83 FR 40029 - City of Gonzales; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 156 (August 13, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40029-40030]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17306]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2960-006]


City of Gonzales; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With 
the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 
Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 2960-006.
    c. Date Filed: July 27, 2018.
    d. Applicant: City of Gonzales.
    e. Name of Project: Gonzales Hydroelectric Project (Gonzales 
Project).
    f. Location: The existing project is located at river mile 167 on 
the Guadalupe River in the City of Gonzales, in Gonzales County, Texas. 
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 Patek, Superintendent of Public Works, 
City of Gonzales, 1920 St. Joseph Street, Gonzales, TX 78629; Telephone 
(830) 672-3192; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Rachel McNamara at (202) 502-8340, or at 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The Gonzales Project consists of: (1) A 15-
foot-high, 258-foot-long, concrete Ambursen dam with a 178-foot-long 
ogee-type spillway; (2) a reservoir with a surface area of 300 acres 
and a storage capacity of 1,400 acre-feet; (3) an intake structure 
comprised of six wooden water control gates; (4) an 80-foot-long, 20-
foot-wide brick powerhouse containing three generating units with a 
total capacity of 1,140 kilowatts; (5) two 50-foot-long underground 5-
kilovolt cables to a step-up transformer; and (6) an above-ground 
transmission line connecting the step-up transformer to a distribution 
line near the access road to the project. The Gonzales Project is a 
conventional project generating 1,314 megawatt-hours of electricity 
annually.
    The project is operated as a run-of-river facility with no 
impoundment fluctuation. When flows exceed the minimum flow requirement 
of 200 cubic feet per second (cfs) and a minimum of 9 feet of head 
height is achieved, generation can commence. When flows exceed the 
combined capacity of all three turbines (1,161 cfs), excess flows are 
passed over the spillway dam.
    l. 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 at [email protected], or toll free at 
(866) 208-3676, or for TTY at (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available 
for inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
    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.

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    m. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

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                   Milestone                           Target Date
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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 EA..........................  April 2019.
Comments on EA................................  May 2019.
Modified Terms and Conditions.................  July 2019.
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    n. 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: August 6, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-17306 Filed 8-10-18; 8:45 am]
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