82 FR 28846 - Kaukauna Utilities; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 121 (June 26, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 121 (Monday, June 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28846-28847]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13270]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1510-018]


Kaukauna Utilities; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    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-1510-018.
    c. Date filed: March 24, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Kaukauna Utilities.
    e. Name of Project: Kaukauna City Plant Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: On the Fox River in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. There 
are no federal or tribal lands within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mike Pedersen, Kaukauna Utilities, 777 
Island Street, P.O. Box 1777, Kaukauna, WI 54130; (920) 766-5721.
    i. FERC Contact: Erin Kimsey, (202) 502-8621 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: August 21, 2017.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments 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-1510-018.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice 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

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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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Kaukauna City Plant Hydroelectric Project consists 
of: (1) A 3,527-foot-long, 14-foot-high dam that includes: (a) A 930-
foot-long, 14-foot-high rubble masonry retaining wall section (left 
forebay dam) with a remnant concrete headwall structure and a trash 
sluice; (b) a 92-foot-long, 47.5-foot-high concrete intake and 
powerhouse section; (c) a 365-foot-long, 20-foot-high rubble masonry 
retaining wall section (right forebay dam) with a masonry abutment 
section and a concrete gravity section with a trash sluice; (d) a 66-
foot-long gated spillway section with two 30-foot-wide, 8.8-foot-high 
spillway gates; and (e) a 2,074-foot-long, 10-foot-high overflow 
spillway section that includes a 1,305-foot-long concrete ogee section, 
a 75-foot-long natural rock section, a 125-foot-long concrete gravity 
section, and a 569-foot-long concrete gravity section; (2) a 19-acre 
1.5-mile-long impoundment with a normal maximum elevation of 629.0 
above mean seal level; (3) an intake structure with two head gates and 
two 25-foot-high, 88-foot-long trashracks with 5 inch clear-bar 
spacing; (4) a 92-foot-long, 47.5-foot-high concrete and brick 
powerhouse containing two 2.4-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units for 
a total capacity of 4.8 MW; (5) a 440-foot-wide, 49-foot-deep, 1,200-
foot-long excavated tailrace; (6) two 68-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt 
generator leads that connect the turbine-generator units to the 
regional distribution line; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    Kaukauna Utilities operates the project in a run-of-river mode with 
an annual average generation of approximately 29,704 megawatt-hours. 
Kaukauna Utilities is not proposing any new project facilities or 
changes in project operation.
    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 address the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare a single Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for the Kaukauna City Plant Hydroelectric Project in 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 
consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on Scoping Document 1 (SD1) issued on 
June 20, 2017.
    Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA 
were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and 
the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the 
web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or 
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: June 20, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-13270 Filed 6-23-17; 8:45 am]
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