82 FR 61286 - Swan Lake North Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 247 (December 27, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 247 (December 27, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-27916 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 61286-61287] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-27916] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13318-003] Swan Lake North Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Original License (Major Project). b. Project No.: 13318-003. c. Date filed: October 28, 2015. d. Applicant: Swan Lake North Hydro LLC. e. Name of Project: Swan Lake North Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The project would be located about 11 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon. The project would occupy about 730 acres of federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, state lands, and private lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Erik Steimle, Rye Development LLC, 745 Atlantic Avenue, 8th floor, Boston, MA 02111. Telephone: (503) 998- 0230; Email: [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman at (202) 502-6077; 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. [[Page 61287]] The first page of any filing should include docket number P-13318-003. 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. l. The proposed project would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 7,972-foot-long, 58-foot-high earthen embankment forming an asphalt concrete and geomembrane-lined upper reservoir, with a surface area of 64.21 acres and a storage capacity of 2,568 acre-feet at a maximum surface elevation of 6,128 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 8,003-foot-long, 65-foot-high earthen embankment forming a geomembrane-lined lower reservoir, with a surface area of 60.14 acres and a storage capacity of 2,581 acre-feet at a maximum surface elevation of 4,457 feet msl; (3) a 500-foot-long, rip-rap lined trapezoidal spillway built into the crest of each embankment at an elevation of approximately 6,135 feet msl and 4,464 feet msl for the upper and lower reservoirs, respectively; (4) a 0.5-percent-slope perforated polyvinyl chloride tube of varying diameter and accompanying optical fiber drainage system designed to detect, collect, and monitor water leakage from the reservoirs; (5) a 25-inch-diameter bottom outlet with manual valve for gravitational dewatering of the lower reservoir; (6) an upper intake consisting of a bell mouth, 38.6-foot-wide by 29.8- foot-long inclined screen, head gate, and 13.8-foot-diameter foundational steel pipe; (7) a 13.8-foot-diameter, 9,655-foot-long steel high-pressure penstock from the upper reservoir to the powerhouse that would be predominantly aboveground with a 14-foot-long buried segment; (8) three 9.8-foot-diameter, 1,430-foot-long steel low- pressure penstocks from the lower reservoir to the powerhouse that would be predominantly aboveground with a 78-foot-long buried segment; (9) a partially buried powerhouse with three 131.1-MW reversible pump- turbine units for a total installed capacity of 393.3 MW; (10) a fenced substation next to the powerhouse; (11) a 32.8-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) aboveground transmission line interconnecting to an existing non- project substation; (12) approximately 10.7 miles of improved project access road; (13) approximately 3.4 miles of new permanent project access road; (14) approximately 8.3 miles of temporary project access road; and (15) appurtenant facilities. The project would be a closed- loop system using groundwater for initial fill, and would not use any existing surface body of water. Initial fill water and long-term refill due to evaporative losses would be supplied by the local groundwater agricultural pumping system and delivered to the lower reservoir via an existing underground agricultural irrigation network. The average annual generation is expected to be 1,187 gigawatt-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. 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 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. Public notice of the filing of the initial development application, which has already been given, established the due date for filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the initial development application. No competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this notice. o. 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. p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milestone Target date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deadline for Filing Comments, December 2018. Recommendations, and Agency Terms and Conditions/Prescriptions. Draft Environmental Impact Statement August 2018. (EIS) Issued. Comments on Draft EIS Due............... October 2018. Final EIS Issued........................ December 2018. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dated: December 20, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-27916 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
![61286 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 27, 2017 / Notices
Filed Date: 12/20/17. Filed Date: 12/20/17. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Accession Number: 20171220–5029. Accession Number: 20171220–5116.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18. Federal Energy Regulatory
Docket Numbers: ER18–476–000. Docket Numbers: ER18–483–000. Commission
Applicants: Nevada Power Company. Applicants: Public Service Company
Description: Notices of Cancellation of [Project No. 13318–003]
of Colorado.
Rate Schedule No. 69, et al. of Nevada Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Swan Lake North Hydro LLC; Notice of
Power Company. 20171220_Depreciation Filing to be Application Ready for Environmental
Filed Date: 12/19/17. effective 5/1/2018. Analysis and Soliciting Comments,
Accession Number: 20171219–5227. Filed Date: 12/20/17. Recommendations, Terms and
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/9/18. Accession Number: 20171220–5148. Conditions, and Prescriptions
Docket Numbers: ER18–477–000. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18.
Applicants: Alabama Power Docket Numbers: ER18–484–000. Take notice that the following
Company. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, hydroelectric application has been filed
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: L.L.C. with the Commission and is available
Russell County Solar LGIA Filing to be Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: PJM for public inspection.
effective 12/11/2017. submits Revisions to OA section 18.17.7 a. Type of Application: Original
Filed Date: 12/20/17. re: Generator Data Confidentiality to be License (Major Project).
Accession Number: 20171220–5075. effective 2/19/2018. b. Project No.: 13318–003.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18. Filed Date: 12/20/17. c. Date filed: October 28, 2015.
Docket Numbers: ER18–478–000. d. Applicant: Swan Lake North Hydro
Accession Number: 20171220–5154.
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, LLC.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18.
Inc. e. Name of Project: Swan Lake North
Docket Numbers: ER18–485–000. Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Applicants: Duke Energy Progress, f. Location: The project would be
1276R15 KCPL NITSA NOA to be
LLC. located about 11 miles northeast of
effective 12/1/2017.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon.
Filed Date: 12/20/17.
DEP–NCEMC PSCA RS No. 182 (5th The project would occupy about 730
Accession Number: 20171220–5077.
Amended) to be effective 1/1/2018. acres of federal lands administered by
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18.
Filed Date: 12/20/17. the Bureau of Land Management and the
Docket Numbers: ER18–479–000. Accession Number: 20171220–5156.
Applicants: California Independent Bureau of Reclamation, state lands, and
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18. private lands.
System Operator Corporation.
Description: Tariff Cancellation: Docket Numbers: ER18–486–000. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
2017–12–20 Notice of Cancellation— Applicants: Allegheny Generating Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
EIM Implementation Agreement with Company. h. Applicant Contact: Erik Steimle,
PacifiCorp to be effective 2/19/2018. Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Rye Development LLC, 745 Atlantic
Filed Date: 12/20/17. Baseline new to be effective 2/16/2018. Avenue, 8th floor, Boston, MA 02111.
Accession Number: 20171220–5107. Filed Date: 12/20/17. Telephone: (503) 998–0230; Email:
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18. Accession Number: 20171220–5196. erik@ryedevelopment.com.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18. i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman at
Docket Numbers: ER18–480–000. (202) 502–6077; or email at
Applicants: Mid-Atlantic Interstate The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by Dianne.Rodman@ferc.gov.
Transmission, LLC, American j. Deadline for filing comments,
Transmission Systems, Incorporated, clicking on the links or querying the
docket number. recommendations, terms and
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings from the issuance date of this notice;
MAIT and ATSI submit ECSA Nos. reply comments are due 105 days from
4719, 4720 and 4800 to be effective 2/ must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s the issuance date of this notice.
19/2018. The Commission strongly encourages
Filed Date: 12/20/17. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern electronic filing. Please file comments,
Accession Number: 20171220–5108. recommendations, terms and
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18. time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but conditions, and prescriptions using the
Docket Numbers: ER18–481–000. Commission’s eFiling system at http://
intervention is necessary to become a
Applicants: California Independent www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
party to the proceeding.
System Operator Corporation. Commenters can submit brief comments
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
Description: Tariff Cancellation: up to 6,000 characters, without prior
information relating to filing
2017–12–20 Notice of Cancellation— registration, using the eComment system
requirements, interventions, protests,
EIM Implementation Agreement with at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
service, and qualifying facilities filings
NV Energy to be effective 2/19/2018. ecomment.asp. You must include your
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
Filed Date: 12/20/17. name and contact information at the end
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
Accession Number: 20171220–5113. of your comments. For assistance,
other information, call (866) 208–3676
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/10/18. please contact FERC Online Support at
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Docket Numbers: ER18–482–000. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
Applicants: Public Service Company Dated: December 20, 2017. 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
of Colorado. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Deputy Secretary. send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
OATT Att O–PSCo Depreciation, Tbl 25 [FR Doc. 2017–27900 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am] Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
Filing to be effective 5/1/2018. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
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The first page of any filing should project access road; (13) approximately compliance with public notice of the
include docket number P–13318–003. 3.4 miles of new permanent project initial development application. No
The Commission’s Rules of Practice access road; (14) approximately 8.3 competing applications or notices of
require all intervenors filing documents miles of temporary project access road; intent may be filed in response to this
with the Commission to serve a copy of and (15) appurtenant facilities. The notice.
that document on each person on the project would be a closed-loop system o. A license applicant must file no
official service list for the project. using groundwater for initial fill, and later than 60 days following the date of
Further, if an intervenor files comments would not use any existing surface body issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the
or documents with the Commission of water. Initial fill water and long-term water quality certification; (2) a copy of
relating to the merits of an issue that refill due to evaporative losses would be the request for certification, including
may affect the responsibilities of a supplied by the local groundwater proof of the date on which the certifying
particular resource agency, they must agricultural pumping system and agency received the request; or (3)
also serve a copy of the document on delivered to the lower reservoir via an evidence of waiver of water quality
that resource agency. existing underground agricultural certification.
