82 FR 48501 - Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests; New York Power Authority
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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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 48501-48502] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-22534] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2685-029] Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests; New York Power Authority 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.: 2685-029. c. Date filed: April 27, 2017. d. Applicant: New York Power Authority (NYPA). e. Name of Project: Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Project (Blenheim-Gilboa Project). f. Location: The existing project is located on Schoharie Creek, in the Towns of Blenheim and Gilboa in Schoharie County, New York. The project does not affect federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Daly, Licensing Manager, New York Power Authority, 123 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10601. Telephone: (914) 681-6564, Email: [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick, Telephone (202) 502-8660, and email [email protected]. j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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-2685-029. 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 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 has been accepted for filing, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The existing Blenheim-Gilboa Project consists of the following: (1) A 2.25-mile-long, 30-foot-wide earth and rock fill embankment dike with a maximum height of 110 feet, constructed at Brown Mountain and forming the 399-acre Upper Reservoir (operating at the maximum and extreme minimum elevations of 2,003 feet and 1,955 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 [NGVD 29], respectively) with 15,085 acre-feet of usable storage and dead storage of 3,706 acre-feet below elevation 1,955 feet NGVD 29; (2) a 655-foot-long emergency spillway with a 25-foot-wide asphaltic concrete crest at elevation 2,005 feet NGVD 29 and a capacity of 10,200 cubic feet per second (cfs); (3) an intake system that includes: (i) a 125-foot-wide hexagonal-shaped intake cover with trash racks with a clear spacing of 5.25 inches; (ii) a 1,042-foot-long, 28-foot-diameter, concrete-lined vertical shaft in the bottom of the Upper Reservoir; (iii) a 906-foot-long horizontal, concrete-lined rock tunnel; and (iv) a 460-foot-long concrete-lined manifold that distributes flow to four 12-foot-diameter steel-lined penstocks, each with a maximum length of about 1,960 feet, to four pump-turbines located at the powerhouse; (4) a 526-foot-long, 172-foot- wide, and 132-foot-high multi-level powerhouse located along the east bank of the Lower Reservoir at the base of Brown Mountain, containing four reversible pump turbines that each produce approximately 290 megawatts (MW) in generation mode, and have a total maximum discharge of 12,800 cfs during generation and 10,200 cfs during pumping; (5) a bottom trash rack with a clear spacing of 5.625 inches, and four upper trash racks with a clear spacing of 5.25 inches; (6) an 1,800-foot-long central core, rock-filled lower dam with a maximum height of 100 feet that impounds Schoharie Creek to form the 413-acre Lower Reservoir (operating at the maximum and minimum elevations of 900 feet and 860 feet NGVD 29, respectively) with 12,422 acre-feet of usable storage and dead storage of 3,745 acre-feet below 860 feet NGVD 29; (7) three 38- foot-wide by 45.5-foot-high Taintor gates at the left end of the lower dam; (8) a 425-foot-long, 134-foot-wide concrete spillway structure with a crest elevation of 855 feet NGVD 29; (9) a 238-foot-long, 68.5- foot-deep concrete stilling basin; (10) a low level outlet with four discharge valves of 4, 6, 8, and 10 inches for release of 5 to 25 cfs, and two 36-inch-diameter Howell-Bunger valves to release a combined flow of 25 to 700 cfs; (11) a switchyard on the eastern bank of Schoharie Creek adjacent to the powerhouse; and (12) appurtenant facilities. During operation, the Blenheim-Gilboa Project's pump-turbines may be turned on or off several times throughout the day, but the project typically generates electricity during the day when consumer demand is high and other power resources are more expensive. Pumping usually occurs at night and on weekends when there is excess electricity in the system available for use. According to a July 30, 1975, settlement agreement, NYPA releases a minimum flow of 10 cubic feet per second (cfs) during low-flow periods when 1,500 acre-feet of water is in storage, and 7 cfs when less than 1,500 acre-feet is in storage. For the period 2007 through 2016, the project's average annual generation was about 374,854 megawatt-hours (MWh) and average annual energy consumption from pumping was about 540,217 MWh. 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 [[Page 48502]] link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. 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. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application. All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title PROTEST or MOTION TO INTERVENE; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular application. o. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to the following revised Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milestone Target date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Filing of motions to intervene and protests December 11, 2017. Issuance of Ready for Environmental January 4, 2018. Analysis notice. Filing of recommendations, preliminary March 5, 2018. terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions. Reply comments due......................... April 19, 2018. Commission Issues Draft EA................. September 1, 2018. Comments on Draft EA....................... October 1, 2018. Modified terms and conditions due.......... November 30, 2018. Commission issues Final EA................. February 28, 2019. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated: October 12, 2017. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-22534 Filed 10-17-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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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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link. Enter the docket number excluding and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, the name, address, and telephone
the last three digits in the docket and .214. In determining the appropriate number of the person protesting or
number field to access the document. action to take, the Commission will intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
For assistance, contact FERC Online consider all protests or other comments with the requirements of 18 CFR
Support. A copy is also available for filed, but only those who file a motion 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies
inspection and reproduction at the to intervene in accordance with the may obtain copies of the application
address in item h above. Commission’s Rules may become a directly from the applicant. A copy of
Register online at http:// party to the proceeding. Any protests or any protest or motion to intervene must
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ motions to intervene must be received be served upon each representative of
esubscription.asp to be notified via on or before the specified comment date
the applicant specified in the particular
email of new filings and issuances for the particular application.
