83 FR 2635 - Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 12 (January 18, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-00754

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14799-001]


Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    a. Type Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Pre-Application Document for an Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-14799-001.
    c. Date Filed: September 7, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Evelyn Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Kentucky River, in Lee and Estill Counties, 
Kentucky. The project would be located at the Commonwealth of 
Kentucky's existing Lock and Dam No. 13. No federal land would be 
occupied by the project works or located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: David Brown Kinloch, Lock 13 Hydro Partners, 
LLC, 414 S. Wenzel Street, Louisville, KY

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40204; (502) 589-0975; [email protected]
    i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar, (202) 502-6863 or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC 61,076 
(2001).
    k. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: February 8, 2018.
    l. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on Commission 
staff's Scoping Document 1 (SD1). All comments on the SD1 should be 
sent to the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on 
SD1, requests for cooperating agency status, and all communications to 
and from Commission staff related to the merits of the potential 
application must be filed with the Commission. Documents may be filed 
electronically via the internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 
instructions on the Commission's website 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. In lieu of electronic 
filing, please send a paper copy to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, 
DC 20426.
    All filings with the Commission must include on the first page, the 
project name (Evelyn Hydroelectric Project and number (P-14799-001), 
and bear the appropriate heading: Comments on Scoping Document 1, 
Request for Cooperating Agency Status, or Communications to and from 
Commission Staff. Any individual or entity interested in commenting on 
the SD1 must do so by February 8, 2018.
    m. A copy of the Pre-Application Document is available for review 
at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, or may be viewed on the 
Commission's website (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 at [email protected], or toll free at 1-866-
208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
    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. Scoping Process: The Commission staff intends to prepare a 
single Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Evelyn 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 does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the SD1 issued on January 9, 2018.
    Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in 
the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list 
and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the SD1 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: January 9, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), Docket Numbers: RP18–338–000.
time on the specified comment date. to continue project operations until the Applicants: Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
Protests may be considered, but Commission issues someone else a Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
intervention is necessary to become a license for the project or otherwise Negotiated Rate PAL Agreement—
party to the proceeding. orders disposition of the project. MIECO INC to be effective 1/10/2018.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed If the project is subject to section 15 Filed Date: 1/9/18.
information relating to filing of the FPA, notice is hereby given that Accession Number: 20180109–5146.
requirements, interventions, protests, an annual license for Project No. 2531 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/22/18.
service, and qualifying facilities filings is issued to the licensee for a period The filings are accessible in the
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ effective January 1, 2018 through Commission’s eLibrary system by
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For December 31, 2018 or until the issuance clicking on the links or querying the
other information, call (866) 208–3676 of a new license for the project or other docket number.
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. disposition under the FPA, whichever Any person desiring to intervene or
Dated: January 9, 2018. comes first. If issuance of a new license protest in any of the above proceedings
(or other disposition) does not take must file in accordance with Rules 211
Kimberly D. Bose,
place on or before December 31, 2018, and 214 of the Commission’s
Secretary.
notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
[FR Doc. 2018–00749 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual license 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P under section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is time on the specified comment date.
renewed automatically without further Protests may be considered, but
order or notice by the Commission, intervention is necessary to become a
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY unless the Commission orders party to the proceeding.
Federal Energy Regulatory otherwise. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
If the project is not subject to section information relating to filing
Commission
15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given requirements, interventions, protests,
[Project No. 2531–000] that the licensee, Brookfield White Pine, service, and qualifying facilities filings
LLC is authorized to continue operation can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
Brookfield White Pine, LLC; Notice of of the West Buxton Hydroelectric docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
Authorization for Continued Project Project, until such time as the other information, call (866) 208–3676
Operation Commission acts on its application for (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
On August 10, 2012, Brookfield White a subsequent license.
Dated: January 10, 2018.
Pine LLC, licensee for the West Buxton Dated: January 11, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose,
Hydroelectric Project, filed an Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.
Application for a New License pursuant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–00743 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am]
to the Federal Power Act (FPA) and the [FR Doc. 2018–00750 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Commission’s regulations thereunder. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
The West Buxton Hydroelectric Project
facility is located on the Saco River in DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
the towns of Buxton, Hollis, and DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Standish, within York and Cumberland Federal Energy Regulatory
Counties, Maine. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The license for Project No. 2531 was Commission
issued for a period ending December 31, [Project No. 14799–001]
2017. Section 15(a) (1) of the FPA, 16 Combined Notice of Filings
Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC; Notice
U.S.C. 808(a)(1), requires the Take notice that the Commission has Soliciting Scoping Comments
Commission, at the expiration of a received the following Natural Gas
license term, to issue from year-to-year Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: a. Type Filing: Notice of Intent to File
an annual license to the then licensee License Application and Pre-
under the terms and conditions of the Filings Instituting Proceedings Application Document for an Original
prior license until a new license is Docket Numbers: RP18–272–001. Major License.
issued, or the project is otherwise Applicants: Ryckman Creek b. Project No.: P–14799–001.
disposed of as provided in section 15 or Resources, LLC. c. Date Filed: September 7, 2017.
any other applicable section of the FPA. Description: Tariff Amendment: d. Applicant: Lock 13 Hydro Partners,
If the project’s prior license waived the Amended Non Conforming Service LLC.
applicability of section 15 of the FPA, Agreement Filing to be effective 12/28/ e. Name of Project: Evelyn
then, based on section 9(b) of the 2017. Hydroelectric Project.
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. Filed Date: 1/9/18. f. Location: On the Kentucky River, in
558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR Accession Number: 20180109–5145. Lee and Estill Counties, Kentucky. The
16.21(a), if the licensee of such project Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/22/18. project would be located at the
has filed an application for a subsequent Docket Numbers: RP18–337–000. Commonwealth of Kentucky’s existing
license, the licensee may continue to Lock and Dam No. 13. No federal land
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Applicants: Gulf Crossing Pipeline
operate the project in accordance with Company LLC. would be occupied by the project works
the terms and conditions of the license Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Neg or located within the project boundary.
after the minor or minor part license Rate Agmt Filing (BP 1936) to be g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
expires, until the Commission acts on effective 1/9/2018. Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
its application. If the licensee of such a Filed Date: 1/9/18. h. Applicant Contact: David Brown
project has not filed an application for Accession Number: 20180109–5022. Kinloch, Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC,
a subsequent license, then it may be Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/22/18. 414 S. Wenzel Street, Louisville, KY

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40204; (502) 589–0975; email— assistance, contact FERC Online Commission) invites the general public
kyhydropower@gmail.com. Support at FERCONlineSupport@ and other Federal agencies to take this
i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar, (202) ferc.gov, or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, opportunity to comment on the
502–6863 or sarah.salazar@ferc.gov. or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is following information collections.
j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, also available for inspection and Comments are requested concerning:
state, local, and tribal agencies with reproduction at the address in Whether the proposed collection of
jurisdiction and/or special expertise paragraph h. information is necessary for the proper
with respect to environmental issues Register online at http:// performance of the functions of the
that wish to cooperate in the www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Commission, including whether the
preparation of the environmental esubscription.asp to be notified via information shall have practical utility;
document should follow the email of new filings and issuances the accuracy of the Commission’s
instructions for filing such requests related to this or other pending projects. burden estimate; ways to enhance the
described in item l below. Cooperating For assistance, contact FERC Online quality, utility, and clarity of the
agencies should note the Commission’s Support. information collected; ways to minimize
policy that agencies that cooperate in n. Scoping Process: The Commission the burden of the collection of
the preparation of the environmental staff intends to prepare a single information on the respondents,
document cannot also intervene. See 94 Environmental Assessment (EA) for the including the use of automated
FERC 61,076 (2001). Evelyn Hydroelectric Project in collection techniques or other forms of
k. Deadline for Filing Scoping accordance with the National information technology; and ways to
Comments: February 8, 2018. Environmental Policy Act. The EA will further reduce the information
l. With this notice, we are soliciting consider both site-specific and collection burden on small business
comments on Commission staff’s cumulative environmental impacts and concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1). All reasonable alternatives to the proposed The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
comments on the SD1 should be sent to action. a collection of information unless it
the address above in paragraph h. In Commission staff does not propose to displays a currently valid Office of
addition, all comments on SD1, requests conduct any on-site scoping meetings at Management and Budget (OMB) control
for cooperating agency status, and all this time. Instead, we are soliciting number. No person shall be subject to
communications to and from comments, recommendations, and any penalty for failing to comply with
Commission staff related to the merits of information, on the SD1 issued on a collection of information subject to the
the potential application must be filed January 9, 2018. PRA that does not display a valid OMB
with the Commission. Documents may Copies of the SD1 outlining the control number.
be filed electronically via the internet. subject areas to be addressed in the EA
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the DATES: Written PRA comments should
were distributed to the parties on the be submitted on or before March 19,
instructions on the Commission’s Commission’s mailing list and the
website http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 2018. If you anticipate that you will be
applicant’s distribution list. Copies of submitting comments, but find it
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit the SD1 may be viewed on the web at
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, difficult to do so within the period of
http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary time allowed by this notice, you should
without prior registration, using the link. Enter the docket number excluding
eComment system at http:// advise the contact listed below as soon
the last three digits in the docket as possible.
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ number field to access the document.
ecomment.asp. You must include your ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or
name and contact information at the end Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
for TTY, (202) 502–8659.
of your comments. For assistance, fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
please contact FERC Online Support. In Dated: January 9, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
lieu of electronic filing, please send a Kimberly D. Bose, additional information about the
paper copy to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. information collection, contact Cathy
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory [FR Doc. 2018–00754 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] Williams at (202) 418–2918.
Commission, 888 First Street NE, BILLING CODE 6717–01–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Washington, DC 20426. OMB Control Number: 3060–0441.
All filings with the Commission must Title: Section 90.621, Selection and
include on the first page, the project FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Assignment of Frequencies and Section
name (Evelyn Hydroelectric Project and COMMISSION 90.693, Grandfathering Provisions for
number (P–14799–001), and bear the Incumbent Licensees.
appropriate heading: Comments on [OMB 3060–0441]
Form Number: N/A.
Scoping Document 1, Request for Type of Review: Extension of a
Information Collection Being Reviewed
Cooperating Agency Status, or currently approved collection.
by the Federal Communications
Communications to and from Respondents: Business or other for-
Commission Under Delegated
Commission Staff. Any individual or profit entities; Not-for-profit
Authority
entity interested in commenting on the institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal
SD1 must do so by February 8, 2018. AGENCY: Federal Communications Government.
m. A copy of the Pre-Application Commission. Number of Respondents: 50
Document is available for review at the
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ACTION: Notice and request for respondents; 50 responses.
Commission in the Public Reference comments. Estimated Time per Response: 1.5
Room, or may be viewed on the hours.
Commission’s website (http:// SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort Frequency of Response: On occasion
www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. to reduce paperwork burdens, and as reporting requirement.
Enter the docket number, excluding the required by the Paperwork Reduction Obligation to Respond: Required to
last three digits in the docket number Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
field, to access the document. For Communications Commission (FCC or authority for this information collection

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83 FR 2635 - Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 12 (January 18, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission