82_FR_48704 82 FR 48504 - Notice of Amended 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

82 FR 48504 - Notice of Amended 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)

Page Range48504-48505
FR Document2017-22533

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48504-48505]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22533]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2299-082]


Notice of Amended 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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2299-082.
    c. Date Filed: October 11, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation 
District, California.
    e. Name of Project: Don Pedro Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: The Don Pedro Project is located on the Tuolumne River 
in Tuolumne County, 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. 79 (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:

Don Pedro Dam and Reservoir

    The primary project feature is Don Pedro Dam, a 1,900-foot-long and 
580-foot-high zoned earth and rockfill structure. The top of the dam is 
at elevation 855 feet mean sea level (msl).
    Don Pedro Reservoir extends upstream for approximately 24 miles at 
the normal maximum water surface elevation of 830 feet (msl). The 
surface area of the reservoir at the 830-foot elevation is 
approximately 12,960 acres and the gross storage capacity is 2,030,000 
acre-feet.

Don Pedro Spillway

    Don Pedro Spillway is divided into two sections, one gated and one 
ungated, located immediately adjacent to one another in a saddle area 
west of the main dam. The gated spillway section is 135-feet-long, with 
a permanent crest elevation of 800 feet, and includes three radial 
gates each 45 feet wide by 30 feet high. The ungated spillway is an 
ogee section 995 feet long with a crest elevation of 830 feet msl and a 
top of abutment elevation of 855 feet msl. The spillway capacity at a 
reservoir water level of 850 feet msl is 472,500 cubic feet per second 
(cfs). Flow releases over the ungated ogee-crest section of the 
spillway have occurred only once since project construction, in early 
January 1997. Flows at the spillway are released to Gasburg Creek, 
which in turn flows into Twin Gulch, and then back into the Tuolumne 
River approximately 1.5 miles downstream of the main dam.

Outlet Works

    The project facilities include a set of outlet works located at the 
left (east) abutment of the main dam. The outlet works consist of three 
individual gate housings, each containing two 4-feet-by-5-feet slide 
gates. The outlet works are situated in a 3,500-foot-long concrete 
lined tunnel that originally served as the water diversion tunnel 
during project construction. The inlet to the tunnel has an invert 
elevation of 342 feet msl and the outlet, which is located 
approximately 400 feet downstream of the powerhouse, has an invert of 
310 feet. At a reservoir water surface elevation of 830 feet msl, the 
total hydraulic capacity of the outlet works is 7,500 cfs.

Power Intake and Tunnel

    Flows are delivered from the reservoir to the powerhouse via a 
2,960-foot-long power tunnel located in the left (east) abutment of the 
main dam. The tunnel transitions from an 18-foot 6-inch concrete-lined 
section to a 16-foot steel-lined section. Emergency closure can be 
provided by a 21-foot-high by 12-foot-wide fixed-wheel gate that is 
operated from a chamber at the top of the gate shaft. Flows from the 
power tunnel are delivered to the four-unit powerhouse and a hollow-jet 
control valve in the powerhouse.

Powerhouse

    Located immediately downstream of the main dam, the Don Pedro 
powerhouse contains four turbine-generator units and a 72-inch hollow 
jet valve. The reinforced-concrete powerhouse is 171 feet long, 110 
feet high and 148 feet wide. It houses four Francis turbine generator 
units with a nameplate capacity of 168 megawatts (MW) and a maximum 
output at optimum conditions of approximately 203 MW. Combined 
hydraulic capacity of the four units under maximum head is 
approximately 5,500 cfs.
    The powerhouse also contains a 72-inch hollow jet valve located in 
the east end of the powerhouse with a centerline elevation at discharge 
of 299 feet msl. The hydraulic capacity of the hollow jet valve is 
3,000 cfs. While turbine Units 1 through 3 discharge directly to the 
river channel, Unit 4 discharges to the outlet works tunnel 
approximately 250 feet upstream of the tunnel outlet. Water to Unit 4 
is delivered through a bifurcation from the hollow jet valve pipe. With 
Unit 4 in operation, the hollow-jet valve capacity is reduced from 
3,000 cfs to 800 cfs. The powerhouse tailwater during turbine operation 
varies from a low elevation of about 298 feet msl to a high elevation 
of about 303 feet msl under normal operating conditions. The tailwater 
elevation at the outlet works tunnel is approximately 300 feet msl.

