82 FR 11217 - Merchant Hydro Developers LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 33 (February 21, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-03323

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 33 (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No., 14807-000]


Merchant Hydro Developers LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On December 19, 2016, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Rattlin Run Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located near 
Shenandoah Borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The sole purpose 
of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder 
priority to file a license application during the permit term. A 
preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any 
land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters 
owned by others without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) As many as 
two new upper reservoirs with a combined surface area of 280 acres and 
a combined storage capacity of 5,040 acre-feet at a surface elevation 
of

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approximately 1,760 feet above mean sea level (msl) created through 
construction of new roller-compacted concrete or rock-filled dams and/
or dikes; (2) excavating a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 
131 acres and a total storage capacity of 5,040 acre-feet at a surface 
elevation of 1,099 feet msl; (3) a new 900-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter 
penstock connecting the upper reservoirs; (4) a new 3,387-foot-long, 
48-inch-diameter penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; 
(5) a new 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide powerhouse containing two 
turbine-generator units with a total rated capacity of 300 megawatts; 
(6) a new transmission line connecting the powerhouse to a nearby 
electric grid interconnection point with options to evaluate multiple 
grid interconnection locations; and (7) appurtenant facilities. 
Possible initial fill water and make-up water would come from Catawissa 
Creek. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 867,187 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: (267) 254-6107.
    FERC Contact: Tim Looney; phone: (202) 502-6096.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. 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-14807-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14807) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 14, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-03323 Filed 2-17-17; 8:45 am]
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must file in accordance with Rules 211 described in item l below. Cooperating number excluding the last three digits in
and 214 of the Commission’s agencies should note the Commission’s the docket number field to access the
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and policy that agencies that cooperate in document. For assistance, contact FERC
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern the preparation of the environmental Online Support. A copy is also available
time on the specified comment date. document cannot also intervene. See, 94 for inspection and reproduction at the
Protests may be considered, but FERC 61,076 (2001). address in item h above.
intervention is necessary to become a k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 You may also register online at http://
party to the proceeding. CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or esubscription.asp to be notified via
information relating to filing person believes that an additional email of new filings and issuances
requirements, interventions, protests, scientific study should be conducted in related to this or other pending projects.
service, and qualifying facilities filings order to form an adequate factual basis For assistance, contact FERC Online
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ for a complete analysis of the Support.
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For application on its merit, the resource p. Procedural schedule: The
other information, call (866) 208–3676 agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file application will be processed according
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. a request for a study with the to the following preliminary Hydro
Commission not later than 60 days from Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
Dated: February 14, 2017.
the date of filing of the application, and schedule will be made as appropriate.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., serve a copy of the request on the
Deputy Secretary. Issue Deficiency and/or Additional
applicant. Information Letter—March 2017
[FR Doc. 2017–03317 Filed 2–17–17; 8:45 am] l. Deadline for filing additional study