All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital application.
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online letters the title PROTEST or MOTION o. Procedural Schedule: The
Support. TO INTERVENE; (2) set forth in the application will be processed according
n. Anyone may submit a protest or a heading the name of the applicant and to the following revised Hydro
motion to intervene in accordance with the project number of the application to Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
the requirements of Rules of Practice which the filing responds; (3) furnish schedule may be made as appropriate.
Milestone Target date
Filing of motions to intervene and protests ................................................................................................................................. December 11,
2017.
Issuance of Ready for Environmental Analysis notice ............................................................................................................... January 4, 2018.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions ...................................... March 5, 2018.
Reply comments due .................................................................................................................................................................. April 19, 2018.
Commission Issues Draft EA ...................................................................................................................................................... September 1, 2018.
Comments on Draft EA ............................................................................................................................................................... October 1, 2018.
Modified terms and conditions due ............................................................................................................................................. November 30,
2018.
Commission issues Final EA ...................................................................................................................................................... February 28, 2019.
Dated: October 12, 2017. From outside Local Wash, DC area 1– more fully set forth in the request,
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 877–857–1347 which is on file with the Commission
Deputy Secretary. Meeting ID: 0255 and open to public inspection. The
[FR Doc. 2017–22534 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] Dated: October 12, 2017. proposed application is referred to as
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
the CBD/DST Pipeline Abandonment
Project Application. The filing may also
Deputy Secretary.
be viewed on the web at http://
[FR Doc. 2017–22530 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Enter the docket number excluding the
Federal Energy Regulatory last three digits in the docket number
Commission field to access the document. For
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
assistance, contact FERC at
[Docket No. IS17–522–000] Federal Energy Regulatory FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
Commission toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
Supplemental Notice of Technical 502–8659.
Conference; Colonial Pipeline [Docket No. CP18–1–000] Specifically, Texas Gas proposes to (i)
Company
abandon in place approximately 4.4
On September 29, 2017, a notice was Notice of Request Under Blanket miles and abandon by removal 2.4 miles
issued stating that a technical Authorization; Texas Gas of 8-inch pipeline designated as the
conference will be held to address the Transmission, LLC Calliou Bay—Dog Lake (CBD) Pipeline,
effect of the tariff changes proposed by Take notice that on October 3, 2017, (ii) abandon in place approximately 10.1
Colonial Pipeline Company in its June Texas Gas Transmission, LLC. (Texas miles and abandon by removal 1.7 miles
23, 2017 filing in this docket. The Gas), 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800, of 10-inch pipeline designated as the
technical conference will be held on Houston, Texas 77046, filed a prior Deep Saline—Peltex (DST) Pipeline, and
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 9:00 notice application pursuant to sections (iii) abandon by removal two platforms
a.m., in a room to be designated at the 157.205, 157.216(b) of the Federal including associated boat landings, tube
offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Energy Regulatory Commission’s turns, including risers, meter facilities,
Commission, 888 First Street NE., (Commission) regulations under the associated piping, and other auxiliary
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Washington, DC 20426. Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Texas Gas’s appurtenances.
For interested persons who cannot blanket certificate issued in Docket No. Any questions regarding this
attend the technical conference, a call- CP82–407–000. Texas Gas requests to application should be directed to Kathy
in number has been established. Dial in abandon certain natural gas pipeline D. Fort, Manager, Certificates and
from your phone: assets and ancillary auxiliary facilities Tariffs, 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800,
From within local Wash, DC area 202– and appurtenances located in Houston, Texas 77046 or phone (713)
502–6888 Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, all as 479–8033.
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