83 FR 17168 - Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments; Bear Swamp Power Company, LLC
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 75 (April 18, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 75 (April 18, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 17168-17170] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-08073] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2669-085] Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments; Bear Swamp Power Company, LLC Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. [[Page 17169]] b. Project No.: 2669-085. c. Date Filed: March 30, 2018. d. Applicant: Bear Swamp Power Company, LLC (Bear Swamp). e. Name of Project: Bear Swamp Project. f. Location: The existing project is located on the Deerfield River in Berkshire and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts. 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: Steven P. Murphy, Director of Licensing, Brookfield Renewable Energy Group, 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY 13069; Telephone (315) 593-3118. i. FERC Contact: John Baummer, (202) 502-6837 or john.baummer@ferc.gov. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. Project Description: The existing Bear Swamp Project consists of a pumped storage development, the Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development, and a conventional hydropower development, the Fife Brook Development, with a combined authorized capacity of 676 megawatts (MW). The project generates an average of 483,863 megawatt-hours (MWh) annually, and uses an average of 618,293 MWh annually to operate the pumped storage development. Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development The existing Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 118-acre upper reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 8,300 acre-feet at the normal full water surface elevation of approximately 1,600 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD), which is contained by existing topography and 4 dikes: (a) An approximately 1,300-foot-long, 155-foot- high curved, earth and rock-fill dike (North Dike); (b) an approximately 350-foot-long, 23-foot-high earth and rock-fill dike extending from the eastside of the North Dike (North Dike Extension); (c) an approximately 2,880-foot-long, 140-foot-high earth and rock-fill dike (South Dike); and (d) an approximately 750-foot-long, 50-foot-high earth and rock-fill dike (East Dike); (2) a 420-foot long emergency spillway to the east of the North Dike Extension; (3) an 88-foot-long, 1.5- to 4-foot-wide, 4-foot-high submerged weir with three 5-foot-wide, 3-foot-high concrete stoplog gates; (4) a 40-foot-diameter concrete inlet/outlet structure located at the bottom of the upper reservoir to the west of the North Dike; (5) an approximately 1,430.5-foot-long tunnel system that includes: (a) A 75-foot-long concrete-lined section that tapers from 40 feet to 25 feet in diameter; (b) an approximately 965-foot-long, 25-foot-diameter concrete-lined section; (c) a 15-foot- long concrete-lined section that bifurcates from a single 25-foot- diameter section to two 20-foot-diameter penstock sections; (d) two 25- foot-long concrete-lined penstock sections that taper from 20 feet to 17.5 feet in diameter; (e) two 322-foot-long, 17.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined penstock sections; (f) two 20-foot-long concrete-lined penstock sections that taper from 17.5 feet to 11 feet in diameter; and (g) two 8.5-foot-long, 11-foot-diameter, steel-lined penstock sections; (6) a 227-foot-long, 79-foot-wide, 182-foot-high underground powerhouse containing two reversible Francis pump turbine-generator units with a total authorized capacity of 666 MW; (7) two 504-foot-long, 22-foot- wide, 29.5-foot-high concrete-lined draft tube tunnels; (8) a lower reservoir inlet/outlet structure with four 15-foot-wide, 20-foot-high bays, each equipped with 16-foot-wide, 20.6-foot-high steel slide gates; (9) four 15-foot-wide, 26.7-foot-tall steel trashracks with 6- inch bar spacing; (10) two 13.8-kilovolt (kV) motor-generator lead electrical lines, one approximately 890 feet long (east lead) and one approximately 900 feet long (west lead); (11) a 600-foot-long, 15-foot- wide, 23-foot-high access tunnel for the generator lead lines; (12) two 13.8/230-kV step-up transformers; (13) two 230-kV above-ground transmission lines, one approximately 4,075 feet long (south line) and one approximately 3,960 feet long (north line), which terminate at a non-project switchyard owned by National Grid; (14) a 700-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 29-foot-high tunnel for the access road; and (15) appurtenant facilities. Fife Brook Development The existing Fife Brook Development consists of: (1) An 890-foot- long, 130-foot-high earthen rock-fill dam; (2) a 152-acre impoundment with a gross storage capacity of 6,900 acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation of 870 feet NGVD, which also serves as the lower reservoir for the Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development; (3) two 36-foot-wide, 40-foot-high steel Tainter spillway gates that are integral with the dam; (4) a concrete intake structure that is integral with the dam and includes an 11.2-foot-wide, 24-foot-tall trashrack with 3-inch