82 FR 48500 - Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments; Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District, California
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 200 (October 18, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 200 (October 18, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-22531 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 48500-48501] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-22531] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14581-002] Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments; Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District, California 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.: 14581-002. c. Date Filed: October 11, 2017. d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District, California. e. Name of Project: La Grange Hydropower Project. f. Location: The La Grange Project is located on the Tuolumne River in Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties, California. Portions of the project occupy public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. Applicant Contacts: Steve Boyd, Turlock Irrigation District, 333 East Canal Drive, Turlock, California 95381-0949, (209) 883-8300; and Anna Brathwaite, Modesto Irrigation District, P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, CA 95352, (209) 526-7384. i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760 or [email protected]. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. The Project Description: La Grange Dam and Spillway The primary project feature is La Grange dam, a 310-foot-long, 131- foot-high, masonry arch dam. The un-gated spillway crest of the dam is at elevation 296.5 feet mean sea level (msl). A slide gate in the face of La Grange dam can discharge about 200 cubic feet per second (cfs) to the Tuolumne River. La Grange Reservoir La Grange reservoir extends upstream for approximately 11,352.5 feet at a normal water surface elevation of 296.46 feet msl. The surface of the reservoir at the normal surface elevation is over 58 acres and the storage capacity is over 500 acre-feet. Intakes, Tunnels, Forebay, Canal Headgates, Powerhouse Intake The Modesto Irrigation District (MID) headworks, canal, and sluice gates are part of MID's retired irrigation canal facilities that currently discharge flow from the reservoir into the Tuolumne River on the right bank about 400 feet downstream of La Grange dam. The Turlock Irrigation District (TID) intake and tunnel is located on the left bank of the La Grange dam and spillway just upstream of the dam and consists of two separate structures. One structure contains two 8-foot by 11-foot, 10-inch-high control gates driven by electric motor hoists. The second structure is located to the left of the first structure and contains a single 8-foot by 12-foot control gate. Water diverted at the intake control gates is conveyed to a 600-foot-long tunnel leading to the 110-foot-long concrete forebay for the TID non- project Upper Main Canal. Water delivered to TID's irrigation system is regulated at the non-project canal headworks, consisting of six 5-foot- wide by 8-foot-tall slide gates. Water delivered to the powerhouse is diverted at the west side of the canal through three 7.5-foot-wide by 14-foot-tall concrete intake bays protected by a trashrack structure. Manually operated steel gates are used to regulate the discharge of water through two intakes one leading to a 235-foot long, 5-foot-diameter penstock and the other leading to a 212-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter penstock. Immediately upstream and adjacent to the penstock intakes are two automated 5-foot- high by 4-foot-wide sluice gates that discharge water over a steep rock outcrop to the tailrace channel just upstream of the powerhouse. Powerhouse The 72-foot by 29-foot concrete powerhouse is located approximately 0.2 miles downstream of La Grange dam on the left bank of the Tuolumne River. The powerhouse contains two Francis turbine-generator units with a maximum capacity of 4.9 megawatts. One turbine unit has a rated output of 1,650 horsepower (hp) at 140 cfs and 115 feet of net head and the other with a rated output of 4,950 hp at 440 cfs and 115 feet of net head. The powerhouse produces an average annual generation of 19,638 megawatt-hours. l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502- 8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above. m. 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. n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milestone Target date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for October 2017. Environmental Analysis. Filing of recommendations, preliminary December 2017. terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions. [[Page 48501]] Commission issues Draft Environmental July 2018. Impact Statement (EIS). Comments on Draft EIS...................... September 2018. Modified Terms and Conditions.............. November 2018. Commission Issues Final EIS................ February 2019. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis. Dated: October 12, 2017. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-22531 Filed 10-17-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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LONGWAVE INFRARED IMAGING OF g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Water delivered to the powerhouse is
A HIGH TEMPERATURE HIGH Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). diverted at the west side of the canal
INTENSITY LIGHT SOURCE. h. Applicant Contacts: Steve Boyd, through three 7.5-foot-wide by 14-foot-
DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the Turlock Irrigation District, 333 East tall concrete intake bays protected by a
grant of this license has fifteen (15) days Canal Drive, Turlock, California 95381– trashrack structure. Manually operated
from the date of this notice to file 0949, (209) 883–8300; and Anna steel gates are used to regulate the
written objections along with Brathwaite, Modesto Irrigation District, discharge of water through two intakes
supporting evidence, if any. P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, CA 95352, one leading to a 235-foot long, 5-foot-
ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be (209) 526–7384. diameter penstock and the other leading
filed with Carderock Division, Naval i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at to a 212-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter
Surface Warfare Center, Code 00L, 9500 (503) 552–2760 or james.hastreiter@ penstock. Immediately upstream and
MacArthur Boulevard, West Bethesda, ferc.gov. adjacent to the penstock intakes are two
MD 20817–5700. j. This application is not ready for automated 5-foot-high by 4-foot-wide
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: environmental analysis at this time. sluice gates that discharge water over a
Joseph Teter Ph.D., Director, k. The Project Description: steep rock outcrop to the tailrace
Technology Transfer Office, Carderock channel just upstream of the
La Grange Dam and Spillway powerhouse.
Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Code 00T, 9500 MacArthur Boulevard, The primary project feature is La Powerhouse
West Bethesda, MD 20817–5700, Grange dam, a 310-foot-long, 131-foot-
telephone 301 227–4299. high, masonry arch dam. The un-gated The 72-foot by 29-foot concrete
(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404) spillway crest of the dam is at elevation powerhouse is located approximately
296.5 feet mean sea level (msl). A slide 0.2 miles downstream of La Grange dam
Dated: October 12, 2017. gate in the face of La Grange dam can on the left bank of the Tuolumne River.
A.M. Nichols, discharge about 200 cubic feet per The powerhouse contains two Francis
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate second (cfs) to the Tuolumne River. turbine-generator units with a maximum
General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register capacity of 4.9 megawatts. One turbine
Liaison Officer. La Grange Reservoir
unit has a rated output of 1,650
[FR Doc. 2017–22576 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] La Grange reservoir extends upstream horsepower (hp) at 140 cfs and 115 feet
BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P for approximately 11,352.5 feet at a of net head and the other with a rated
normal water surface elevation of 296.46 output of 4,950 hp at 440 cfs and 115
feet msl. The surface of the reservoir at feet of net head. The powerhouse
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY the normal surface elevation is over 58 produces an average annual generation
acres and the storage capacity is over of 19,638 megawatt-hours.
Federal Energy Regulatory 500 acre-feet.
Commission l. Locations of the Application: A
Intakes, Tunnels, Forebay, Canal copy of the application is available for
[Project No. 14581–002] Headgates, Powerhouse Intake review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
Notice of Application Tendered for The Modesto Irrigation District (MID) the Commission’s Web site at http://
Filing With the Commission and headworks, canal, and sluice gates are www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.
Establishing Procedural Schedule for part of MID’s retired irrigation canal Enter the docket number excluding the
Licensing and Deadline for facilities that currently discharge flow last three digits in the docket number
Submission of Final Amendments; from the reservoir into the Tuolumne field to access the document. For
Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto River on the right bank about 400 feet assistance, please contact FERC Online
Irrigation District, California downstream of La Grange dam. Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
The Turlock Irrigation District (TID) ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
Take notice that the following
intake and tunnel is located on the left (202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also
hydroelectric application has been filed
bank of the La Grange dam and spillway available for inspection and
with the Commission and is available
just upstream of the dam and consists of reproduction at the address in item (h)
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major two separate structures. One structure above.
License. contains two 8-foot by 11-foot, 10-inch-
high control gates driven by electric m. You may also register online at
b. Project No.: 14581–002. http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
c. Date Filed: October 11, 2017. motor hoists. The second structure is
located to the left of the first structure esubscription.asp to be notified via
d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation email of new filings and issuances
District and Modesto Irrigation District, and contains a single 8-foot by 12-foot
control gate. Water diverted at the related to this or other pending projects.
California. For assistance, contact FERC Online
e. Name of Project: La Grange intake control gates is conveyed to a
600-foot-long tunnel leading to the 110- Support.
Hydropower Project.
f. Location: The La Grange Project is foot-long concrete forebay for the TID n. Procedural Schedule:
located on the Tuolumne River in non-project Upper Main Canal. Water The application will be processed
Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties, delivered to TID’s irrigation system is according to the following preliminary
California. Portions of the project regulated at the non-project canal Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to
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occupy public lands managed by the headworks, consisting of six 5-foot-wide the schedule may be made as
Bureau of Land Management. by 8-foot-tall slide gates. appropriate.
Milestone Target date
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ........................................................................................... October 2017.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ........................................................ December 2017.
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Milestone Target date
Commission issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) ............................................................................................. July 2018.
Comments on Draft EIS .............................................................................................................................................................. September 2018.
Modified Terms and Conditions .................................................................................................................................................. November 2018.
Commission Issues Final EIS ..................................................................................................................................................... February 2019.
o. Final amendments to the assistance, please contact FERC Online Mountain, containing four reversible
application must be filed with the Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ pump turbines that each produce
Commission no later than 30 days from ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or approximately 290 megawatts (MW) in
the issuance date of the Notice of Ready (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of generation mode, and have a total
for Environmental Analysis. electronic filing, please send a paper maximum discharge of 12,800 cfs
Dated: October 12, 2017. copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy during generation and 10,200 cfs during
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street pumping; (5) a bottom trash rack with
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first a clear spacing of 5.625 inches, and four
Deputy Secretary.