Issue Notice of Acceptance—May 2017
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P requests and requests for cooperating Issue Scoping Document—June 2017
agency status: April 3, 2017. Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
The Commission strongly encourages
Analysis—August 2017
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY electronic filing. Please file additional
Commission Issues EA—January 2018
study requests and requests for
Federal Energy Regulatory cooperating agency status using the Dated: February 14, 2017.
Commission Commission’s eFiling system at http:// Kimberly D. Bose,
[Project No. 14751–002] www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For Secretary.
assistance, please contact FERC Online [FR Doc. 2017–03322 Filed 2–17–17; 8:45 am]
Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC; Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Notice of Application Tendered for ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
Filing With the Commission and (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
Soliciting Additional Study Requests electronic filing, please send a paper DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Take notice that the following Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street Federal Energy Regulatory
hydroelectric application has been filed NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first Commission
with the Commission and is available page of any filing should include docket
for public inspection. [Project No., 14807–000]
number P–14751–002.
a. Type of Application: Original m. The application is not ready for Merchant Hydro Developers LLC;
Minor License. environmental analysis at this time. Notice of Preliminary Permit
b. Project No.: 14751–002. n. The proposed project would utilize Application Accepted for Filing and
c. Date filed: February 1, 2017. head from the existing Fresno Dam, Soliciting Comments, Motions To
d. Applicant: Alpine Pacific Utilities intake with trashrack, and outlet Intervene, and Competing Applications
Hydro, LLC. structure owned and operated by the
e. Name of Project: Fresno Dam Site Bureau of Reclamation and consist of On December 19, 2016, Merchant
Water Power Project. the following new facilities: (1) Two Hydro Developers, LLC, filed an
f. Location: On the Milk River, in Hill 150-foot-long penstocks consisting of (i) application for a preliminary permit,
County, Montana, near the town of two 72-inch-diameter steel penstocks pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Kremlin. The project would be located bifurcating into (ii) two 60-inch- Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the
at the Bureau of Reclamation’s Fresno diameter steel penstocks; (2) an feasibility of the Rattlin Run Pumped
Dam. underground powerhouse containing Storage Hydroelectric Project to be
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power four 375-kilowatt Natel Energy turbines located near Shenandoah Borough in
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). with a total rated capacity of 1.5 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The
h. Applicant Contact: Justin Ahmann, megawatts; (3) four discharge pipes sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if
Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC, 75 diverting flows into the existing dam issued, is to grant the permit holder
Somers Road, Somers, Montana, 59932, spillway; (4) a 25-square-foot priority to file a license application
(406) 755–1333. switchyard; (5) an approximately 3.35- during the permit term. A preliminary
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at mile-long, 12.74-kilovolt partially permit does not authorize the permit
(202) 502–8576; or email at underground transmission line; and (6) holder to perform any land-disturbing
john.matkowski@ferc.gov. appurtenant facilities. The proposed activities or otherwise enter upon lands
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, or waters owned by others without the
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project would have an average annual
local, and tribal agencies with generation of 5,590 megawatt-hours. owners’ express permission.
jurisdiction and/or special expertise o. A copy of the application is The proposed project would consist of
with respect to environmental issues available for review at the Commission the following: (1) As many as two new
that wish to cooperate in the in the Public Reference Room or may be upper reservoirs with a combined
preparation of the environmental viewed on the Commission’s Web site at surface area of 280 acres and a
document should follow the http://www.ferc.gov using the combined storage capacity of 5,040 acre-
instructions for filing such requests ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket feet at a surface elevation of

