82 FR 58801 - Notice of Availability of the Revised Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: Chapter 11-Arch Dams and Request for Comments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 239 (December 14, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 239 (Thursday, December 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58801-58802]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26927]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. Ad18-6-000]


Notice of Availability of the Revised Engineering Guidelines for 
the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: Chapter 11--Arch Dams and 
Request for Comments

    The staff of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP) is revising 
Chapter 11--

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Arch Dams of its Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of 
Hydropower Projects. The staff has revised Chapter 11--Arch Dams \1\ 
and comments are now requested on the draft document from federal and 
state agencies, licensees whose infrastructure portfolio includes arch 
dams, independent consultants and inspectors, and other interested 
parties with special expertise with respect dam safety and arch dams. A 
60-day public comment period is allotted to collect comments. Please 
note that this comment period will close on February 5, 2018.
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    \1\ The existing Chapter 11--Arch Dams is dated October 1999 and 
can be found on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) website to use as a reference to see the changes made: 
http://www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/safety/guidelines/eng-guide/chap11.pdf.
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    Interested parties can help us determine the appropriate updates 
and improvements by providing: Meaningful comments or suggestions that 
focus on the specific sections requiring clarification; updates to 
reflect current laws and regulations; or improved measures for 
evaluating the safety of arch dams. The more specific your comments, 
the more useful they will be. A detailed explanation of your 
submissions and/or any references of scientific studies associated with 
your comments will greatly help us with this process. We will consider 
all timely comments on the revised Guidelines before issuing the final 
version.
    For your convenience, there are three methods which you can use to 
submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances please 
reference the docket number (AD18-6-000) on the first page of your 
submission. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing.
    (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment 
feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to 
Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for interested persons to 
submit brief, text-only comments up to 6,000 characters. You must 
include your name and contact information at the end of your comments;
    (2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling 
feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to 
Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a 
variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. 
New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on 
eRegister. When selecting the filing type, select General, then chose 
Comment (on Filing, Environ. Report or Tech Conf); or
    (3) In lieu of electronic filing, you can mail a paper copy of your 
comments to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
    The OEP staff provided copies of revised Chapter 11--Arch Dams to 
federal and state agencies, licensees whose portfolio includes arch 
dams, independent consultants and inspectors, and other interested 
parties. In addition, all information related to the proposed updates 
to Chapter 11--Arch Dams and submitted comments can be found on the 
FERC website (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the 
eLibrary link, click on General Search and enter the docket number, 
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., AD18-
6). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. The Commission 
also offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to 
keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. 
This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by 
automatically providing you with electronic notification of these 
filings and direct links to the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp. Users must be registered in order to use 
eSubscription.
    For assistance with filing or any of the Commission's online 
systems, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8258.

    Dated: December 7, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-26927 Filed 12-13-17; 8:45 am]
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