83 FR 46154 - Midwest Energy Recycling, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 177 (September 12, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-19814

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14884-000]


Midwest Energy Recycling, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 17, 2018, Midwest Energy Recycling, LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Yellow Medicine County Pumped Storage Project to be located near the 
Minnesota River and the City of Granite Falls, in Yellow Medicine 
County, Minnesota. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, 
is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application 
during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the 
permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise 
enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express 
permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following all new 
facilities: (1) A circular 100-acre rockfill embankment (upper 
reservoir) having a total storage capacity of 3,300 acre-feet with a 
maximum pond elevation level of 1089 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a 
2,400-foot by 1,425-foot rectangular lower reservoir with a total 
storage capacity of 3,300 acre-feet and water surface elevation between 
minus (-) 1,320 and minus 1,420 feet msl; (3) a 100-foot outside 
diameter, 18-foot inside diameter ``morning glory'' in configuration 
reinforced concrete intake located in the upper reservoir; (4) a 
vertical 2,500-foot-long, 18-foot-diameter steel penstock connected to 
the intake at the upper reservoir and ending in a bifurcation before 
the powerhouse located at the lower reservoir; (5) a 200-foot-long, 70-
foot-wide, 130-foot-high reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two 
333-megawatt (MW) reversible pump turbine units with a total plant 
rating of 666 MW; (6) a 240-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 40-foot-high 
transformer gallery; (7); a 200 to 1,000-foot-long, 345-kilovolt 
transmission line extending from the transformer gallery to an existing 
substation (the point of interconnection); and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Yellow Medicine 
County Pumped Storage Project would be 1,450 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas A. Spaulding, P.E., Nelson Energy, 
8441 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 101 Golden Valley, MN 55426; phone: (952) 
544-8133.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 Days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications 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 
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-14884-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14884) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.


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    Dated: September 6, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Dated: September 6, 2018. comments during the preparation of the under the link to Documents and
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., EA. Filings. With eFiling, you can provide
Deputy Secretary. If you sent comments on this project comments in a variety of formats by
[FR Doc. 2018–19814 Filed 9–11–18; 8:45 am] to the Commission before the opening of attaching them as a file with your
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this docket on July 24, 2018, you will submission. New eFiling users must
need to file those comments in Docket first create an account by clicking on
No. CP18–533–000 to ensure they are ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY considered as part of this proceeding. the type of filing you are making; a
This notice is being sent to the comment on a particular project is
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s current environmental considered a ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or
Commission mailing list for this project. State and (3) You can file a paper copy of your
local government representatives should comments by mailing them to the
[Docket No. CP18–533–000]
notify their constituents of this following address. Be sure to reference
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; proposed project and encourage them to the project docket number (CP18–533–
Notice of Intent To Prepare an comment on their areas of concern. 000) with your submission: Kimberly D.
Environmental Assessment for the If you are a landowner receiving this Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Proposed Line 1–N Abandonment notice, a pipeline company Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
Project and Request for Comments on representative may contact you about NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Environmental Issues the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the Summary of the Proposed Project
The staff of the Federal Energy proposed facilities. The company would Texas Eastern proposes to abandon a
Regulatory Commission (FERC or seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable portion of its lateral Line 1–N and
Commission) will prepare an easement agreement. You are not related facilities, in Harrison and
environmental assessment (EA) that will required to enter into an agreement. Marion Counties, Texas. Specifically,
discuss the environmental impacts of However, if the Commission approves Texas Eastern is requesting approval to
the Line 1–N Abandonment Project the project, that approval conveys with abandon in place and by removal a total
involving construction and operation of it the right of eminent domain. of approximately 30 miles of 8-inch, 10-
facilities by Texas Eastern Therefore, if you and the company do inch, and 12-inch-diameter lateral
Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) in not reach an easement agreement, the pipeline; abandon by removal all of the
Harrison and Marion Counties, Texas. pipeline company could initiate facilities at Metering and Regulating
The Commission will use this EA in its condemnation proceedings in court. In (M&R) Station 70191; and abandon by
decision-making process to determine such instances, compensation would be removal all aboveground appurtenances
whether to authorize the project. determined by a judge in accordance
This notice announces the opening of on each of the 8-inch, 10-inch and 12-
with state law. inch-diameter pipeline segments.
the scoping process the Commission Texas Eastern provided landowners
will use to gather input from the public According to Texas Eastern, the
with a fact sheet prepared by the FERC project would eliminate the need for
and interested agencies about issues entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
regarding the project. The National operating and maintenance
Facility On My Land? What Do I Need expenditures on facilities that have not
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) To Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a
requires the Commission to take into been used to provide service for over a
number of typically asked questions, year and are not necessary to meet
account the environmental impacts that including the use of eminent domain
could result from its action whenever it Texas Eastern’s firm service obligations.
and how to participate in the The project would not impact the daily
considers the issuance of an Commission’s proceedings. It is also
authorization. NEPA also requires the design capacity of, or the operating
available for viewing on the FERC conditions on, Texas Eastern’s system,
Commission to discover concerns the website (www.ferc.gov).
public may have about proposals. This and it would not impact service for
process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The Public Participation Texas Eastern’s existing shippers.
main goal of the scoping process is to The general location of the project
For your convenience, there are three
focus the analysis in the EA on the facilities is shown in appendix 1.1
methods you can use to submit your
important environmental issues. By this comments to the Commission. The Land Requirements for Construction
notice, the Commission requests public Commission encourages electronic filing The project would temporarily affect
comments on the scope of the issues to of comments and has staff available to approximately 6 acres of land within the
address in the EA. To ensure that your assist you at (866) 208–3676 or existing right-of-way. Following
comments are timely and properly FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please abandonment, Texas Eastern would
recorded, please submit your comments carefully follow these instructions so revegetate temporary work areas in
so that the Commission receives them in that your comments are properly accordance with its Erosion and
Washington, DC on or before 5 p.m. recorded. Sedimentation Control Plan. Texas
Eastern Time on October 6, 2018. (1) You can file your comments
You can make a difference by Eastern would retain and continue to
electronically using the eComment
submitting your specific comments or maintain the pipeline right-of-way
feature, which is located on the
concerns about the project. Your following abandonment activities.
Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov)
comments should focus on the potential under the link to Documents and
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1 The appendices referenced in this notice will
environmental effects, reasonable Filings. Using eComment is an easy not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of
alternatives, and measures to avoid or method for submitting brief, text-only appendices were sent to all those receiving this
lessen environmental impacts. Your comments on a project; notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
input will help the Commission staff (2) You can file your comments using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the
Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
determine what issues they need to electronically by using the eFiling Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 502–
evaluate in the EA. Commission staff feature, which is located on the 8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary,
will consider and address all filed Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) refer to the last page of this notice.

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83 FR 46154 - Midwest Energy Recycling, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 177 (September 12, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission