83 FR 27977 - Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments: Aquenergy Systems, LLC

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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FR Document		2018-12880

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2883-009]

Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and
Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments: Aquenergy Systems, 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.
b. Project No.: 2883-009.
c. Date Filed: May 30, 2018.
d. Applicant: Aquenergy Systems, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Fries Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the New River in the Town of Fries, Grayson County,
Virginia. No federal lands are 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: Mr. Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel

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Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300,
Andover, MA 01810; (978) 935-6039.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, (202) 502-6565 or
nicholas.ettema@ferc.gov.
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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: July 29, 2018.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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-2883-009.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Fries Hydroelectric Project (Fries Project)
consists of: (1) A 41-foot-high, 610-foot-long rock masonry dam with a
500-foot-long spillway; (2) an 88-acre impoundment at the normal pool
elevation (spillway crest elevation) of 2,188.27 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929; (3) an approximately 750-foot-long, 110-foot-
wide intake canal with four 15.5-foot-high, 6.5-foot-wide headgates;
(4) a canal spillway consisting of 10 stoplog bays totaling 47 feet in
length; (5) two 12.5-foot-high, 5.0-foot-wide canal gates; (6) a steel
powerhouse that contains a single vertical Kaplan turbine with a
capacity of 2.1 megawatts (MW) that discharges into a 180-foot-long,
75-foot-wide, 12-foot-deep tailrace; (7) a masonry powerhouse that
contains one vertical and two horizontal Francis turbines with a total
capacity of 3.0 MW that discharges into a 180-foot-long, 120-foot-wide,
12-foot-deep tailrace; (8) a 500-foot-long, 450-foot-wide bypassed
reach that extends from the toe of the dam to the confluence with the
tailraces; (9) a 567-foot-long, 13.2-kilovolt (kV) transmission line
that runs from the steel powerhouse to the interconnection point with
the grid; (10) a 130-foot-long transmission line that connects the
masonry powerhouse to a 5,000 kilovolt-amp step-up transformer and an
additional 323-foot-long, 13.2-kV transmission line leading from the
transformer to the interconnection point; (11) and appurtenant
facilities.
The Fries Project is operated in a run-of-river mode. For the
period 2003 through 2016, the average annual generation at the Fries
Project was 26,150 megawatt-hours.
o. 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.
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.
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) August 2018
Request Additional Information August 2018
Issue Acceptance Letter October 2018
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments November 2018
Request Additional Information (if necessary) January 2019
Issue Scoping Document 2 February 2019
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis February 2019
Commission issues EA August 2019
Comments on EA September 2019