Switchyard

    The project switchyard is located atop the powerhouse at elevation 
340 feet msl. The switchyard provides power delivery and electrical 
protection to the Districts' transmission systems. The switchyard 
includes isolated phase buses, circuit breakers, and four transformers 
that raise the 13.8 kilovolt (kV) generator voltage to 69 kV 
transmission voltage.

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Gasburg Creek Dike

    Don Pedro dam spillway discharges into Gasburg Creek. Gasburg Creek 
dike is located near the downstream end of the spillway, and directs 
flows from Gasburg Creek into Twin Gulch where spillway discharges join 
the Tuolumne River approximately 1.5 miles downstream of the Don Pedro 
powerhouse. Gasburg Creek dike consists of an impervious earth and 
rockfill dam approximately 75 feet in height, with a slide-gate 
controlled 18-inch-diameter conduit. The top of Gasburg Creek dike is 
at elevation 725 feet msl.

Dikes A, B, and C

    The project includes three small embankments--Dikes A, B, and C--
constructed in low saddles on the reservoir rim with top elevations of 
855 feet msl. Dike A is located between the main dam and spillway. 
Dikes B and C are located east of the main dam.

Recreation Facilities

    The project has three developed recreation areas, Fleming Meadows, 
Blue Oaks, and Moccasin Point. Primitive and semi-primitive lakeshore 
camping occurs on much of the rest of its shores. The project provides 
both floating and shoreline restrooms in addition to those at the 
developed recreation areas. Facilities also include hazard marking, 
regulatory buoy lines, and other open water-based features including 
houseboat marinas and a marked water-ski slalom course.
    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.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for     October 2017.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary       December 2017.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
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.
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    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. 2017-22533 Filed 10-17-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