k. This application has been accepted irrigation network. The average annual p. Procedural schedule: The
and is ready for environmental analysis. generation is expected to be 1,187 application will be processed according
l. The proposed project would consist gigawatt-hours. to the following schedule. Revisions to
of the following new facilities: (1) A m. A copy of the application is the schedule will be made as
7,972–foot-long, 58-foot-high earthen available for review at the Commission appropriate.
embankment forming an asphalt in the Public Reference Room or may be
concrete and geomembrane-lined upper viewed on the Commission’s website at
reservoir, with a surface area of 64.21 http://www.ferc.gov. using the eLibrary
acres and a storage capacity of 2,568 link. Enter the docket number excluding Milestone Target date
acre-feet at a maximum surface the last three digits in the docket
elevation of 6,128 feet above mean sea number field to access the document. Deadline for Filing Com- December
level (msl); (2) a 8,003-foot-long, 65- For assistance, contact FERC Online ments, Recommenda- 2018.
foot-high earthen embankment forming Support. A copy is also available for tions, and Agency Terms
a geomembrane-lined lower reservoir, and Conditions/Prescrip-
inspection and reproduction at the tions.
with a surface area of 60.14 acres and address in item h above. Draft Environmental Impact August 2018.
a storage capacity of 2,581 acre-feet at a All filings must (1) bear in all capital Statement (EIS) Issued.
maximum surface elevation of 4,457 feet letters the title COMMENTS, REPLY Comments on Draft EIS October 2018.
msl; (3) a 500-foot-long, rip-rap lined COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, Due.
trapezoidal spillway built into the crest TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or Final EIS Issued .................. December
of each embankment at an elevation of PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set forth in the 2018.
approximately 6,135 feet msl and 4,464 heading the name of the applicant and
feet msl for the upper and lower the project number of the application to Dated: December 20, 2017.
reservoirs, respectively; (4) a 0.5- which the filing responds; (3) furnish Kimberly D. Bose,
percent-slope perforated polyvinyl the name, address, and telephone
Secretary.
chloride tube of varying diameter and number of the person submitting the
accompanying optical fiber drainage [FR Doc. 2017–27916 Filed 12–26–17; 8:45 am]
filing; and (4) otherwise comply with
system designed to detect, collect, and the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
monitor water leakage from the through 385.2005. All comments,
reservoirs; (5) a 25-inch-diameter recommendations, terms and conditions
bottom outlet with manual valve for or prescriptions must set forth their DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
gravitational dewatering of the lower evidentiary basis and otherwise comply Federal Energy Regulatory
reservoir; (6) an upper intake consisting with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Commission
of a bell mouth, 38.6-foot-wide by 29.8- Agencies may obtain copies of the
foot-long inclined screen, head gate, and application directly from the applicant. Combined Notice of Filings #2
13.8-foot-diameter foundational steel Each filing must be accompanied by
pipe; (7) a 13.8-foot-diameter, 9,655- proof of service on all persons listed on Take notice that the Commission
foot-long steel high-pressure penstock the service list prepared by the received the following electric corporate
from the upper reservoir to the Commission in this proceeding, in filings:
powerhouse that would be accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and Docket Numbers: EC18–36–000.
predominantly aboveground with a 14- 385.2010. Applicants: MDU Resources Group,
foot-long buried segment; (8) three 9.8- You may also register online at http:// Inc.
foot-diameter, 1,430-foot-long steel low- www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Description: Application of MDU
pressure penstocks from the lower esubscription.asp to be notified via Resources Group, Inc. for Authorization
reservoir to the powerhouse that would email of new filings and issuances under FPA Section 203 and Request for
be predominantly aboveground with a related to this or other pending projects. Confidential Treatment.
78-foot-long buried segment; (9) a For assistance, contact FERC Online Filed Date: 12/19/17.
partially buried powerhouse with three Support. Accession Number: 20171219–5151.
131.1–MW reversible pump-turbine n. Public notice of the filing of the Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/9/18.
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
units for a total installed capacity of initial development application, which Take notice that the Commission
393.3 MW; (10) a fenced substation next has already been given, established the received the following exempt
to the powerhouse; (11) a 32.8-mile- due date for filing competing wholesale generator filings:
long, 230-kilovolt (kV) aboveground applications or notices of intent. Under Docket Numbers: EG18–20–000.
transmission line interconnecting to an the Commission’s regulations, any Applicants: States Edge Wind I LLC.
existing non-project substation; (12) competing development application Description: Notice of Self-
approximately 10.7 miles of improved must be filed in response to and in Certification of Exempt Wholesale
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