to the Anyone may submit a protest, or a President, Moriah Hydro Corporation, c/ powerhouse chamber; (7) 15-foot- motion to intervene in accordance with o Albany Engineering Corporation, 5 diameter high- and low-pressure steel the requirements of Rules of Practice Washington Square, Albany, New York penstocks embedded beneath the and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 12205, (518) 456–7712. powerhouse chamber floor; (8) a 320- and .214. In determining the appropriate i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard (202) foot-long by 80-foot-wide powerhouse action to take, the Commission will 502–8256 or christopher.millard@ chamber, containing 100 reversible consider all protests filed, but only ferc.gov. pump-turbine units, each with a those who file a motion to intervene in j. Deadline for filing motions to nameplate generating capacity of 2.4 accordance with the Commission’s intervene and protests: 60 days from the megawatts; (9) a 274-foot-long by 36- Rules may become a party to the issuance date of this notice. foot-wide underground electrical proceeding. Any comments, protests, or The Commission strongly encourages equipment chamber adjacent to the motions to intervene must be received electronic filing. Please file motions to powerhouse chamber; (10) an inclined on or before the specified comment date intervene and protests using the electrical tunnel connecting the for the particular application. Commission’s eFiling system at http:// electrical equipment chamber to a new When the application is ready for www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For 115-kilovolt (kV) substation constructed environmental analysis, the assistance, please contact FERC Online adjacent to an existing single circuit Commission will issue a public notice Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ 115-kV transmission line located about requesting comments, ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or one horizontal mile from the recommendations, terms and (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of underground powerhouse chamber; and conditions, or prescriptions. (11) appurtenant facilities. The project All filings must (1) bear in all capital electronic filing, please send a paper would operate as a closed-loop system letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy to meet energy demands and grid ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street control requirements. The project would OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first have an average annual generation of APPLICATION,’’ or ‘‘COMPETING page of any filing should include docket 421 gigawatt-hours (GWh). The average APPLICATION;’’ (2) set forth in the number P–12635–002. pumping power used by the project heading the name of the applicant and The Commission’s Rules of Practice would be 554 GWh. the project number of the application to and Procedures require all intervenors m. A copy of the application is which the filing responds; (3) furnish filing documents with the Commission available for review at the Commission the name, address, and telephone asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES to serve a copy of that document on in the Public Reference Room or may be number of the person protesting or each person on the official service list viewed on the Commission’s Web site at intervening; and (4) otherwise comply for the project. Further, if an intervenor http://www.ferc.gov using the with the requirements of 18 CFR files comments or documents with the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies Commission relating to the merits of an number excluding the last three digits in may obtain copies of the application 1 The existing mine complex is composed of the the docket number field to access the directly from the applicant. A copy of interconnected Old Bed, Bonanza open pit, and document. For assistance, contact FERC any protest or motion to intervene must Harmony mines. Online Support. A copy is also available be served upon each representative of VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:12 Oct 07, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1

70108 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 11, 2016 / Notices the applicant specified in the particular 1, 2017.1 The project would have been i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) application. located in the Pacific Ocean between 2.5 502–8969, or email at john.ramer@ Dated: October 4, 2016. and 3.0 miles off the coast of San Luis ferc.gov. Obispo County, California, and on land j. Deadline for filing motions to Kimberly D. Bose, near the town of Morro Bay. intervene and protests, comments, terms Secretary. The preliminary permit for Project and conditions, and recommendations: [FR Doc. 2016–24471 Filed 10–7–16; 8:45 am] Due to the small size and location of No. 14584 will remain in effect until the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P close of business, November 3, 2016. this project and the close coordination But, if the Commission is closed on this with state and federal agencies during day, then the permit remains in effect preparation of the application, the 60- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY day timeframe in 18 CFR 4.34(b) is until the close of business on the next Federal Energy Regulatory day in which the Commission is open.2 shortened. Instead, motions to intervene New applications for this site may not and protests, comments, terms and Commission be submitted until after the permit conditions, and recommendations are [Project No. 14585–001] surrender is effective. due 30 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply comments must be Dynegy Estero Bay Wave Park, LLC; Dated: October 4, 2016. filed with the Commission within 45 Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Kimberly D. Bose, days from the issuance date of this Permit Secretary. notice. [FR Doc. 2016–24473 Filed 10–7–16; 8:45 am] The Commission strongly encourages Take notice that Dynegy Estero Bay electronic filing. Please file motions to BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Wave Park, LLC, permittee for the intervene, protests, comments, and proposed Estero Bay Wave Park Project, recommendations using the has requested that its preliminary DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Commission’s eFiling system at http:// permit be terminated. The permit was www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. issued on October 28, 2014, and would Federal Energy Regulatory Commenters can submit brief comments have expired on November 1, 2017.1 Commission up to 6,000 characters, without prior The project would have been located in registration, using the eComment system [Project No. 14680–002] coastal waters between 2.5 and 3.0 miles at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ off the coast of San Luis Obispo County, Water Street Land, LLC; Notice of ecomment.asp. You must include your California, and on land near the town of Application Accepted for Filing With name and contact information at the end Morro Bay. the Commission, Intent To Waive of your comments. For assistance, The preliminary permit for Project Scoping, Soliciting Motions To please contact FERC Online Support at No. 14585 will remain in effect until the Intervene and Protests, Ready for FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) close of business, November 3, 2016. Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 But, if the Commission is closed on this Comments, Terms and Conditions, and (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please day, then the permit remains in effect Recommendations, and Establishing send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal until the close of business on the next an Expedited Schedule for Processing Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 day in which the Commission is open.2 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. New applications for this site may not Take notice that the following The first page of any filing should be submitted until after the permit hydroelectric application has been filed include docket number P–14680–002. surrender is effective. with the Commission and is available The Commission’s Rules of Practice Dated: October 4, 2016. for public inspection. require all intervenors filing documents Kimberly D. Bose, a. Type of Application: Exemption with the Commission to serve a copy of Secretary. from Licensing that document on each person on the [FR Doc. 2016–24475 Filed 10–7–16; 8:45 am] b. Project No.: 14680–002 official service list for the project. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P c. Date filed: July 13, 2016 Further, if an intervenor files comments d. Applicant: Water Street Land, LLC or documents with the Commission e. Name of Project: Natick Pond Dam relating to the merits of an issue that DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Hydroelectric Project may affect the responsibilities of a f. Location: On the Pawtuxet River, in particular resource agency, they must Federal Energy Regulatory the Towns of Warwick and West also serve a copy of the document on Commission Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island. that resource agency. No federal lands would be occupied by k. This application has been accepted [Project No. 14584–001] project works or located within the for filing and is now ready for Dynegy Point Estero Wave Park, LLC; project boundary. environmental analysis. Notice of Surrender of Preliminary g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility l. The proposed Natick Pond Dam Permit Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 Hydroelectric Project would consist of: U.S.C. 2705, 2708 (2012), amended by (1) An existing 265-foot-long granite Take notice that Dynegy Point Estero the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency block dam with a 19.3-foot-high, 166- foot-long spillway; (2) an existing 58- asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Wave Park, LLC, permittee for the Act of 2013, Public Law 113–23, 127 proposed Point Estero Wave Park Stat. 493 (2013). foot to 125.3-foot-wide, 1-foot- to 28- Project, has requested that its h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Rob Cioe, foot-deep earth embankment; (3) an preliminary permit be terminated. The Water Street Land, LLC, P.O. Box 358, existing 44-foot-long, 4-foot- to 20-foot- permit was issued on October 28, 2014, North Kingstown, RI 02852; (480) 797– high south granite block training wall; and would have expired on November 3077. (4) an existing 1,244-foot-long, 18-foot- to 41.25-foot-high granite block and 1 149 FERC ¶ 62,059. 1 149 FERC ¶ 62,058. cobble stone north training wall; (5) an 2 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) (2016). 2 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) (2016). existing 4-foot-wide, 6-foot-high granite VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:12 Oct 07, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1


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