48504 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 18, 2017 / Notices Persons unable to file electronically 0949, (209) 883–8300; and Anna hydraulic capacity of the outlet works is should submit an original and 5 copies Brathwaite, Modesto Irrigation District, 7,500 cfs. of the intervention or protest to the P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, CA 95352, Power Intake and Tunnel Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, (209) 526–7384. 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at Flows are delivered from the reservoir 20426. (503) 552–2760 or james.hastreiter@ to the powerhouse via a 2,960-foot-long The filings in the above-referenced ferc.gov. power tunnel located in the left (east) proceeding are accessible in the j. This application is not ready for abutment of the main dam. The tunnel Commission’s eLibrary system by environmental analysis at this time. transitions from an 18-foot 6-inch clicking on the appropriate link in the k. The Project Description: concrete-lined section to a 16-foot steel- above list. They are also available for Don Pedro Dam and Reservoir lined section. Emergency closure can be electronic review in the Commission’s provided by a 21-foot-high by 12-foot- Public Reference Room in Washington, The primary project feature is Don wide fixed-wheel gate that is operated DC. There is an eSubscription link on Pedro Dam, a 1,900-foot-long and 580- from a chamber at the top of the gate the Web site that enables subscribers to foot-high zoned earth and rockfill shaft. Flows from the power tunnel are receive email notification when a structure. The top of the dam is at delivered to the four-unit powerhouse document is added to a subscribed elevation 855 feet mean sea level (msl). and a hollow-jet control valve in the Don Pedro Reservoir extends docket(s). For assistance with any FERC powerhouse. upstream for approximately 24 miles at Online service, please email the normal maximum water surface Powerhouse FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call elevation of 830 feet (msl). The surface (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call Located immediately downstream of area of the reservoir at the 830-foot (202) 502–8659. the main dam, the Don Pedro elevation is approximately 12,960 acres Dated: October 12, 2017. powerhouse contains four turbine- and the gross storage capacity is Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., generator units and a 72-inch hollow jet 2,030,000 acre-feet. Deputy Secretary. valve. The reinforced-concrete Don Pedro Spillway powerhouse is 171 feet long, 110 feet [FR Doc. 2017–22529 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] Don Pedro Spillway is divided into high and 148 feet wide. It houses four BILLING CODE 6717–01–P two sections, one gated and one Francis turbine generator units with a ungated, located immediately adjacent nameplate capacity of 168 megawatts to one another in a saddle area west of (MW) and a maximum output at DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY the main dam. The gated spillway optimum conditions of approximately Federal Energy Regulatory section is 135-feet-long, with a 203 MW. Combined hydraulic capacity Commission permanent crest elevation of 800 feet, of the four units under maximum head and includes three radial gates each 45 is approximately 5,500 cfs. [Project No. 2299–082] The powerhouse also contains a 72- feet wide by 30 feet high. The ungated Notice of Amended Application spillway is an ogee section 995 feet long inch hollow jet valve located in the east Tendered for Filing With the with a crest elevation of 830 feet msl end of the powerhouse with a centerline Commission and Establishing and a top of abutment elevation of 855 elevation at discharge of 299 feet msl. Procedural Schedule for Licensing and feet msl. The spillway capacity at a The hydraulic capacity of the hollow jet Deadline for Submission of Final reservoir water level of 850 feet msl is valve is 3,000 cfs. While turbine Units Amendments; Turlock Irrigation 472,500 cubic feet per second (cfs). 1 through 3 discharge directly to the District and Modesto Irrigation District, Flow releases over the ungated ogee- river channel, Unit 4 discharges to the California crest section of the spillway have outlet works tunnel approximately 250 occurred only once since project feet upstream of the tunnel outlet. Water Take notice that the following construction, in early January 1997. to Unit 4 is delivered through a hydroelectric application has been filed Flows at the spillway are released to bifurcation from the hollow jet valve with the Commission and is available Gasburg Creek, which in turn flows into pipe. With Unit 4 in operation, the for public inspection. Twin Gulch, and then back into the hollow-jet valve capacity is reduced a. Type of Application: New Major Tuolumne River approximately 1.5 from 3,000 cfs to 800 cfs. The License. miles downstream of the main dam. powerhouse tailwater during turbine b. Project No.: 2299–082. operation varies from a low elevation of c. Date Filed: October 11, 2017. Outlet Works about 298 feet msl to a high elevation d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation The project facilities include a set of of about 303 feet msl under normal District and Modesto Irrigation District, outlet works located at the left (east) operating conditions. The tailwater California. abutment of the main dam. The outlet elevation at the outlet works tunnel is e. Name of Project: Don Pedro works consist of three individual gate approximately 300 feet msl. Hydropower Project. housings, each containing two 4-feet-by- Switchyard f. Location: The Don Pedro Project is 5-feet slide gates. The outlet works are located on the Tuolumne River in situated in a 3,500-foot-long concrete The project switchyard is located atop Tuolumne County, California. Portions lined tunnel that originally served as the the powerhouse at elevation 340 feet of the project occupy public lands water diversion tunnel during project msl. The switchyard provides power ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES managed by the Bureau of Land construction. The inlet to the tunnel has delivery and electrical protection to the Management. an invert elevation of 342 feet msl and Districts’ transmission systems. The g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power the outlet, which is located switchyard includes isolated phase Act, 16 U.S.C. 79 (a)–825(r). approximately 400 feet downstream of buses, circuit breakers, and four h. Applicant Contacts: Steve Boyd, the powerhouse, has an invert of 310 transformers that raise the 13.8 kilovolt Turlock Irrigation District, 333 East feet. At a reservoir water surface (kV) generator voltage to 69 kV Canal Drive, Turlock, California 95381– elevation of 830 feet msl, the total transmission voltage. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 Oct 17, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 18OCN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 18, 2017 / Notices 48505 Gasburg Creek Dike main dam and spillway. Dikes B and C Enter the docket number excluding the Don Pedro dam spillway discharges are located east of the main dam. last three digits in the docket number into Gasburg Creek. Gasburg Creek dike field to access the document. For Recreation Facilities is located near the downstream end of assistance, please contact FERC Online the spillway, and directs flows from The project has three developed Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ Gasburg Creek into Twin Gulch where recreation areas, Fleming Meadows, ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or spillway discharges join the Tuolumne Blue Oaks, and Moccasin Point. (202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also River approximately 1.5 miles Primitive and semi-primitive lakeshore available for inspection and downstream of the Don Pedro camping occurs on much of the rest of reproduction at the address in item (h) powerhouse. Gasburg Creek dike its shores. The project provides both above. consists of an impervious earth and floating and shoreline restrooms in m. You may also register online at rockfill dam approximately 75 feet in addition to those at the developed recreation areas. Facilities also include http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ height, with a slide-gate controlled 18- esubscription.asp to be notified via inch-diameter conduit. The top of hazard marking, regulatory buoy lines, and other open water-based features email of new filings and issuances Gasburg Creek dike is at elevation 725 related to this or other pending projects. feet msl. including houseboat marinas and a marked water-ski slalom course. For assistance, contact FERC Online Dikes A, B, and C l. Locations of the Application: A Support. The project includes three small copy of the application is available for n. Procedural Schedule: The embankments—Dikes A, B, and C— review at the Commission in the Public application will be processed according constructed in low saddles on the Reference Room or may be viewed on to the following preliminary Hydro reservoir rim with top elevations of 855 the Commission’s Web site at http:// Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the feet msl. Dike A is located between the www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. schedule may be made as 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. 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 Applicants: Cleco Power LLC, Attala Description: Notice of Non-Material application must be filed with the Transmission LLC, Perryville Energy Change in Status of MP2 Energy LLC, et Commission no later than 30 days from Partners, L.L.C., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, al. the issuance date of the Notice of Ready Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Filed Date: 10/11/17. for Environmental Analysis. Description: Joint Application for Accession Number: 20171011–5212. Section 203 Approval of Cleco Power Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/17. Dated: October 12, 2017. LLC, et al. Take notice that the Commission Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Filed Date: 10/11/17. received the following qualifying Deputy Secretary. Accession Number: 20171011–5205. facility filings: [FR Doc. 2017–22533 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/17. Docket Numbers: QF17–1529–000. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Applicants: DOM Solar Lessor I, LP. Docket Numbers: EC18–5–000. Description: Refund Report of DOM Applicants: RE Tranquillity LLC, RE Solar Lessor I, LP [CMEEC—Bozrah]. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Garland LLC, RE Garland A LLC, RE Filed Date: 10/10/17. Mustang LLC, RE Mustang 3 LLC, RE Accession Number: 20171010–5401. Federal Energy Regulatory Mustang 4 LLC. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/31/17. Commission Description: Application for The filings are accessible in the Combined Notice of Filings #1 Authorization under Section 203 of the Commission’s eLibrary system by Federal Power Act and Request for clicking on the links or querying the Take notice that the Commission Waivers, Confidential Treatment, docket number. received the following electric corporate Expedited Action and Shortened Any person desiring to intervene or filings: Comment Period of RE Tranquillity protest in any of the above proceedings Docket Numbers: EC17–186–000. LLC, et al. must file in accordance with Rules 211 Applicants: American Transmission Filed Date: 10/11/17. and 214 of the Commission’s Company LLC. Accession Number: 20171011–5206. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and Description: Amendment to Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/17. 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Application (Exhibit N) for time on the specified comment date. Take notice that the Commission Protests may be considered, but ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Authorization Under Section 203 of the received the following electric rate Federal Power Act of American intervention is necessary to become a filings: party to the proceeding. Transmission Company LLC. Docket Numbers: ER13–1069–005; eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Filed Date: 10/11/17. ER12–2381–002; ER10–1484–016. information relating to filing Accession Number: 20171011–5155. Applicants: MP2 Energy LLC, MP2 requirements, interventions, protests, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/17. Energy NE LLC, Shell Energy North service, and qualifying facilities filings Docket Numbers: EC18–4–000. America (US), L.P. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 Oct 17, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\18OCN1.SGM 18OCN1


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