page of any filing should include docket upper trash racks with a clear spacing
[FR Doc. 2017–22531 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] number P–2685–029. of 5.25 inches; (6) an 1,800-foot-long
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P The Commission’s Rules of Practice central core, rock-filled lower dam with
require all intervenors filing documents a maximum height of 100 feet that
with the Commission to serve a copy of impounds Schoharie Creek to form the
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY that document on each person on the 413-acre Lower Reservoir (operating at
official service list for the project. the maximum and minimum elevations
Federal Energy Regulatory Further, if an intervenor files comments of 900 feet and 860 feet NGVD 29,
Commission or documents with the Commission respectively) with 12,422 acre-feet of
[Project No. 2685–029] relating to the merits of an issue that usable storage and dead storage of 3,745
may affect the responsibilities of a acre-feet below 860 feet NGVD 29; (7)
Notice of Application Accepted for particular resource agency, they must three 38-foot-wide by 45.5-foot-high
Filing and Soliciting Motions To also serve a copy of the document on Taintor gates at the left end of the lower
Intervene and Protests; New York that resource agency. dam; (8) a 425-foot-long, 134-foot-wide
Power Authority k. This application has been accepted concrete spillway structure with a crest
for filing, but is not ready for elevation of 855 feet NGVD 29; (9) a
Take notice that the following environmental analysis at this time. 238-foot-long, 68.5-foot-deep concrete
hydroelectric application has been filed l. The existing Blenheim-Gilboa stilling basin; (10) a low level outlet
with the Commission and is available Project consists of the following: (1) A with four discharge valves of 4, 6, 8, and
for public inspection. 2.25-mile-long, 30-foot-wide earth and 10 inches for release of 5 to 25 cfs, and
a. Type of Application: New Major rock fill embankment dike with a two 36-inch-diameter Howell-Bunger
License. maximum height of 110 feet, valves to release a combined flow of 25
b. Project No.: 2685–029. constructed at Brown Mountain and to 700 cfs; (11) a switchyard on the
c. Date filed: April 27, 2017. forming the 399-acre Upper Reservoir eastern bank of Schoharie Creek
d. Applicant: New York Power (operating at the maximum and extreme adjacent to the powerhouse; and (12)
Authority (NYPA). minimum elevations of 2,003 feet and appurtenant facilities.
e. Name of Project: Blenheim-Gilboa 1,955 feet National Geodetic Vertical During operation, the Blenheim-
Pumped Storage Project (Blenheim- Datum of 1929 [NGVD 29], respectively) Gilboa Project’s pump-turbines may be
Gilboa Project). with 15,085 acre-feet of usable storage turned on or off several times
f. Location: The existing project is and dead storage of 3,706 acre-feet throughout the day, but the project
located on Schoharie Creek, in the below elevation 1,955 feet NGVD 29; (2) typically generates electricity during the
Towns of Blenheim and Gilboa in a 655-foot-long emergency spillway day when consumer demand is high and
Schoharie County, New York. The with a 25-foot-wide asphaltic concrete other power resources are more
project does not affect federal lands. crest at elevation 2,005 feet NGVD 29 expensive. Pumping usually occurs at
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power and a capacity of 10,200 cubic feet per night and on weekends when there is
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). second (cfs); (3) an intake system that excess electricity in the system available
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert includes: (i) a 125-foot-wide hexagonal- for use. According to a July 30, 1975,
Daly, Licensing Manager, New York shaped intake cover with trash racks settlement agreement, NYPA releases a
Power Authority, 123 Main Street, with a clear spacing of 5.25 inches; (ii) minimum flow of 10 cubic feet per
White Plains, New York 10601. a 1,042-foot-long, 28-foot-diameter, second (cfs) during low-flow periods
Telephone: (914) 681–6564, Email: concrete-lined vertical shaft in the when 1,500 acre-feet of water is in
Rob.Daly@nypa.gov. bottom of the Upper Reservoir; (iii) a storage, and 7 cfs when less than 1,500
i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick, 906-foot-long horizontal, concrete-lined acre-feet is in storage. For the period
Telephone (202) 502–8660, and email rock tunnel; and (iv) a 460-foot-long 2007 through 2016, the project’s average
andrew.bernick@ferc.gov. concrete-lined manifold that distributes annual generation was about 374,854
j. Deadline for filing motions to flow to four 12-foot-diameter steel-lined megawatt-hours (MWh) and average
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intervene and protests: 60 days from the penstocks, each with a maximum length annual energy consumption from
issuance date of this notice. of about 1,960 feet, to four pump- pumping was about 540,217 MWh.
The Commission strongly encourages turbines located at the powerhouse; (4) m. A copy of the application is
electronic filing. Please file motions to a 526-foot-long, 172-foot-wide, and 132- available for review at the Commission
intervene and protests using the foot-high multi-level powerhouse in the Public Reference Room, or may be
Commission’s eFiling system at http:// located along the east bank of the Lower viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For Reservoir at the base of Brown http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary
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