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approximately 1,760 feet above mean (P–14807) in the docket number field to of Executive Departments and Agencies
sea level (msl) created through access the document. For assistance, to temporarily postpone for sixty days
construction of new roller-compacted contact FERC Online Support. from the date of the memorandum the
concrete or rock-filled dams and/or Dated: February 14, 2017. effective dates of all regulations (defined
dikes; (2) excavating a new lower Kimberly D. Bose,
in the January 20, 2017 memorandum to
reservoir with a surface area of 131 acres include ‘‘an interpretation of a statutory
Secretary.
and a total storage capacity of 5,040 or regulatory issue’’) that had been
acre-feet at a surface elevation of 1,099 [FR Doc. 2017–03323 Filed 2–17–17; 8:45 am]
published in the Federal Register but
feet msl; (3) a new 900-foot-long, 48- BILLING CODE 6717–01–P had not yet taken effect. The Federal
inch-diameter penstock connecting the Register Notice entitled ‘‘Statutory
upper reservoirs; (4) a new 3,387-foot- Requirements for Substantiation of
long, 48-inch-diameter penstock ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Confidential Business Information (CBI)
connecting the upper and lower AGENCY Claims Under the Toxic Substances
reservoirs; (5) a new 150-foot-long, 50- [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0026; FRL–9959–39] Control Act (TSCA)’’ is subject to the
foot-wide powerhouse containing two effective date delay. The new effective
turbine-generator units with a total rated Statutory Requirements for date for this action is March 21, 2017.
capacity of 300 megawatts; (6) a new Substantiation of Confidential If deemed appropriate, EPA may
transmission line connecting the Business Information (CBI) Claims consider delaying the effective date of
powerhouse to a nearby electric grid Under the Toxic Substances Control this action beyond March 21, 2017.
interconnection point with options to Act (TSCA); Delay of Effective Date Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.
evaluate multiple grid interconnection
locations; and (7) appurtenant facilities. AGENCY: Environmental Protection Dated: February 13, 2017.
Possible initial fill water and make-up Agency (EPA). Wendy Cleland-Hamnett,
water would come from Catawissa ACTION: Delay of effective date. Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of
Creek. The proposed project would have Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
an annual generation of 867,187 SUMMARY: In accordance with the [FR Doc. 2017–03352 Filed 2–17–17; 8:45 am]
megawatt-hours. Presidential directive as expressed in BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, the memorandum of January 20, 2017,
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710 from the Assistant to the President and
Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; Chief of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
phone: (267) 254–6107. Freeze Pending Review’’, this action AGENCY
FERC Contact: Tim Looney; phone: delays until March 21, 2017, the
[FRL–9959–09–Region 10]
(202) 502–6096. effective date of the Federal Register
Deadline for filing comments, motions Notice entitled ‘‘Statutory Requirements Washington State Department of
to intervene, competing applications for Substantiation of Confidential Ecology Prohibition of Discharges of
(without notices of intent), or notices of Business Information (CBI) Claims Vessel Sewage; Final Affirmative
intent to file competing applications: 60 Under the Toxic Substances Control Act Determination
days from the issuance of this notice. (TSCA)’’, published in the Federal
Competing applications and notices of Register on January 19, 2017 (82 FR AGENCY: Environmental Protection
intent must meet the requirements of 18 6522, FRL–9958–34). Agency (EPA).
CFR 4.36. DATES: This action is effective February ACTION: Notice of determination.
The Commission strongly encourages
21, 2017. The effective date of the SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator
electronic filing. Please file comments,
Federal Register Notice entitled of the Environmental Protection
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
‘‘Statutory Requirements for Agency, Region 10, has determined that
and competing applications using the
Substantiation of Confidential Business adequate facilities for the safe and
Commission’s eFiling system at http://
Information (CBI) Claims Under the sanitary removal and treatment of
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)’’, sewage from all vessels are reasonably
Commenters can submit brief comments
published in the Federal Register on available for all marine waters of
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
January 19, 2017 (82 FR 6522, FRL– Washington State inward from the line
registration, using the eComment system
9958–34), is delayed from March 20, between New Dungeness Lighthouse
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
2017 to a new effective date of March and the Discovery Island Lighthouse to
ecomment.asp. You must include your
21, 2017. the Canadian border, and fresh waters of
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lake Washington, Lake Union, and
please contact FERC Online Support at Scott M. Sherlock, Attorney Advisor, connecting waters between and to Puget
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) Environmental Assistance Division, Sound. This notice constitutes EPA’s
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 Office of Pollution Prevention and final determination on the petition
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please Toxics, Environmental Protection submitted by the Washington State
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Department of Ecology on July 21, 2016,
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone pursuant to Section 312(f)(3) of the
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. number: (202) 564–8257; email address: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1322, for a
sherlock.scott@epa.gov. determination that adequate facilities
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The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–14807–000. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA bases for the safe and sanitary removal and
More information about this project, this action on the Presidential directive treatment of sewage from all vessels are
including a copy of the application, can as expressed in the memorandum of reasonably available for the waters of
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to Puget Sound. This determination does
link of the Commission’s Web site at the President and Chief of Staff, entitled not itself constitute the designation of a
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ‘‘Regulatory Freeze Pending Review’’. no-discharge zone, rather, the State of
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number That memorandum directed the heads Washington may now in its discretion

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FR Citation		82 FR 11217

82 FR 11217 - Merchant Hydro Developers LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 33 (February 21, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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