82 FR 47199 - Dominion Energy Services, Inc.; 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 195 (October 11, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 195 (October 11, 2017)
| Page Range | 47199-47200 | |
| FR Document | 2017-21874 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 11, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 47199-47200] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-21874] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14854-000] Dominion Energy Services, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On September 6, 2017, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 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 Tazewell Hybrid [[Page 47200]] Energy Center Project to be located approximately 1.0 mile southwest of the Town of Bluefield in Tazewell County, Virginia. 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 one of the following two alternatives: Alternative 1--(1) a new 3,263-foot-long, 380-foot-high concrete- face rockfill dam for the upper reservoir with a 150-foot-long concrete-lined emergency spillway; (2) a new 1,723-foot-long, 288-foot- high concrete-face rockfill dam for the lower reservoir with a 150- foot-long concrete-lined emergency spillway; (3) a new upper reservoir with a surface area of 112 acres and a storage capacity of 8,173 acre- feet at a surface elevation of 3,830 feet above mean sea level (msl); (4) a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 96 acres and a storage capacity of 8,173 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 3,238 feet msl; (5) a new 9.5-mile-long water source conveyance from the proposed water source to the project; (6) a new 5,235-foot-long penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (7) a new 250-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, 150-foot-high underground reinforced-concrete powerhouse containing two pump-turbine generator units with a total rated capacity of 446 megawatts (MW) and a rated gross hydraulic head of 621 feet; (8) a new switchyard/substation that ties directly into an existing 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. Alternative 2--(1) a new 3,263-foot-long, 380-foot-high concrete- face rockfill dam for the upper reservoir with a 150-foot-long concrete-lined emergency spillway; (2) a new 1,680-foot-long, 257-foot- high concrete-face rockfill dam for the lower reservoir with a 150- foot-long concrete-lined emergency spillway; (3) a new upper reservoir with a surface area of 112 acres and a storage capacity of 11,135 acre- feet at a surface elevation of 3,830 feet msl; (4) a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 144 acres and a storage capacity of 11,135 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 2,937 feet msl; (5) a new 10.5-mile-long water source conveyance from the proposed water source to the project; (6) a new 4,965-foot-long penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (7) a new 350-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, 150-foot- high underground reinforced-concrete powerhouse containing three pump- turbine generator units with a total rated capacity of 870 MW and a rated gross hydraulic head of 887 feet; (8) a new switchyard/substation that ties directly into an existing 765-kV transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. Under both alternatives, mine water would serve as the water source for the initial fill and makeup water. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 1,302 gigawatt-hours (GWh) and 2,540 GWh for alternatives 1 and 2, respectively. Applicant Contacts: Michael Regulinski, Dominion Energy Virginia, 120 Tredegar Street, RS-2, Richmond, Virginia 23219; phone: 804-819- 2794, and Michael Swiger, Van Ness Feldman, LLP, 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street NW., Washington, DC 20007; phone: 202-298-1891. 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-14854-000. 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-14854) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: September 29, 2017. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-21874 Filed 10-10-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1) or (4) would be located on a non- Dated: October 4, 2017.
of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. navigable stream over which Congress Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
817(b) (2012). has Commerce Clause jurisdiction and Deputy Secretary.
h. Applicant Contact: Cole Rhoten, would be constructed or enlarged after [FR Doc. 2017–21840 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am]
677 Milford Hills Drive, Milford, OH 1935. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
45150, telephone: (317) 945–3936; l. Locations of the Application: This
email: C.Rhoten@outlook.com. filing may be viewed on the
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on Commission’s Web site at http:// DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
this notice should be addressed to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Jennifer Polardino, (202) 502–6437, or Enter the docket number excluding the Federal Energy Regulatory
email: Jennifer.Polardino@ferc.gov. last three digits in the docket number Commission
j. Deadline for filing comments, field to access the document. You may
protests, and motions to intervene is: 30 also register online at http:// [Docket No. EL17–93–000]
Days from the issuance date of this www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
notice by the Commission. System Energy Resources, Inc.; Notice
esubscription.asp to be notified via
The Commission strongly encourages of Institution of Section 206
email of new filings and issuances
electronic filing. Please file comments, Proceeding and Refund Effective Date
related to this or other pending projects.
protests, and motions to intervene using For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or On September 29, 2017, the
the Commission’s eFiling system at email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for Commission issued an order in Docket
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also No. EL17–93–000, pursuant to section
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit available for inspection and 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, reproduction at the address in item (h) U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an
without prior registration, using the above and in the Commission’s Public investigation into whether the proposed
eComment system at http:// Reference Room located at 888 First rate decreases of System Energy
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC Resources, Inc. may be unjust and
ecomment.asp. You must include your 20426, or by calling (202) 502–8371. unreasonable. System Energy Resources,
name and contact information at the end m. Individuals desiring to be included Inc., 160 FERC ¶61,140 (2017).
of your comments. For assistance, on the Commission’s mailing list should The refund effective date in Docket
please contact FERC Online Support at so indicate by writing to the Secretary No. EL17–93–000, established pursuant
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) of the Commission. to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to date of publication of this notice in the
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please Intervene: Anyone may submit Federal Register.
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal comments, a protest, or a motion to Any interested person desiring to be
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 intervene in accordance with the heard in Docket No. EL17–93–000 must
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. requirements of Rules of Practice and
file a notice of intervention or motion to
The first page of any filing should Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, and
intervene, as appropriate, with the
include docket number DI17–9–000. .214. In determining the appropriate
k. Description of Project: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
action to take, the Commission will
proposed run-of-river William H. 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
consider all protests or other comments
Harsha Lake Hydroelectric Project 20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of
filed, but only those who file a motion
would consist of: (1) An existing the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
to intervene in accordance with the
William H. Harsha Dam; (2) an existing Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2017),
Commission’s Rules may become a
conduit; (3) a 50–170 foot long conduit within 21 days of the date of issuance
party to the proceeding. Any comments,
extension with an end gate; (4) a of the order.
protests, or motions to intervene must
powerhouse built into the existing be received on or before the specified Dated: September 29, 2017.
spillway structure with a Pelton-turbine comment date for the particular Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
generating unit with a generating application. Deputy Secretary.
capacity of one megawatt; (5) a o. Filing and Service of Responsive [FR Doc. 2017–21871 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am]
transmission line connecting the Documents: All filings must bear in all BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
generating units with Cincinnati Gas capital letters the title COMMENTS,
and Electric Company’s electric PROTESTS, and MOTIONS TO
distribution system; and (6) appurtenant INTERVENE, as applicable, and the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
facilities. The area of the proposed Docket Number of the particular
project is part of the East Fork State Park application to which the filing refers. A Federal Energy Regulatory
and the dam is under the jurisdiction of copy of any Motion to Intervene must Commission
the U.S. Corps of Engineers. also be served upon each representative
When a Declaration of Intention is [Project No. 14854–000]
of the Applicant specified in the
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory particular application. Dominion Energy Services, Inc.; Notice
Commission, the Federal Power Act p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, of Preliminary Permit Application
requires the Commission to investigate and local agencies are invited to file Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
and determine if the project would comments on the described application. Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
affect the interests of interstate or A copy of the application may be Competing Applications
foreign commerce. The Commission also obtained by agencies directly from the
determines whether or not the project: Applicant. If an agency does not file On September 6, 2017, Dominion
(1) Would be located on a navigable comments within the time specified for Energy Services, Inc., filed an
waterway; (2) would occupy public filing comments, it will be presumed to application for a preliminary permit,
lands or reservations of the United have no comments. One copy of an pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
States; (3) would utilize surplus water agency’s comments must also be sent to Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the
or water power from a government dam; the Applicant’s representatives. feasibility of the Tazewell Hybrid
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Energy Center Project to be located turbine generator units with a total rated DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
approximately 1.0 mile southwest of the capacity of 870 MW and a rated gross
Town of Bluefield in Tazewell County, hydraulic head of 887 feet; (8) a new Federal Energy Regulatory
Virginia. The sole purpose of a switchyard/substation that ties directly Commission
preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant into an existing 765-kV transmission [Docket No. IS17–522–000]
the permit holder priority to file a line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
license application during the permit Under both alternatives, mine water Colonial Pipeline Company; Notice of
term. A preliminary permit does not would serve as the water source for the Technical Conference
authorize the permit holder to perform initial fill and makeup water.
any land-disturbing activities or The proposed project would have an The Commission’s September 7, 2017
otherwise enter upon lands or waters annual generation of 1,302 gigawatt- order in the above-captioned
owned by others without the owners’ hours (GWh) and 2,540 GWh for proceeding 1 directed that a technical
express permission. alternatives 1 and 2, respectively. conference be held to address the effect
The proposed project would consist of of the tariff changes proposed by
Applicant Contacts: Michael
one of the following two alternatives: Colonial Pipeline Company in its June
Regulinski, Dominion Energy Virginia,
Alternative 1—(1) a new 3,263-foot- 23, 2017 filing in this docket.
120 Tredegar Street, RS–2, Richmond,
long, 380-foot-high concrete-face rockfill Take notice that a technical
Virginia 23219; phone: 804–819–2794,
dam for the upper reservoir with a 150- conference will be held on Wednesday,
and Michael Swiger, Van Ness Feldman,
foot-long concrete-lined emergency October 25, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., in a room
LLP, 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street NW.,
spillway; (2) a new 1,723-foot-long, 288- to be designated at the offices of the
foot-high concrete-face rockfill dam for Washington, DC 20007; phone: 202–
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
the lower reservoir with a 150-foot-long 298–1891.
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
concrete-lined emergency spillway; (3) a FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: 20426.
new upper reservoir with a surface area (202) 502–6336. FERC conferences are accessible
of 112 acres and a storage capacity of Deadline for filing comments, motions under section 508 of the Rehabilitation
8,173 acre-feet at a surface elevation of to intervene, competing applications Act of 1973. For accessibility
3,830 feet above mean sea level (msl); (without notices of intent), or notices of accommodations please send an email
(4) a new lower reservoir with a surface intent to file competing applications: 60 to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free
area of 96 acres and a storage capacity days from the issuance of this notice. (866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502–
of 8,173 acre-feet at a surface elevation Competing applications and notices of 8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208–
of 3,238 feet msl; (5) a new 9.5-mile- intent must meet the requirements of 18 2106 with the required
long water source conveyance from the CFR 4.36. accommodations.
proposed water source to the project; (6) The Commission strongly encourages All interested persons and staff are
a new 5,235-foot-long penstock electronic filing. Please file comments, permitted to attend. For further
connecting the upper and lower motions to intervene, notices of intent, information please contact David
reservoirs; (7) a new 250-foot-long, 100- and competing applications using the Faerberg at (202) 502–8275 or email
foot-wide, 150-foot-high underground Commission’s eFiling system at http:// David Faerberg at David.Faerberg@
reinforced-concrete powerhouse www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. ferc.gov.
containing two pump-turbine generator Commenters can submit brief comments
Dated: September 29, 2017.
units with a total rated capacity of 446 up to 6,000 characters, without prior
megawatts (MW) and a rated gross registration, using the eComment system Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
hydraulic head of 621 feet; (8) a new at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Deputy Secretary.
switchyard/substation that ties directly ecomment.asp. You must include your [FR Doc. 2017–21873 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am]
into an existing 765-kilovolt (kV) name and contact information at the end BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
transmission line; and (9) appurtenant of your comments. For assistance,
facilities. please contact FERC Online Support at
Alternative 2—(1) a new 3,263-foot- FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
long, 380-foot-high concrete-face rockfill 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
dam for the upper reservoir with a 150- (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please Federal Energy Regulatory
foot-long concrete-lined emergency send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Commission
spillway; (2) a new 1,680-foot-long, 257- Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Combined Notice of Filings
foot-high concrete-face rockfill dam for First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
the lower reservoir with a 150-foot-long The first page of any filing should Take notice that the Commission has
concrete-lined emergency spillway; (3) a include docket number P–14854–000. received the following Natural Gas
new upper reservoir with a surface area More information about this project, Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
of 112 acres and a storage capacity of including a copy of the application, can
11,135 acre-feet at a surface elevation of Filings Instituting Proceedings
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
3,830 feet msl; (4) a new lower reservoir link of the Commission’s Web site at Docket Numbers: RP17–1101–001.
with a surface area of 144 acres and a http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Applicants: Texas Gas Transmission,
storage capacity of 11,135 acre-feet at a elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number LLC.
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
surface elevation of 2,937 feet msl; (5) (P–14854) in the docket number field to Description: Tariff Amendment:
a new 10.5-mile-long water source access the document. For assistance, Amendment to Filing in Docket No.
conveyance from the proposed water contact FERC Online Support. RP17–1101–000 to be effective
source to the project; (6) a new 4,965- 10/1/2017.
foot-long penstock connecting the upper Dated: September 29, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Filed Date: 9/28/17.
and lower reservoirs; (7) a new 350-foot- Accession Number: 20170928–5128.
long, 100-foot-wide, 150-foot-high Deputy Secretary.
underground reinforced-concrete [FR Doc. 2017–21874 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 1 Colonial Pipeline Company, 160 FERC ¶ 61,051
powerhouse containing three pump- BILLING CODE 6717–01–P (2017).
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