q. 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: June 8, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY milestones, the anticipated date for the environmental review process.
Commission staff’s issuance of the final Environmental commenter’s will not be
Federal Energy Regulatory environmental impact statement (FEIS) required to serve copies of filed
Commission or EA for this proposal. The filing of the documents on all other parties.
[Docket No. CP18–492–000] EA in the Commission’s public record However, the non-party commentary,
for this proceeding or the issuance of a will not receive copies of all documents
Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC; Notice of Schedule for Environmental filed by other parties or issued by the
Notice of Application Review will serve to notify federal and Commission (except for the mailing of
state agencies of the timing for the environmental documents issued by the
Take notice that on May 25, 2018, completion of all necessary reviews, and Commission) and will not have the right
Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC (Pine the subsequent need to complete all to seek court review of the
Prairie), 333 Clay Street, Suite 1500, federal authorizations within 90 days of Commission’s final order.
Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket the date of issuance of the Commission The Commission strongly encourages
No. CP18–492–000, an application staff’s FEIS or EA. electronic filings of comments, protests
under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas There are two ways to become and interventions in lieu of paper using
Act seeking authorization to amend its involved in the Commission’s review of the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://
certificate of public convenience and this project. First, any person wishing to www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file
necessity issued in Docket No. CP11–1– obtain legal status by becoming a party electronically should submit an original
000 to reallocate the previously to the proceedings for this project and 5 copies of the protest or
certificated aggregate capacities of each should, on or before the comment date intervention to the Federal Energy
of Cavern Nos. 1 through 7 at its Pine stated below, file with the Federal Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
Prairie Energy Center natural gas storage Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 NE, Washington, DC 20426. See, 18 CFR
facility located in Evangeline Parrish, First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
Louisiana. Pine Prairie proposes to a motion to intervene in accordance on the Commission’s website under the
increase the certificated base gas with the requirements of the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
capacity of each cavern with a Commission’s Rules of Practice and Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
corresponding decrease in the Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) Time on June 29, 2018.
certificated working gas capacity in each and the Regulations under the NGA (18 Dated: June 8, 2018.
cavern. The proposed capacity CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
reallocation would not result in any Kimberly D. Bose,
status will be placed on the service list
change to the previously certificated Secretary.
maintained by the Secretary of the
total storage capacity of any individual [FR Doc. 2018–12876 Filed 6–14–18; 8:45 am]
Commission and will receive copies of
cavern or to the aggregate certificated all documents filed by the applicant and BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
capacity of the Pine Prairie natural gas by all other parties. A party must submit
storage facility, all as more fully set 7 copies of filings made with the
forth in the application which is on file DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Commission and must mail a copy to
with the Commission and open to the applicant and to every other party in Federal Energy Regulatory
public inspection. This filing may be the proceeding. Only parties to the Commission
viewed on the web at http:// proceeding can ask for court review of
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Commission orders in the proceeding. [Project No. 2883–009]
Enter the docket number excluding the However, a person does not have to
last three digits in the docket number intervene in order to have comments Notice of Application Tendered for
field to access the document. For considered. The second way to Filing With the Commission and
assistance, please contact FERC at participate is by filing with the Soliciting Additional Study Requests
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call Secretary of the Commission, as soon as and Establishing Procedural Schedule
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) possible, an original and two copies of for Relicensing and a Deadline for
502–8659. comments in support of or in opposition Submission of Final Amendments:
Any questions regarding this to this project. The Commission will Aquenergy Systems, LLC
Application should be directed William consider these comments in Take notice that the following
E. Rice, King & Spaulding LLP, 1700 determining the appropriate action to be hydroelectric application has been filed
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 200, taken, but the filing of a comment alone with the Commission and is available
Washington, DC 20006, 202–626–9602 will not serve to make the filer a party for public inspection.
(phone), 202–626–3737 (fax), wrice@ to the proceeding. The Commission’s a. Type of Application: New Major
kslaw.com; or Eileen Wilson Kisluk, rules require that persons filing License.
Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC, 333 comments in opposition to the project b. Project No.: 2883–009.
Clay Street, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas provide copies of their protests only to c. Date Filed: May 30, 2018.
77002, 713–993–5203 (phone), 713– the party or parties directly involved in d. Applicant: Aquenergy Systems,
652–3701 (fax), ewkisluk@pnlgp.com. the protest. LLC.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Persons who wish to comment only e. Name of Project: Fries
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, on the environmental review of this Hydroelectric Project.
within 90 days of this Notice the project should submit an original and f. Location: On the New River in the
Commission staff will either: complete two copies of their comments to the
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Town of Fries, Grayson County,
its environmental assessment (EA) and Secretary of the Commission. Virginia. No federal lands are occupied
place it into the Commission’s public Environmental commenter’s will be by the project works or located within
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or placed on the Commission’s the project boundary.
issue a Notice of Schedule for environmental mailing list, will receive g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Environmental Review. If a Notice of copies of the environmental documents, Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
Schedule for Environmental Review is and will be notified of meetings h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin
issued, it will indicate, among other associated with the Commission’s Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel

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Green Power North America, Inc., 100 (6) a steel powerhouse that contains a q. Final amendments to the
Brickstone Square, Suite 300, Andover, single vertical Kaplan turbine with a application must be filed with the
MA 01810; (978) 935–6039. capacity of 2.1 megawatts (MW) that Commission no later than 30 days from
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, discharges into a 180-foot-long, 75-foot- the issuance date of the notice of ready
(202) 502–6565 or nicholas.ettema@ wide, 12-foot-deep tailrace; (7) a for environmental analysis.
ferc.gov. masonry powerhouse that contains one Dated: June 8, 2018.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, vertical and two horizontal Francis
local, and tribal agencies with Kimberly D. Bose,
turbines with a total capacity of 3.0 MW
jurisdiction and/or special expertise Secretary.
that discharges into a 180-foot-long,
with respect to environmental issues [FR Doc. 2018–12880 Filed 6–14–18; 8:45 am]
120-foot-wide, 12-foot-deep tailrace; (8)
that wish to cooperate in the a 500-foot-long, 450-foot-wide bypassed BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
preparation of the environmental reach that extends from the toe of the
document should follow the dam to the confluence with the
instructions for filing such requests DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
tailraces; (9) a 567-foot-long, 13.2-
described in item l below. Cooperating kilovolt (kV) transmission line that runs
agencies should note the Commission’s Federal Energy Regulatory
from the steel powerhouse to the Commission
policy that agencies that cooperate in interconnection point with the grid; (10)
the preparation of the environmental a 130-foot-long transmission line that [Project No. 2503–167]
document cannot also intervene. See, 94 connects the masonry powerhouse to a
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 5,000 kilovolt-amp step-up transformer Notice of Application Accepted for
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 and an additional 323-foot-long, 13.2-kV Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if transmission line leading from the To Intervene, and Protests: Duke
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or transformer to the interconnection Energy Carolinas, LLC
person believes that an additional point; (11) and appurtenant facilities.
scientific study should be conducted in Take notice that the following
The Fries Project is operated in a run- hydroelectric application has been filed
order to form an adequate factual basis
of-river mode. For the period 2003 with the Federal Energy Regulatory
for a complete analysis of the
through 2016, the average annual Commission and is available for public
application on its merit, the resource
generation at the Fries Project was inspection:
agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
26,150 megawatt-hours. a. Type of Application: Non-project
a request for a study with the
o. A copy of the application is use of project lands and water.
Commission not later than 60 days from
available for review at the Commission b. Project No.: 2503–167.
the date of filing of the application, and
in the Public Reference Room or may be c. Date Filed: February 1, 2018 and
serve a copy of the request on the
viewed on the Commission’s website at supplemented June 4, 2018.
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study http://www.ferc.gov using the d. Applicant: Duke Energy Carolinas,
requests and requests for cooperating ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket LLC (licensee).
agency status: July 29, 2018. number excluding the last three digits in e. Name of Project: Keowee-Toxaway
The Commission strongly encourages the docket number field to access the Hydroelectric Project.
electronic filing. Please file additional document. For assistance, contact FERC f. Location: Lake Keowee in Oconee
study requests and requests for Online Support. A copy is also available County, South Carolina.
cooperating agency status using the for inspection and reproduction at the g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Commission’s eFiling system at http:// address in item h above. Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For You may also register online at http:// h. Applicant Contact: Kelvin Reagan,
assistance, please contact FERC Online www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Manager, Lake Services South, Duke
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ esubscription.asp to be notified via Energy Carolinas, LLC, 526 South
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or email of new filings and issuances Church Street, ECQ12, Charlotte, North
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of related to this or other pending projects. Carolina 28202; phone (704) 382–9386.
electronic filing, please send a paper For assistance, contact FERC Online i. FERC Contact: Ms. Joy Kurtz at 202–
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Support. 502–6760, or joy.kurtz@ferc.gov.
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street p. Procedural schedule and final j. Deadline for filing comments,
NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first amendments: The application will be motions to intervene, and protests is 30
page of any filing should include docket processed according to the following days from the issuance of this notice by
number P–2883–009. preliminary schedule. Revisions to the the Commission. The Commission
m. This application is not ready for schedule will be made as appropriate. strongly encourages electronic filing.
environmental analysis at this time. Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) Please file motions to intervene,
n. The existing Fries Hydroelectric August 2018 protests, and comments using the
Project (Fries Project) consists of: (1) A Request Additional Information Commission’s eFiling system at http://
41-foot-high, 610-foot-long rock August 2018 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
masonry dam with a 500-foot-long Issue Acceptance Letter October 2018 Commenters can submit brief comments
spillway; (2) an 88-acre impoundment at Issue Scoping Document 1 for up to 6,000 characters, without prior
the normal pool elevation (spillway comments November 2018 registration, using the eComment system
crest elevation) of 2,188.27 feet National Request Additional Information (if at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
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Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (3) an necessary) January 2019 ecomment.asp. You must include your
approximately 750-foot-long, 110-foot- Issue Scoping Document 2 February name and contact information at the end
wide intake canal with four 15.5-foot- 2019 of your comments. For assistance,
high, 6.5-foot-wide headgates; (4) a Issue notice of ready for environmental please contact FERC Online Support at
canal spillway consisting of 10 stoplog analysis February 2019 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
bays totaling 47 feet in length; (5) two Commission issues EA August 2019 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
12.5-foot-high, 5.0-foot-wide canal gates; Comments on EA September 2019 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please

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83 FR 27977 - Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments: Aquenergy Systems, LLC

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 116 (June 15, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission