82_FR_60629 82 FR 60386 - City of Radford; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

82 FR 60386 - City of Radford; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 243 (December 20, 2017)

Page Range60386-60387
FR Document2017-27370

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60386-60387]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27370]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1235-017]


City of Radford; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    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.: 1235-017.
    c. Date filed: May 30, 2017.
    d. Applicant: City of Radford.
    e. Name of Project: Municipal Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Little River near the City of Radford in 
Montgomery and Pulaski Counties, Virginia. 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: Tim Logwood, Director of Electric Utilities 
for the City of Radford, 701 17th Street Radford, VA 24141; Telephone 
(540) 731-3641.
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the issuance 
date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments using the Commission's

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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-1235-017.
    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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Project Description. The existing Municipal Hydroelectric 
Project consists of: (1) A 293-foot-long, 58-foot-high reinforced 
concrete slab and buttress dam that includes: (a) A south non-overflow 
section; (b) an overflow bulkhead section; (c) an eight-bay spillway 
section each with a steel tainter gate; (d) a powerhouse intake 
section; and (e) a north non-overflow section; (2) a 77-acre 
impoundment with a gross storage capacity of 562 acre-feet at a normal 
pool elevation of 1,772 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 
(NGVD29) and a net storage capacity of 220 acre-feet between elevations 
1,768 and 1,772 feet; (3) a 20-foot, 3-inch-wide intake section with 
angled steel trash racks (3-inch by 5/16th-inch trash rack bars spaced 
2.5 inches on center) and a steel roller type head gate; (4) a 27-foot-
long steel-lined penstock in concrete that transitions from a 13.5-
foot-wide, 11-foot-high entrance to an 8-foot-diameter conveyance to 
the turbine scroll case; (5) a 30-foot-long, 28-foot-wide, and 62-foot-
high powerhouse containing a single 1,185-kilowatt turbine-generator 
unit; (6) a 2.7-mile-long transmission line connected to the grid; and 
(7) appurtenant facilities.
    The City of Radford proposes to revise its exhibit G to include 
transmission facilities composed of only three, 560-foot-long, 4.16-kV 
overhead conductors that transmit power to a switched disconnect/
interconnection with the local distribution grid. The City of Radford 
states that the formerly licensed transmission line now serves to 
distribute power to other sources along its length and is no longer 
part of the project.
    The City of Radford operates the project in both run-of-river and 
peaking modes. For the period 1984 through 2013, the project's average 
annual generation was about 4,550 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 website 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.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process. The Commission staff intends to prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Municipal Hydroelectric Project 
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 
consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff issued Scoping Document 1 (SD1) on September 1, 
2017 and held scoping meetings on October 2-3, 2017 and an 
environmental site review on October 2, 2017. Because some entities may 
not have received proper notice of the issuance of SD1 and the scoping 
meetings, we are providing an additional 30-day comment period on 
Scoping Document 2, which will be issued concurrently with this notice, 
for entities to provide comments, recommendations, and information.
    Copies of SD1 and this SD2 outlining the subject areas to be 
addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's 
mailing list. Copies of SD1 and SD2 may be viewed on the web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-
8659.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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                                                   f. Location: On the Mad River, in the                document. For assistance, contact FERC                eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov.
                                                Town of Campton, Grafton County, New                    Online Support at FERCOnline                          Persons unable to file electronically
                                                Hampshire. The project occupies                         Support@ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll                should submit an original and 5 copies
                                                approximately 0.1 acre of United States                 free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy                of the protest or intervention to the
                                                lands administered by the United States                 is also available for inspection and                  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
                                                Forest Service.                                         reproduction at the address in                        888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
                                                   g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and                 paragraph h.                                          20426.
                                                5.5 of the Commission’s regulations.                       o. The licensee states its unequivocal                This filing is accessible on-line at
                                                   h. Potential Applicant Contact: Ian                  intent to submit an application for a                 http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary
                                                Clark, Managing Partner, Mad River                      subsequent license for Project No. 3253.              link and is available for review in the
                                                Power Associates LP, 826 Scarsdale                      Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.20 each                         Commission’s Public Reference Room in
                                                Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583; (914)                      application for a subsequent license and              Washington, DC. There is an
                                                297–7645.                                               any competing license applications                    eSubscription link on the website that
                                                   i. FERC Contact: Dr. Nicholas Palso at               must be filed with the Commission at                  enables subscribers to receive email
                                                (202) 502–8854; or email at                             least 24 months prior to the expiration               notification when a document is added
                                                nicholas.palso@ferc.gov.                                of the existing license. All applications             to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance
                                                   j. Mad River Power Associates LP                     for license for this project must be filed            with any FERC Online service, please
                                                filed its request to use the Traditional                by October 31, 2020.                                  email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or
                                                Licensing Process on October 17, 2017.
                                                                                                           p. Register online at http://                      call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,
                                                Mad River Power Associates LP
                                                                                                        www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                             call (202) 502–8659.
                                                provided public notice of its request on
                                                                                                        esubscription.asp to be notified via                     Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
                                                October 22, 2017. In a letter dated
                                                                                                        email of new filing and issuances                     January 8, 2018.
                                                December 13, 2017, the Director of the
                                                                                                        related to this or other pending projects.              Dated: December 12, 2017.
                                                Division of Hydropower Licensing
                                                                                                        For assistance, contact FERC Online                   Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                approved Mad River Power Associates
                                                                                                        Support.
                                                LP’s request to use the Traditional                                                                           Deputy Secretary.
                                                Licensing Process.                                        Dated: December 13, 2017.                           [FR Doc. 2017–27366 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am]
                                                   k. With this notice, we are initiating               Kimberly D. Bose,                                     BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                informal consultation with the U.S. Fish                Secretary.
                                                and Wildlife Service and NOAA                           [FR Doc. 2017–27333 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am]
                                                Fisheries under section 7 of the                        BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                Endangered Species Act and the joint
                                                agency regulations thereunder at 50                                                                           Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries                       DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  Commission
                                                under section 305(b) of the Magnuson-                                                                         [Project No. 1235–017]
                                                Stevens Fishery Conservation and                        Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                Management Act and implementing                         Commission                                            City of Radford; Notice Soliciting
                                                regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are                   [Docket No. AC18–15–000]                              Scoping Comments
                                                also initiating consultation with the
                                                New Hampshire State Historic                            Notice of Request for Waiver: Empire                    Take notice that the following
                                                Preservation Officer, as required by                    Pipeline, Inc.                                        hydroelectric application has been filed
                                                section 106 of the National Historic                                                                          with the Commission and is available
                                                Preservation Act, and the implementing                    Take notice that on November 9,                     for public inspection.
                                                regulations of the Advisory Council on                  2017, Empire Pipeline, Inc., filed a                    a. Type of Application: Subsequent
                                                Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.                  request for waiver of the requirement to              Minor License.
                                                   l. With this notice, we are designating              provide its certified public accountant                 b. Project No.: 1235–017.
                                                Mad River Power Associates LP as the                    certification statement for the 2017                    c. Date filed: May 30, 2017.
                                                Commission’s non-federal                                FERC Form No. 2 on the basis of the                     d. Applicant: City of Radford.
                                                representative for carrying out informal                calendar year ending December 31.                       e. Name of Project: Municipal
                                                consultation pursuant to section 7 of the                 Any person desiring to intervene or to              Hydroelectric Project.
                                                Endangered Species Act and section                      protest this filing must file in                        f. Location: On the Little River near
                                                305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery                  accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of                  the City of Radford in Montgomery and
                                                Conservation and Management Act; and                    the Commission’s Rules of Practice and                Pulaski Counties, Virginia. The project
                                                consultation pursuant to section 106 of                 Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).                  does not affect federal lands.
                                                the National Historic Preservation Act.                 Protests will be considered by the                      g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
                                                   m. Mad River Power Associates LP                     Commission in determining the                         Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
                                                filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD;                  appropriate action to be taken, but will                h. Applicant Contact: Tim Logwood,
                                                including a proposed process plan and                   not serve to make protestants parties to              Director of Electric Utilities for the City
                                                schedule) with the Commission,                          the proceeding. Any person wishing to                 of Radford, 701 17th Street Radford, VA
                                                pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the                           become a party must file a notice of                  24141; Telephone (540) 731–3641.
                                                Commission’s regulations.                               intervention or motion to intervene, as                 i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner,
                                                   n. A copy of the PAD is available for                appropriate. Such notices, motions, or                (202) 502–6082 or allyson.conner@
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                                                review at the Commission in the Public                  protests must be filed on or before the               ferc.gov.
                                                Reference Room or may be viewed on                      comment date. Anyone filing a motion                    j. Deadline for filing scoping
                                                the Commission’s website (http://                       to intervene or protest must serve a copy             comments: 30 days from the issuance
                                                www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’                   of that document on the Applicant.                    date of this notice.
                                                link. Enter the docket number,                            The Commission encourages                             The Commission strongly encourages
                                                excluding the last three digits in the                  electronic submission of protests and                 electronic filing. Please file scoping
                                                docket number field to access the                       interventions in lieu of paper using the              comments using the Commission’s


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                                                eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/                  disconnect/interconnection with the                     Dated: December 14, 2017.
                                                docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can                 local distribution grid. The City of                  Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                submit brief comments up to 6,000                       Radford states that the formerly licensed             Secretary.
                                                characters, without prior registration,                 transmission line now serves to                       [FR Doc. 2017–27370 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am]
                                                using the eComment system at http://                    distribute power to other sources along               BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                               its length and is no longer part of the
                                                ecomment.asp. You must include your                     project.
                                                name and contact information at the end                    The City of Radford operates the                   DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                of your comments. For assistance,
                                                                                                        project in both run-of-river and peaking
                                                please contact FERC Online Support at                                                                         Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                                                                        modes. For the period 1984 through
                                                FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)                                                                             Commission
                                                                                                        2013, the project’s average annual
                                                208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
                                                                                                        generation was about 4,550 megawatt-                  [Project No. 2778–077]
                                                (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
                                                send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal                hours.
                                                                                                                                                              Idaho Power Company; Notice of
                                                Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                          m. A copy of the application is                    Application for Amendment of License
                                                First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.                 available for review at the Commission                and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
                                                The first page of any filing should                     in the Public Reference Room or may be                Intervene, and Protests
                                                include docket number P–1235–017.                       viewed on the Commission’s website at
                                                   The Commission’s Rules of Practice                   http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary                   Take notice that the following
                                                require all intervenors filing documents                link. Enter the docket number excluding               hydroelectric application has been filed
                                                with the Commission to serve a copy of                  the last three digits in the docket                   with the Commission and is available
                                                that document on each person on the                     number field to access the document.                  for public inspection:
                                                official service list for the project.                  For assistance, contact FERC Online                      a. Application Type: Amendment of
                                                Further, if an intervenor files comments                Support. A copy is also available for                 license to reduce approved capacity
                                                or documents with the Commission                        inspection and reproduction at the                    upgrade.
                                                relating to the merits of an issue that                 address in item h above.                                 b. Project Number: 2778–077.
                                                may affect the responsibilities of a                                                                             c. Date Filed: April 14, 2017.
                                                                                                           n. You may also register online at                    d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company
                                                particular resource agency, they must
                                                                                                        http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                      (licensee).
                                                also serve a copy of the document on
                                                that resource agency.                                   esubscription.asp to be notified via                     e. Name of Project: Shoshone Falls
                                                   k. This application is not ready for                 email of new filings and issuances                    Hydroelectric Project.
                                                environmental analysis at this time.                    related to this or other pending projects.               f. Location: The project is located on
                                                   l. Project Description. The existing                 For assistance, contact FERC Online                   the Snake River in Jerome and Twin
                                                Municipal Hydroelectric Project                         Support.                                              Falls Counties, Idaho. Part of the project
                                                consists of: (1) A 293-foot-long, 58-foot-                 o. Scoping Process. The Commission                 occupies lands owned by the Bureau of
                                                high reinforced concrete slab and                       staff intends to prepare an                           Land Management.
                                                buttress dam that includes: (a) A south                 Environmental Assessment (EA) for the                    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
                                                non-overflow section; (b) an overflow                   Municipal Hydroelectric Project in                    Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
                                                bulkhead section; (c) an eight-bay                      accordance with the National                             h. Applicant Contact: L. Lewis
                                                spillway section each with a steel                      Environmental Policy Act. The EA will                 Wardle, FERC Lands and Licensing
                                                tainter gate; (d) a powerhouse intake                   consider both site-specific and                       Coordinator, Idaho Power Company,
                                                section; and (e) a north non-overflow                   cumulative environmental impacts and                  P.O. Box 70, 1221 W Idaho St., Boise,
                                                section; (2) a 77-acre impoundment with                 reasonable alternatives to the proposed               Idaho 83702; telephone (208) 388–2964;
                                                a gross storage capacity of 562 acre-feet               action.                                               email address: LWardle@
                                                at a normal pool elevation of 1,772 feet                                                                      idahopower.com. Also, Jerrod Vaughn,
                                                                                                           Commission staff issued Scoping                    Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70,
                                                National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
                                                                                                        Document 1 (SD1) on September 1, 2017                 1221 W Idaho St., Boise, Idaho 83702;
                                                1929 (NGVD29) and a net storage
                                                capacity of 220 acre-feet between                       and held scoping meetings on October                  telephone (208) 388–2362: email
                                                elevations 1,768 and 1,772 feet; (3) a 20-              2–3, 2017 and an environmental site                   address: JVaughn@idahopower.com.
                                                foot, 3-inch-wide intake section with                   review on October 2, 2017. Because                       i. FERC Contact: Kurt Powers;
                                                angled steel trash racks (3-inch by 5/                  some entities may not have received                   telephone (202) 502–8949; email
                                                16th-inch trash rack bars spaced 2.5                    proper notice of the issuance of SD1 and              address: kurt.powers@ferc.gov.
                                                inches on center) and a steel roller type               the scoping meetings, we are providing                   j. Deadline for filing comments,
                                                head gate; (4) a 27-foot-long steel-lined               an additional 30-day comment period                   motions to intervene and protests is 30
                                                penstock in concrete that transitions                   on Scoping Document 2, which will be                  days from the issuance date of this
                                                from a 13.5-foot-wide, 11-foot-high                     issued concurrently with this notice, for             notice by the Commission. The
                                                entrance to an 8-foot-diameter                          entities to provide comments,                         Commission strongly encourages
                                                conveyance to the turbine scroll case;                  recommendations, and information.                     electronic filing. Please file motions to
                                                (5) a 30-foot-long, 28-foot-wide, and 62-                  Copies of SD1 and this SD2 outlining               intervene, protests and comments using
                                                foot-high powerhouse containing a                       the subject areas to be addressed in the              the Commission’s eFiling system at
                                                single 1,185-kilowatt turbine-generator                 EA were distributed to the parties on the             http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
                                                                                                        Commission’s mailing list. Copies of                  efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
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                                                unit; (6) a 2.7-mile-long transmission
                                                line connected to the grid; and (7)                     SD1 and SD2 may be viewed on the web                  brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
                                                appurtenant facilities.                                 at http://www.ferc.gov using the                      without prior registration, using the
                                                   The City of Radford proposes to revise               eLibrary link. Enter the docket number                eComment system at http://
                                                its exhibit G to include transmission                   excluding the last three digits in the                www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
                                                facilities composed of only three, 560-                 docket number field to access the                     ecomment.asp. You must include your
                                                foot-long, 4.16-kV overhead conductors                  document. For assistance, call 1–866–                 name and contact information at the end
                                                that transmit power to a switched                       208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659.                  of your comments. For assistance,


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FR Citation82 FR 60386 

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