bar spacing and a 15-foot-wide, 18-foot-high headgate; (5) a 10-foot-diameter, 200-foot-long steel penstock; (6) an approximately 79.25-foot-long, 44-foot-wide, 94-foot-tall concrete powerhouse containing a 10-MW Francis turbine-generator unit; (7) a 21-foot-long steel-lined draft tube; (8) an approximately 325-foot-long, 30-inch- diameter minimum flow release pipe that is gated at its intake and bifurcates into an approximately 55-foot-long, 20-inch-diameter pipe and an approximately 55-foot-long, 24-inch-diameter pipe; (9) a partially buried (860-foot-long section) and partially above-ground (7,060-foot-long section) 13.8-kV transmission line that connects the turbine-generator unit to the regional grid at a non-project substation owned by Great River Hydro, LLC; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development uses a storage capacity of 4,600 acre-feet to generate approximately 3,028 MWh of energy over a generation run time of approximately 5.3 hours. The Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development normally generates and pumps back some or all of its useable storage capacity over a 24-hour period. The impoundment for the Fife Brook Development is the lower reservoir of the Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development. The Fife Brook impoundment has an allowable drawdown of 40 feet to provide a useable storage capacity of 4,600 acre-feet to the upper reservoir of the Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development for daily peaking operations. Releases from Fife Brook dam generally match the inflow from the Station No. 5 Development of Great River Hydro, LLC's Deerfield River Project (FERC No. 2323), which discharges directly into the Fife Brook impoundment. The project's current license requires Bear Swamp to release a continuous minimum flow of 125 cubic feet per second (cfs) from Fife Brook dam, and to use water from the Bear Swamp Pumped Storage Development to meet the required 125 cfs minimum flow as necessary. The existing license also requires Bear Swamp to provide 106 scheduled annual releases of 700 cfs for whitewater recreation downstream of the Fife Brook dam from April 1 through October 31. l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502- 8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and [[Page 17170]] reproduction at the Rowe Town Library, located at 318 Zoar Road, Rowe, MA 01367; or the North Adams Public Library, located at 74 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247. m. 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. Procedural Schedule: Pursuant to section 5.19(d) of the Commission's regulations, the Director, Office of Energy Projects will issue an order within 30 days of the filing date of the final license application to resolve study requests that were filed in comments on the draft license application. At this time, the application is expected to be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made following the Director's determination on the study requests, or as otherwise appropriate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Milestone Target date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for October 2018. Environmental Analysis. Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms December 2018. and conditions, and fishway prescriptions. Commission issues Draft Environmental June 2019. Assessment (EA). Comments on Draft EA......................... August 2019. Modified terms and conditions................ October 2019. Commission issues Final EA................... January 2020. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis. Dated: April 12, 2018. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-08073 Filed 4-17-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Applicants: Lone Valley Solar Park I Docket Numbers: ER18–1355–000.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1094–001. LLC. Applicants: Rising Tree Wind Farm III
Applicants: Florida Power & Light Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: LLC.
Company. Revised MBR Tariff to be effective Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Description: Tariff Amendment: FPL 4/13/2018. Revised MBR Tariff to be effective
Revisions to LCEC Rate Schedule No. Filed Date: 4/12/18. 4/13/2018.
317 to be effective 1/1/2016. Accession Number: 20180412–5104. Filed Date: 4/12/18.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Accession Number: 20180412–5152.
Filed Date: 4/12/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18.
Accession Number: 20180412–5120. Docket Numbers: ER18–1349–000.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Docket Numbers: ER18–1356–000.
Applicants: Lone Valley Solar Park II Applicants: Louisville Gas and
Docket Numbers: ER18–1095–001. LLC. Electric Company, Kentucky Utilities
Applicants: Florida Power & Light Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Company.
Company. Revised MBR Tariff to be effective Description: Notice of Cancellation of
Description: Tariff Amendment: FPL 4/13/2018. Network Operating Agreement (Third
Revisions to FKEC Rate Schedule No. Filed Date: 4/12/18. Revised Service Agreement 14) of
322 to be effective 1/1/2016. Accession Number: 20180412–5114. Louisville Gas and Electric Company,
Filed Date: 4/12/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. et al.
Accession Number: 20180412–5121. Docket Numbers: ER18–1350–000. Filed Date: 4/12/18.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Applicants: New England Power Accession Number: 20180412–5166.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1275–002. Company. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18.
Applicants: Mid-Atlantic Interstate Description: Tariff Cancellation: The filings are accessible in the
Transmission, LLC, PJM Notice of Cancellation of Commission’s eLibrary system by
Interconnection, L.L.C. Reimbursement Agreement with Granite clicking on the links or querying the
Description: Tariff Amendment: MAIT Reliable Power to be effective docket number.
submits Supplemental Filing re: OIA SA 11/1/2017. Any person desiring to intervene or
No. 4929 to be effective 6/1/2018. Filed Date: 4/12/18. protest in any of the above proceedings
Filed Date: 4/12/18. Accession Number: 20180412–5116. must file in accordance with Rules 211
Accession Number: 20180412–5045. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. and 214 of the Commission’s
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Docket Numbers: ER18–1351–000. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
Docket Numbers: ER18–1344–000. Applicants: Virginia Electric and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Applicants: California Independent Power Company, PJM Interconnection, time on the specified comment date.
System Operator Corporation. L.L.C. Protests may be considered, but
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: intervention is necessary to become a
2018–04–011 Congestion Revenue VEPCO submits revisions to OATT, party to the proceeding.
Rights Auction Efficiency Track 1A Attachment H–16A re: Depreciation eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
Amendment to be effective 7/1/2018. Rate to be effective 6/15/2018. information relating to filing
Filed Date: 4/11/18. Filed Date: 4/12/18. requirements, interventions, protests,
Accession Number: 20180411–5167. Accession Number: 20180412–5118. service, and qualifying facilities filings
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/2/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
Docket Numbers: ER18–1345–000. Docket Numbers: ER18–1352–000.
other information, call (866) 208–3676
Applicants: High Prairie Wind Farm Applicants: Rising Tree Wind Farm
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
II, LLC. LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Dated: April 12, 2018.
Revised MBR Tariff to be effective Revised MBR Tariff to be effective Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
4/13/2018. 4/13/2018. Deputy Secretary.
Filed Date: 4/12/18. Filed Date: 4/12/18. [FR Doc. 2018–08075 Filed 4–17–18; 8:45 am]
Accession Number: 20180412–5046. Accession Number: 20180412–5119. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–1346–000. Docket Numbers: ER18–1353–000.
Applicants: Pioneer Prairie Wind Applicants: Southern California DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Farm I, LLC. Edison Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Federal Energy Regulatory
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Revised MBR Tariff to be effective Commission
Amended IFA Between SCE and AEPCO
4/13/2018. and Notices of Cancellation to be [Project No. 2669–085]
Filed Date: 4/12/18. effective 4/13/2018.
Accession Number: 20180412–5065. Filed Date: 4/12/18. Notice of Application Tendered for
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Accession Number: 20180412–5124. Filing With the Commission and
Docket Numbers: ER18–1347–000. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Applicants: Rail Splitter Wind Farm, Docket Numbers: ER18–1354–000. Licensing and Deadline for
LLC. Applicants: Rising Tree Wind Farm II Submission of Final Amendments;
Bear Swamp Power Company, LLC
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Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: LLC.
Revised MBR Tariff to be effective Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Take notice that the following
4/13/2018. Revised MBR Tariff to be effective hydroelectric application has been filed
Filed Date: 4/12/18. 4/13/2018. with the Commission and is available
Accession Number: 20180412–5069. Filed Date: 4/12/18. for public inspection.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. Accession Number: 20180412–5136. a. Type of Application: New Major
Docket Numbers: ER18–1348–000. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/3/18. License.
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reproduction at the Rowe Town Library, related to this or other pending projects. requests that were filed in comments on
located at 318 Zoar Road, Rowe, MA For assistance, contact FERC Online the draft license application. At this
01367; or the North Adams Public Support. time, the application is expected to be
Library, located at 74 Church Street, n. Procedural Schedule: Pursuant to processed according to the following
North Adams, MA 01247. section 5.19(d) of the Commission’s preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule.
m. You may also register online at regulations, the Director, Office of Revisions to the schedule may be made
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Energy Projects will issue an order following the Director’s determination
esubscription.asp to be notified via within 30 days of the filing date of the on the study requests, or as otherwise
email of new filings and issuances final license application to resolve study appropriate.
Milestone Target date
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ................................................................................................ October 2018.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions .............................................................. December 2018.
Commission issues Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) ............................................................................................................ June 2019.
Comments on Draft EA .................................................................................................................................................................... August 2019.
Modified terms and conditions .......................................................................................................................................................... October 2019.
Commission issues Final EA ............................................................................................................................................................ January 2020.
o. Final amendments to the significantly affecting the quality of the copies of the EA are available for
application must be filed with the human environment. distribution and public inspection at:
Commission no later than 30 days from Natural proposes to abandon: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
the issuance date of the notice of ready • In place 19 injection/withdrawal Public Reference Room, 888 First Street
for environmental analysis. wells by permanently plugging and NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426,
Dated: April 12, 2018. capping; (202) 502–8371.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
• in place 16.15 miles of 4- to 16- Any person wishing to comment on
inch-diameter associated pipeline the EA may do so. Your comments
Deputy Secretary.
laterals in the storage field by capping; should focus on the potential
[FR Doc. 2018–08073 Filed 4–17–18; 8:45 am]
• in place 13 non-jurisdictional environmental effects, reasonable
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
observation wells by plugging; alternatives, and measures to avoid or
• in place one non-jurisdictional salt lessen environmental impacts. The more
water disposal well by plugging; specific your comments, the more useful
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• in place approximately 15.3 Bcf of they will be. To ensure that the
Federal Energy Regulatory non-recoverable cushion gas; Commission has the opportunity to
Commission • by removal the 330-horsepower consider your comments prior to
Compressor Station 202 including its making its decision on this project, it is
[Docket No. CP18–12–000] building, compressor unit, concrete important that we receive your
piers, and concrete foundation; and comments in Washington, DC on or
Notice of Availability of the • by removal all aboveground and
Environmental Assessment for the before May 14, 2018.
belowground storage field auxiliary For your convenience, there are three
Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline
surface facilities, including, but not methods you can use to file your
Company of America, LLC Herscher
limited to: Well head piping, slug comments to the Commission. In all
Northwest Storage Field Abandonment
catchers, water gathering system, and instances, please reference the project
Project
methanol distribution systems docket number (CP18–12–000) with
The staff of the Federal Energy associated with the abandoned wells; your submission. The Commission
Regulatory Commission (FERC or seven tap valves; a pigging facility; and encourages electronic filing of
Commission) has prepared an two corrosion monitors along with their comments and has expert staff available
environmental assessment (EA) for the associated rectifiers and ground beds. to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
Herscher Northwest Storage Field Natural also proposes to convert the FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
Abandonment Project, proposed by P. Cook No. 1 injection/withdrawal well (1) You can file your comments
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of to an observational well for its nearby electronically using the eComment
America LLC (Natural) in the above- Herscher Mount Simon Storage Field; feature on the Commission’s website
referenced docket. Natural requests and retain the P. Cook No. G–1 well as (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
authorization to abandon the Herscher an observation well for its nearby Documents and Filings. This is an easy
Northwest Storage Field facilities with Herscher Galesville Storage Field. method for submitting brief, text-only
its certificated maximum inventory of The FERC staff mailed copies of the comments on a project;
18.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) located in EA to federal, state, and local (2) You can also file your comments
Kankakee County, Illinois. government representatives and electronically using the eFiling feature
The EA assesses the potential agencies; elected officials; on the Commission’s website
environmental effects of the environmental and public interest (www.ferc.gov) under the link to
abandonment of the Herscher Northwest groups; Native American tribes; Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
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Storage Field Abandonment Project in potentially affected landowners and you can provide comments in a variety
accordance with the requirements of the other interested individuals and groups; of formats by attaching them as a file
National Environmental Policy Act and newspapers and libraries in the with your submission. New eFiling
(NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that project area. In addition, the EA is users must first create an account by
approval of the proposed project, with available for public viewing on the clicking on eRegister. You must select
appropriate mitigating measures, would FERC’s website (www.ferc.gov) using the the type of filing you are making. If you
not constitute a major federal action eLibrary link. A limited number of are filing a comment on a particular
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