82 FR 51824 - Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions; KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 215 (November 8, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 215 (November 8, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-24273 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 51824-51825] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-24273] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2808-017] Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions; KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License. b. Project No.: 2808-017. c. Date filed: January 30, 2017. d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC. e. Name of Project: Barker's Mill Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the City of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. The project does not occupy lands of the United States. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Loon, General Manager/Operations and Maintenance, KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC, 423 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203-3027; email: [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at (202) 502-8556; or email at [email protected]. j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 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-2808-017. 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, and is ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The Barker's Mill Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 232-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam with a 125- foot-long spillway section with flashboards, a 46-foot-long non- overflow section with two waste gates along the left buttress, and a 61-foot-long non-overflow section with seven stop-logs adjacent to the intake canal; (2) a 16.5-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 150- acre-feet; (3) a 60-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 9 foot, 7 inch-deep intake canal on the right bank with seven stop-logs near the intake to the power canal, which serves as the downstream fish passage; (4) a 35- foot-long, 20-foot-wide gatehouse containing a single gate and fitted with trash racks; (5) a buried 650-foot-long, 10 foot, 2 inch-wide, 7 foot, 2 inch-high concrete penstock; (6) a 50-foot-long, 25-foot-wide concrete partially buried powerhouse containing a single semi-Kaplan- type turbine/generating unit with a rated capacity of 1.5 MW; (7) a tailrace; (8) a 250-foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt underground power line; (9) a substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to be 5,087 megawatt-hours. 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 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. All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title COMMENTS, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or PRESCRIPTIONS; (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 submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in [[Page 51825]] accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010. 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. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Major milestone Target date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Draft EA Issued......................... June 2018. Comments on Draft EA due................ July 2018. Final EA Issued......................... October 2018. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated: November 2, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. 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Docket Numbers: ER18–238–000. with the Commission and is available k. This application has been accepted,
Applicants: GSP Schiller LLC. for public inspection. and is ready for environmental analysis
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: a. Type of Application: Subsequent at this time.
Schiller MBR Filing to be effective Minor License. l. The Barker’s Mill Project consists of
12/28/2017. b. Project No.: 2808–017. the following existing facilities: (1) A
Filed Date: 11/2/17. c. Date filed: January 30, 2017. 232-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete
Accession Number: 20171102–5241. dam with a 125-foot-long spillway
d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/17. section with flashboards, a 46-foot-long
Management (III) LLC.
Docket Numbers: ER18–239–000. non-overflow section with two waste
e. Name of Project: Barker’s Mill
Applicants: GSP Lost Nation LLC. gates along the left buttress, and a 61-
Hydroelectric Project.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: foot-long non-overflow section with
Lost Nation MBR Filing to be effective f. Location: On the Little
seven stop-logs adjacent to the intake
12/28/2017. Androscoggin River, in the City of
canal; (2) a 16.5-acre reservoir with a
Filed Date: 11/2/17. Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine.
storage capacity of 150-acre-feet; (3) a
Accession Number: 20171102–5243. The project does not occupy lands of the
60-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 9 foot, 7
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/17. United States.
inch-deep intake canal on the right bank
Docket Numbers: ER18–240–000. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power with seven stop-logs near the intake to
Applicants: Metcalf Energy Center, Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). the power canal, which serves as the
LLC. h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Loon, downstream fish passage; (4) a 35-foot-
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: General Manager/Operations and long, 20-foot-wide gatehouse containing
Metcalf RMR Agreement Filing to be Maintenance, KEI (Maine) Power a single gate and fitted with trash racks;
effective 1/1/2018. Management (III) LLC, 423 Brunswick (5) a buried 650-foot-long, 10 foot, 2
Filed Date: 11/2/17. Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) inch-wide, 7 foot, 2 inch-high concrete
Accession Number: 20171102–5246. 203–3027; email: Lewis.Loon@ penstock; (6) a 50-foot-long, 25-foot-
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/17. kruger.com. wide concrete partially buried
The filings are accessible in the i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at powerhouse containing a single semi-
Commission’s eLibrary system by (202) 502–8556; or email at Kaplan-type turbine/generating unit
clicking on the links or querying the Karen.Sughrue@ferc.gov. with a rated capacity of 1.5 MW; (7) a
docket number. j. Deadline for filing comments, tailrace; (8) a 250-foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt
Any person desiring to intervene or recommendations, terms and underground power line; (9) a
protest in any of the above proceedings conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days substation; and (10) appurtenant
must file in accordance with Rules 211 from the issuance date of this notice; facilities. The average annual generation
and 214 of the Commission’s reply comments are due 105 days from is estimated to be 5,087 megawatt-hours.
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and the issuance date of this notice. m. A copy of the application is
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern The Commission strongly encourages available for review at the Commission
time on the specified comment date. electronic filing. Please file comments, in the Public Reference Room or may be
Protests may be considered, but recommendations, terms and viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
intervention is necessary to become a conditions, and prescriptions using the http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary
party to the proceeding. Commission’s eFiling system at http:// link. Enter the docket number excluding
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. the last three digits in the docket
information relating to filing Commenters can submit brief comments number field to access the document.
requirements, interventions, protests, up to 6,000 characters, without prior For assistance, contact FERC Online
service, and qualifying facilities filings registration, using the eComment system Support. A copy is also available for
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ inspection and reproduction at the
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For ecomment.asp. You must include your address in item h above.
other information, call (866) 208–3676 name and contact information at the end All filings must (1) bear in all capital
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. of your comments. For assistance, letters the title COMMENTS, REPLY
Dated: November 2, 2017. please contact FERC Online Support at COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS,
Kimberly D. Bose, FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set forth in the
Secretary.
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please heading the name of the applicant and
[FR Doc. 2017–24269 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am]
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal the project number of the application to
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Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 which the filing responds; (3) furnish
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. the name, address, and telephone
The first page of any filing should number of the person submitting the
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
include docket number P–2808–017. filing; and (4) otherwise comply with
Federal Energy Regulatory The Commission’s Rules of Practice the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
Commission require all intervenors filing documents through 385.2005. All comments,
with the Commission to serve a copy of recommendations, terms and conditions
[Project No. 2808–017] that document on each person on the or prescriptions must set forth their
official service list for the project. evidentiary basis and otherwise comply
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Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Further, if an intervenor files comments with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).
Comments, Recommendations, Terms or documents with the Commission Agencies may obtain copies of the
and Conditions, and Prescriptions; KEI relating to the merits of an issue that application directly from the applicant.
(Maine) Power Management (III) LLC may affect the responsibilities of a Each filing must be accompanied by
particular resource agency, they must proof of service on all persons listed on
Take notice that the following also serve a copy of the document on the service list prepared by the
hydroelectric application has been filed that resource agency. Commission in this proceeding, in
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accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and and 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
385.2010. and parts 341 and 357 of the
You may also register online at http:// Commission’s regulations with respect Federal Energy Regulatory
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ to four pipeline assets, as more fully Commission
esubscription.asp to be notified via explained in the petition.
email of new filings and issuances Any person desiring to intervene or to [Docket No. CD18–2–000]
related to this or other pending projects. protest this filing must file in
For assistance, contact FERC Online accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of White River Electric Association, Inc.;
Support. the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Notice of Preliminary Determination of
n. A license applicant must file no Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214. a Qualifying Conduit Hydropower
later than 60 days following the date of Protests will be considered by the Facility and Soliciting Comments and
issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the Commission in determining the Motions To Intervene
water quality certification; (2) a copy of appropriate action to be taken, but will
the request for certification, including not serve to make protestants parties to On October 31, 2017, White River
proof of the date on which the certifying the proceeding. Any person wishing to Electric Association, Inc., filed a notice
agency received the request; or (3) become a party must file a notice of of intent to construct a qualifying
evidence of waiver of water quality intervention or motion to intervene, as conduit hydropower facility, pursuant
certification. appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
o. Procedural schedule: The to section 30 of the Federal Power Act
protests must be filed on or before the (FPA), as amended by section 4 of the
application will be processed according comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to the following schedule. Revisions to Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act
to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 2013 (HREA). The proposed Town of
the schedule will be made as of that document on the Petitioner.
appropriate. Meeker Hydro Project would have an
The Commission encourages installed capacity of up to 180 kilowatts
Major milestone Target date electronic submission of protests and (kW), and would be located along the
interventions in lieu of paper using the existing Meeker Power Canal near the
Draft EA Issued .................... June 2018. eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. Town of Meeker, Rio Blanco County,
Comments on Draft EA due July 2018. Persons unable to file electronically Colorado.
Final EA Issued .................... October 2018. should submit an original and 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the Applicant Contact: Trina Zagar-
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Brown, General Counsel, 233 6th Street,
Dated: November 2, 2017.
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC P.O. Box 958, Meeker, CO 81641, Phone
Kimberly D. Bose,
20426. No. (970) 878–5041.
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–24273 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] This filing is accessible on-line at FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney,
http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary Phone No. (202) 502–6778, email:
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link and is available for review in the Christopher.Chaney@ferc.gov.
Commission’s Public Reference Room in Qualifying Conduit Hydropower
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Washington, DC. There is an Facility Description: The proposed
eSubscription link on the Web site that project would consist of: (1) Up to two
Federal Energy Regulatory enables subscribers to receive email low head turbines with a total
Commission notification when a document is added generating capacity not to exceed 180
[Docket No. OR18–5–000]
to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance kW; (2) two approximately 20-foot-long,
with any FERC Online service, please 44-inch-diameter penstocks exiting an
Notice of Request for Temporary email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or existing 25-foot by 50-foot forebay
Waiver; Marathon Pipe Line LLC call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, structure; (3) a small controls structure;
call (202) 502–8659. and (4) appurtenant facilities. The
Take notice that on November 1, Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
2017, pursuant to Rule 204 of the proposed project would have an
on November 17, 2017. estimated annual generating capacity of
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) Rules of Dated: November 2, 2017. up to 500,000 kilowatt-hours.
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.204, Kimberly D. Bose, A qualifying conduit hydropower
Marathon Pipe Line LLC filed a petition Secretary. facility is one that is determined or
for temporary waiver of the tariff filing [FR Doc. 2017–24272 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] deemed to meet all of the criteria shown
and reporting requirements of sections 6 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P in the table below.
TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY
Satisfies
Statutory provision Description (Y/N)
FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar Y
HREA. manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural,
municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity.
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FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power and Y
HREA. uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit.
FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended by The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 megawatts ................................. Y
HREA.
FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended by On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing re- Y
HREA. quirements of Part I of the FPA.
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