82 FR 29070 - 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 122 (June 27, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 122 (June 27, 2017)
| Page Range | 29070-29071 | |
| FR Document | 2017-13387 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 29070-29071] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-13387] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14822-000] Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On January 18, 2017, 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 [[Page 29071]] of the Aroo Pioneer Peak Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located near Archbald Borough and Jefferson Township in Lackawanna 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) A new upper reservoir with a surface area of 116 acres and a storage capacity of 1,740 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 2,265 feet above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new roller-compacted concrete or rock-fill dam; (2) a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 184 acres and a storage capacity of 2,088 acre- feet at a surface elevation of 1,400 feet msl; (3) a new 10,000-foot- long, 48-inch-diameter penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 25-foot-high powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a total rated capacity of 123 megawatts; (5) a new 2,640-foot-long transmission line connecting the powerhouse to the PPL Electric Utilities' Peckville 230- kilovolt circuit; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 450,380 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 267-254-6107. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336. 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-14822-000. 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-14822) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: June 21, 2017. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-13387 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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• endangered and threatened species; pipe storage yards, compressor stations, intervene. Instructions for becoming an
• cultural resources; and access roads). Our EA for this intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less
• air quality and noise; project will document our findings on Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’
• public safety; and the impacts on historic properties and link on the Commission’s Web site.
• cumulative impacts. summarize the status of consultations Motions to intervene are more fully
We will also evaluate reasonable under section 106. described at http://www.ferc.gov/
alternatives to the proposed project or resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp.
portions of the project, and make Currently Identified Environmental
recommendations on how to lessen or Issues Additional Information
avoid impacts on the various resource We have already identified two issues Additional information about the
areas. that we think deserve attention based on project is available from the
The EA will present our independent a preliminary review of the proposed Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
analysis of the issues. The EA will be facilities and the environmental at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
available in the public record through information provided by Northwest. site at www.ferc.gov using the
eLibrary. Depending on the comments This preliminary list of issues may be ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
received during the scoping process, we changed based on your comments and link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and
may also publish and distribute the EA our analysis. enter the docket number, excluding the
to the public for an allotted comment • Effects of construction on last three digits in the Docket Number
period. We will consider all comments residential properties. field (i.e., CP17–441). Be sure you have
on the EA before making our • Impacts on sensitive fish species selected an appropriate date range. For
recommendations to the Commission. during stream construction activities. assistance, please contact FERC Online
To ensure we have the opportunity to
Environmental Mailing List Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov
consider and address your comments,
or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for
please carefully follow the instructions The environmental mailing list TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The
in the Public Participation section, includes federal, state, and local eLibrary link also provides access to the
beginning on page 2 of this Notice. government representatives and texts of formal documents issued by the
With this notice, we are asking agencies; elected officials; Commission, such as orders, notices,
agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ environmental and public interest and rulemakings.
or special expertise with respect to the groups; Native American Tribes; other In addition, the Commission offers a
environmental issues of this project to interested parties; and local libraries free service called eSubscription which
formally cooperate with us in the and newspapers. This list also includes allows you to keep track of all formal
preparation of the EA.4 Agencies that all affected landowners (as defined in issuances and submittals in specific
would like to request cooperating the Commission’s regulations) who are dockets. This can reduce the amount of
agency status should follow the potential right-of-way grantors, whose time you spend researching proceedings
instructions for filing comments property may be used temporarily for by automatically providing you with
provided under the Public Participation project purposes, or who own homes notification of these filings, document
section of this notice. within certain distances of aboveground summaries, and direct links to the
Consultations Under Section 106 of the facilities, and anyone who submits documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
National Historic Preservation Act comments on the project. We will filing/esubscription.asp.
update the environmental mailing list as Finally, public sessions or site visits
In accordance with the Advisory the analysis proceeds to ensure that we
Council on Historic Preservation’s will be posted on the Commission’s
send the information related to this calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
implementing regulations for section environmental review to all individuals,
106 of the National Historic EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
organizations, and government entities with other related information.
Preservation Act, we are using this interested in and/or potentially affected
notice to initiate consultation with the by the proposed project. Dated: June 21, 2017.
applicable State Historic Preservation If we publish and distribute the EA, Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Office (SHPO), and to solicit their views copies of the EA will be sent to the Deputy Secretary.
and those of other government agencies, environmental mailing list for public [FR Doc. 2017–13383 Filed 6–26–17; 8:45 am]
interested Indian tribes, and the public review and comment. If you would BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
on the project’s potential effects on prefer to receive a paper copy of the
historic properties.5 We will define the document instead of the CD version or
project-specific Area of Potential Effects would like to remove your name from DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
(APE) in consultation with the SHPO as the mailing list, please return the
the project develops. On natural gas attached Information Request (appendix Federal Energy Regulatory
facility projects, the APE at a minimum 5). Commission
encompasses all areas subject to ground
disturbance (examples include Becoming an Intervenor [Project No. 14822–000]
construction right-of-way, contractor/ In addition to involvement in the EA Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC;
scoping process, you may want to Notice of Preliminary Permit
4 The Council on Environmental Quality
become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an Application Accepted for Filing and
regulations addressing cooperating agency official party to the Commission’s
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responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Regulations, Part 1501.6. proceeding. Intervenors play a more Intervene, and Competing Applications
5 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s formal role in the process and are able
regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be On January 18, 2017, Merchant Hydro
Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define heard by the courts if they choose to Developers, LLC, filed an application for
historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
district, site, building, structure, or object included
appeal the Commission’s final ruling. a preliminary permit, pursuant to
in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register An intervenor formally participates in section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act
of Historic Places. the proceeding by filing a request to (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility
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of the Aroo Pioneer Peak Pumped (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please containing two turbine-generator units
Storage Hydro Project to be located near send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal with a total rated capacity of 114
Archbald Borough and Jefferson Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 megawatts; (5) a new 2,640-foot-long
Township in Lackawanna County, First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. transmission line connecting the
Pennsylvania. The sole purpose of a The first page of any filing should powerhouse to the Frostburg-Jennings
preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant include docket number P–14822–000. 138-kilovolt circuit owned by Potomac
the permit holder priority to file a More information about this project, Edison; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
license application during the permit including a copy of the application, can The proposed project would have an
term. A preliminary permit does not be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ annual generation of 414,741 megawatt-
authorize the permit holder to perform link of the Commission’s Web site at hours.
any land-disturbing activities or http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
otherwise enter upon lands or waters elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle,
owned by others without the owners’ (P–14822) in the docket number field to Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710
express permission. access the document. For assistance, Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902;
The proposed project would consist of contact FERC Online Support. phone: 267–254–6107.
the following: (1) A new upper reservoir FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone:
Dated: June 21, 2017.
with a surface area of 116 acres and a (202) 502–6336.
storage capacity of 1,740 acre-feet at a Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
surface elevation of approximately 2,265 Deputy Secretary. Deadline for filing comments, motions
feet above mean sea level (msl) created [FR Doc. 2017–13387 Filed 6–26–17; 8:45 am] to intervene, competing applications
through construction of a new roller- BILLING CODE 6717–01–P (without notices of intent), or notices of
compacted concrete or rock-fill dam; (2) intent to file competing applications: 60
a new lower reservoir with a surface days from the issuance of this notice.
area of 184 acres and a storage capacity DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Competing applications and notices of
of 2,088 acre-feet at a surface elevation intent must meet the requirements of 18
of 1,400 feet msl; (3) a new 10,000-foot- Federal Energy Regulatory CFR 4.36.
long, 48-inch-diameter penstock Commission
The Commission strongly encourages
connecting the upper and lower [Project No. 14825–000] electronic filing. Please file comments,
reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; motions to intervene, notices of intent,
foot-wide, 25-foot-high powerhouse
containing two turbine-generator units Notice of Preliminary Permit and competing applications using the
with a total rated capacity of 123 Application Accepted for Filing and Commission’s eFiling system at http://
megawatts; (5) a new 2,640-foot-long Soliciting Comments, Motions To www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
transmission line connecting the Intervene, and Competing Applications Commenters can submit brief comments
powerhouse to the PPL Electric Utilities’ up to 6,000 characters, without prior
Peckville 230-kilovolt circuit; and (6) On January 18, 2017, Merchant Hydro registration, using the eComment system
appurtenant facilities. The proposed Developers, LLC, filed an application for at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
project would have an annual a preliminary permit, pursuant to ecomment.asp. You must include your
generation of 450,380 megawatt-hours. section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act name and contact information at the end
Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of your comments. For assistance,
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710 of the Four Mile Pumped Storage Hydro please contact FERC Online Support at
Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; Project to be located near the City of
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
phone: 267–254–6107. Frostburg in Allegany County,
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: Maryland. The sole purpose of a
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
(202) 502–6336. preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant
the permit holder priority to file a send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Deadline for filing comments, motions
license application during the permit Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of term. A preliminary permit does not First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
intent to file competing applications: 60 authorize the permit holder to perform The first page of any filing should
days from the issuance of this notice. any land-disturbing activities or include docket number P–14825–000.
Competing applications and notices of otherwise enter upon lands or waters More information about this project,
intent must meet the requirements of 18 owned by others without the owners’ including a copy of the application, can
CFR 4.36. express permission. be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
The Commission strongly encourages The proposed project would consist of link of the Commission’s Web site at
electronic filing. Please file comments, the following: (1) A new upper reservoir http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
motions to intervene, notices of intent, with a surface area of 168 acres and a elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
and competing applications using the storage capacity of 2,520 acre-feet at a (P–14825) in the docket number field to
Commission’s eFiling system at http:// surface elevation of approximately 2,800 access the document. For assistance,
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. feet above mean sea level (msl) created contact FERC Online Support.
Commenters can submit brief comments through construction of a new roller-
up to 6,000 characters, without prior compacted concrete or rock-fill dam; (2) Dated: June 21, 2017.
registration, using the eComment system a new lower reservoir with a surface Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ area of 55 acres and a storage capacity Deputy Secretary.
ecomment.asp. You must include your of 3,024 acre-feet at a surface elevation [FR Doc. 2017–13388 Filed 6–26–17; 8:45 am]
name and contact information at the end of 2,250 feet msl; (3) a new 5,823-foot- BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
of your comments. For assistance, long, 48-inch-diameter penstock
please contact FERC Online Support at connecting the upper and lower
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 foot-wide, 25-foot-high powerhouse
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