82_FR_57829 82 FR 57596 - Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions

82 FR 57596 - Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 233 (December 6, 2017)

Page Range57596-57597
FR Document2017-26246

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 233 (Wednesday, December 6, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57596-57597]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2299-082]


Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District; Notice 
of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 
Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary 
Fishway Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2299-082.
    c. Date filed: October 11, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation 
District (Districts).
    e. Name of Project: Don Pedro Hydroelectric 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. 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. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary 
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 
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary 
terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway 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-2299-082.
    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 and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. The Don Pedro Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 580-foot-high, 1,900-foot-long earth and rockfill dam 
with a gross storage capacity of 2,030,000 acre-feet, located on the 
Tuolumne River 54.8 miles upstream of its confluence with the San 
Joaquin River; (2) a 30-foot-high, 45-foot-wide, 135-foot-long gated 
spillway including three radial gates each 45-foot-wide by 30-foot-
high; (3) a 995-foot-long ungated ogee spillway with a crest elevation 
of 830 feet; (4) a set of outlet works located at the left abutment of 
the dam consisting of three individual gate housings, each containing 
two 4-foot-by-5-foot slide gates; (5) a 3,500-foot-long-concrete lined 
tunnel with a total hydraulic capacity of 7,500 cubic feet per second; 
(6) a 2,960-foot-long power tunnel located in the left abutment of the 
dam that transitions from an 18-foot concrete-lined section to a 16-
foot steel-lined section; (7) a 21-foot-high, 12-foot-wide emergency 
closure fixed-wheel gate; (8) a powerhouse located immediately 
downstream of the dam containing a 72-inch hollow jet valve and four 
Francis turbine-generator units with a nameplate capacity of 168 
megawatts; (9) a switchyard located on top of the powerhouse; (10) a 
75-foot-high earth and rockfill Gasburg Creek dike with a slide-gate 
controlled 18-inch-diameter conduit located near the downstream end of 
the spillway; (11) three small embankments dikes (dike A is located 
between the main dam and spillway and dikes B and C are located east of 
the main dam); (12) recreation facilities on Don Pedro reservoir, 
including Fleming Meadows, Blue Oaks, and Moccasin Point; and (13) 
appurtenant facilities and features including access roads. The 
project's estimated average annual generation is about 550,000 
megawatt-hours.
    The Districts propose to: (1) Conduct coarse sediment augmentation 
from river mile (RM) 39 to RM 52 over a 10-year period; (2) provide 
gravel mobilization flows of 6,000 to 7,000 cfs during years when 
sufficient spill is projected to occur; (3) conduct a five-year program 
of experimental gravel cleaning; (4) implement a boulder placement 
program to improve aquatic habitat between RM 42 and RM 50; (5) 
contribute $50,000 per year to the California Division of Boating and 
Waterways to assist with the removal of water hyacinth and other non-
native flora; (6) implement a fall-run Chinook spawning improvement 
superimposition reduction program; (7) implement a predator control and 
suppression program that would include construction and operation of a 
fish counting/barrier weir and active predator control and suppression; 
(8) develop a fall-run Chinook salmon restoration hatchery; (9) install 
an improved take-out facility at RM 78 at Ward's Ferry and a new take-
out and put-in facility at RM 25.7; (10) implement flow-related 
measures including the construction of infiltration galleries and the 
provision of base flows and pulse flows designed to benefit specific 
salmonid life stages and provide for recreational boating; (11) monitor 
the effectiveness of gravel, aquatic habitat and predator control 
measures; and (12) implement management plans for fire prevention and 
response, spill prevention and countermeasures, aquatic invasive 
species, woody debris, terrestrial resources, recreation resources, 
historic properties, and transportation.
    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.
    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 comments, 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

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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 comments, 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, 
MOTION TO INTERVENE, COMMENTS, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, 
PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 protesting or 
intervening; 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. A copy of 
any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each 
representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application. A copy of all other filings in reference to this 
application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons 
listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of recommendations, preliminary      December 2017.
 terms and conditions, and preliminary
 fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft Environmental       July 2018.
 Statement (EIS).
Comments on Draft EIS.....................  September 2018.
Modified Terms and Conditions.............  November 2018.
Commission Issues Final EIS...............  February 2019.
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    p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for 
environmental analysis provided for in 5.22: (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.

    Dated: November 30, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-26246 Filed 12-5-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

57596 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 6, 2017 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) estimated average annual generation is 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 about 550,000 megawatt-hours. Federal Energy Regulatory (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please The Districts propose to: (1) Conduct Commission send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal coarse sediment augmentation from Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 river mile (RM) 39 to RM 52 over a 10- [Project No. 2299–082] First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. year period; (2) provide gravel Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto The first page of any filing should mobilization flows of 6,000 to 7,000 cfs Irrigation District; Notice of Application include docket number P–2299–082. during years when sufficient spill is Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions The Commission’s Rules of Practice projected to occur; (3) conduct a five- To Intervene and Protests, Ready for require all intervenors filing documents year program of experimental gravel Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting with the Commission to serve a copy of cleaning; (4) implement a boulder Comments, Recommendations, that document on each person on the placement program to improve aquatic Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and official service list for the project. habitat between RM 42 and RM 50; (5) Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions Further, if an intervenor files comments contribute $50,000 per year to the or documents with the Commission California Division of Boating and Take notice that the following relating to the merits of an issue that Waterways to assist with the removal of hydroelectric application has been filed may affect the responsibilities of a water hyacinth and other non-native with the Commission and is available particular resource agency, they must flora; (6) implement a fall-run Chinook for public inspection. also serve a copy of the document on spawning improvement a. Type of Application: Major License. that resource agency. superimposition reduction program; (7) b. Project No.: 2299–082. implement a predator control and c. Date filed: October 11, 2017. k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready for suppression program that would d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation include construction and operation of a District and Modesto Irrigation District environmental analysis. fish counting/barrier weir and active (Districts). l. The Don Pedro Project consists of predator control and suppression; (8) e. Name of Project: Don Pedro the following existing facilities: (1) A develop a fall-run Chinook salmon Hydroelectric Project. 580-foot-high, 1,900-foot-long earth and restoration hatchery; (9) install an f. Location: The Don Pedro Project is rockfill dam with a gross storage improved take-out facility at RM 78 at located on the Tuolumne River in capacity of 2,030,000 acre-feet, located Ward’s Ferry and a new take-out and Tuolumne County, California. Portions on the Tuolumne River 54.8 miles put-in facility at RM 25.7; (10) of the project occupy public lands upstream of its confluence with the San implement flow-related measures managed by the Bureau of Land Joaquin River; (2) a 30-foot-high, 45- including the construction of infiltration Management. foot-wide, 135-foot-long gated spillway galleries and the provision of base flows g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power including three radial gates each 45- and pulse flows designed to benefit Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). foot-wide by 30-foot-high; (3) a 995-foot- specific salmonid life stages and h. Applicant Contacts: Steve Boyd, long ungated ogee spillway with a crest provide for recreational boating; (11) Turlock Irrigation District, 333 East elevation of 830 feet; (4) a set of outlet monitor the effectiveness of gravel, Canal Drive, Turlock, California 95381– works located at the left abutment of the aquatic habitat and predator control 0949, (209) 883–8300; and Anna dam consisting of three individual gate measures; and (12) implement Brathwaite, Modesto Irrigation District, housings, each containing two 4-foot-by- management plans for fire prevention P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, CA 95352, 5-foot slide gates; (5) a 3,500-foot-long- and response, spill prevention and (209) 526–7384. concrete lined tunnel with a total countermeasures, aquatic invasive i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at hydraulic capacity of 7,500 cubic feet species, woody debris, terrestrial (503) 552–2760 or james.hastreiter@ per second; (6) a 2,960-foot-long power resources, recreation resources, historic ferc.gov. tunnel located in the left abutment of properties, and transportation. j. Deadline for filing motions to the dam that transitions from an 18-foot m. A copy of the application is intervene and protests, comments, concrete-lined section to a 16-foot steel- available for review at the Commission recommendations, preliminary terms lined section; (7) a 21-foot-high, 12-foot- in the Public Reference Room or may be and conditions, and preliminary wide emergency closure fixed-wheel viewed on the Commission’s Web site at prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance gate; (8) a powerhouse located http://www.ferc.gov using the date of this notice; reply comments are immediately downstream of the dam ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket due 105 days from the issuance date of containing a 72-inch hollow jet valve number excluding the last three digits in this notice. and four Francis turbine-generator units the docket number field to access the The Commission strongly encourages with a nameplate capacity of 168 document. For assistance, contact FERC electronic filing. Please file motions to megawatts; (9) a switchyard located on Online Support. A copy is also available intervene, protests, comments, top of the powerhouse; (10) a 75-foot- for inspection and reproduction at the recommendations, preliminary terms high earth and rockfill Gasburg Creek address in item h above. and conditions, and preliminary dike with a slide-gate controlled 18- Register online at http:// fishway prescriptions using the inch-diameter conduit located near the www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Commission’s eFiling system at http:// downstream end of the spillway; (11) esubscription.asp to be notified via www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. three small embankments dikes (dike A email of new filings and issuances Commenters can submit brief comments is located between the main dam and related to this or other pending projects. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES up to 6,000 characters, without prior spillway and dikes B and C are located For assistance, contact FERC Online registration, using the eComment system east of the main dam); (12) recreation Support. at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ facilities on Don Pedro reservoir, n. Anyone may submit comments, a ecomment.asp. You must include your including Fleming Meadows, Blue Oaks, protest, or a motion to intervene in name and contact information at the end and Moccasin Point; and (13) accordance with the requirements of of your comments. For assistance, appurtenant facilities and features Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR please contact FERC Online Support at including access roads. The project’s 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:07 Dec 05, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 6, 2017 / Notices 57597 the appropriate action to take, the q. A license applicant must file no Docket No. ER17–1376, Midcontinent Commission will consider all protests or later than 60 days following the date of Independent System Operator, Inc. other comments filed, but only those issuance of the notice of acceptance and Docket No. ER17–1570, Midcontinent who file a motion to intervene in ready for environmental analysis Independent System Operator, Inc. accordance with the Commission’s provided for in 5.22: (1) A copy of the Docket No. ER17–1571, Midcontinent Rules may become a party to the water quality certification; (2) a copy of Independent System Operator, Inc. proceeding. Any comments, protests, or the request for certification, including Docket No. ER17–1712, Midcontinent motions to intervene must be received proof of the date on which the certifying Independent System Operator, Inc. on or before the specified comment date agency received the request; or (3) Docket No. ER17–1376, Midcontinent for the particular application. evidence of waiver of water quality Independent System Operator, Inc. All filings must (1) bear in all capital certification. Docket No. ER17–2097, Midcontinent letters the title PROTEST, MOTION TO Dated: November 30, 2017. Independent System Operator, Inc. INTERVENE, COMMENTS, REPLY Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Docket No. ER17–2113, Midcontinent COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, Deputy Secretary. Independent System Operator, Inc. PRELIMINARY TERMS AND [FR Doc. 2017–26246 Filed 12–5–17; 8:45 am] Docket No. ER17–1712, Midcontinent CONDITIONS, or PRELIMINARY Independent System Operator, Inc. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set Docket No. ER17–215, Midcontinent forth in the heading the name of the Independent System Operator, Inc. applicant and the project number of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Docket No. ER17–2220, Midcontinent application to which the filing Independent System Operator, Inc. responds; (3) furnish the name, address, Federal Energy Regulatory Docket No. ER17–2323, Midcontinent and telephone number of the person Commission Independent System Operator, Inc. protesting or intervening; and (4) Docket No. ER16–2225, Midcontinent otherwise comply with the requirements Notice of Commission and Independent System Operator, Inc. of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Commission Staff Attendance at Docket No. ER16–2355, Midcontinent All comments, recommendations, terms Midcontinent Independent System Independent System Operator, Inc. and conditions or prescriptions must set Operator, Inc. Meetings Docket No. ER17–2552, Midcontinent forth their evidentiary basis and The Federal Energy Regulatory Independent System Operator, Inc. otherwise comply with the requirements Commission hereby gives notice that Docket No. ER18–12, Midcontinent of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain members of the Commission and its staff Independent System Operator, Inc. copies of the application directly from may attend the following MISO-related Docket No. ER18–23, Midcontinent the applicant. A copy of any protest or meetings: MISO Board of Directors Independent System Operator, Inc. motion to intervene must be served Meeting, December 7, 2017, 8:30 a.m.– Docket No. ER18–31, Midcontinent upon each representative of the 11:00 a.m. Independent System Operator, Inc. applicant specified in the particular Unless otherwise noted, all of the Docket No. ER18–39, Midcontinent application. A copy of all other filings meetings above will be held at: MISO Independent System Operator, Inc. in reference to this application must be Headquarters, 720 City Center Drive, Docket No. ER18–40, Midcontinent accompanied by proof of service on all Carmel, IN 46032–7574. Independent System Operator, Inc. persons listed in the service list Further information and dial in Docket No. ER18–41, Midcontinent prepared by the Commission in this instructions may be found at https:// Independent System Operator, Inc. proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR www.misoenergy.org. All meetings are Docket No. ER18–42, Midcontinent 4.34(b) and 385.2010. Eastern Time. Independent System Operator, Inc. o. Procedural Schedule: The discussions may address matters Docket No. ER18–44, Midcontinent at issue in the following proceedings: Independent System Operator, Inc. The application will be processed Docket No. ER17–2097, Midcontinent Docket No. ER16–1766, Midcontinent according to the following revised Independent System Operator, Inc. Independent System Operator, Inc. Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to Docket No. EL16–108, Tilton Energy v. Docket No. ER18–56, Midcontinent the schedule may be made as Midcontinent Independent System Independent System Operator, Inc. appropriate. Operator, Inc. Docket No. EL18–7, Midcontinent Docket No. ER16–2225, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. Milestone Target date Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER18–75, Midcontinent Filing of recommendations, December Docket No. ER16–2355, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. preliminary terms and con- 2017. Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER18–149, Midcontinent ditions, and preliminary Docket No. ER17–215, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. fishway prescriptions. Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER18–146, Midcontinent Commission issues Draft En- July 2018. Docket No. ER12–1266, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. vironmental Statement Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER18–136, Midcontinent (EIS). Docket No. ER17–67, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. Comments on Draft EIS ........ September Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER18–170, Midcontinent 2018. Docket No. ER17–827, Midcontinent Modified Terms and Condi- November Independent System Operator, Inc. Independent System Operator, Inc. tions. 2018. Docket No. ER17–305, Midcontinent Docket No. ER18–193, Midcontinent daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Commission Issues Final EIS February Independent System Operator, Inc. Independent System Operator, Inc. 2019. Docket No. ER17–892, Midcontinent Docket No. ER18–224, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. Independent System Operator, Inc. p. 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