83 FR 52824 - Blackstone Hydro, Inc.; 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
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 202 (October 18, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 202 (October 18, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-22728 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 52824-52826] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-22728] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 3023-014] Blackstone Hydro, Inc.; 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 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.: P-3023-014. c. Date filed: October 1, 2018. d. Applicant: Blackstone Hydro, Inc. e. Name of Project: Tupperware Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Blackstone River in Providence County, Rhode Island and Worcester County, Massachusetts. 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: Lewis C. Loon, General Manager, Operations and Maintenance--USA/QC, KEI USA Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; Phone at (207) 203-3027, or email at lewis.loon@kruger.com. [[Page 52825]] i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang at (202) 502-8250, or amy.chang@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: November 30, 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-3023-014. m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. Project Description: The existing Tupperware Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A 210-foot-long, 12-foot-high arch-type masonry dam and spillway (Tupperware Dam) with 12-inch-high flashboards and a crest elevation of 192.8 feet above mean sea level (msl) at the top of the flashboards; (2) an approximately 2-mile-long impoundment with a normal maximum elevation of 192.8 feet msl; (3) water conveyance structures that consist of: (a) An 1,100-foot-long, 60- to 100-foot- wide power canal located 700 feet upstream of the Tupperware Dam; (b) an 11.5-acre headpond at a normal maximum elevation of 192.8 feet msl; (c) a 300-foot-long, 40-foot-wide headrace canal structure; (d) a 46- foot-long, 16-foot-high headgate dam structure with four 7-foot-high, 8-foot-wide intake gates; and (e) four 8-foot-diameter, 22-foot-long buried penstocks; (4) a concrete and brick powerhouse containing four vertical Francis turbine-generator units with a total authorized capacity of 1,724 kilowatts; (5) a 100-foot-long, 40-foot-wide tailrace channel that discharges into the Blackstone River; (6) outlet work structures located upstream of the headgate dam structure in the headrace canal that consist of: (a) A 37-foot-long, 12-foot-high emergency spillway with a crest elevation of 196 feet msl located at the north end of the headrace; (b) two 5-foot-wide, 5-foot-high outlet gates; (c) a 60-foot-long outlet channel; and (d) two 36-inch-diameter, 150-foot-long concrete conduits that empty into a 190-foot-long, 20- foot-wide channel that discharges into the Blackstone River downstream from the tailrace channel; (7) a 90-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV) transmission line, a 3,000 kV-amperes step-up transformer, and a 1,300- foot-long, 13.8-kV transmission line connecting the project generators to the regional electric grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project bypasses approximately 1 mile of the Blackstone River, and there is currently no required minimum instream flow for the bypassed reach. Blackstone Hydro operates the project in a run-of-river (ROR) mode with an annual average generation of approximately 4,027 megawatt-hours. Blackstone Hydro proposes to: (1) continue operating the project in a ROR mode; (2) provide a year-round minimum flow of 35 cubic feet per second into the bypassed reach; (3) provide upstream eel passage at the project, following installation of an upstream eel passage facility at the downstream Woonsocket Falls Project No. 2972; (4) implement nighttime turbine shutdowns to facilitate downstream eel passage; and (5) develop procedures for operating the outlet gates to address water quality in the power canal. 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)............... December 2018. Request Additional Information....................... December 2018. Issue Acceptance Letter.............................. March 2019. Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments................ April 2019. Request Additional Information (if necessary)........ June 2019. Issue Scoping Document 2............................. July 2019. Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis..... July 2019. Commission issues Environmental Assessment........... January 2020. [[Page 52826]] 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: October 12, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-22728 Filed 10-17-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Hawaii 0.24538846523323400% Oxy USA Inc. Persons unable to file electronically
Idaho 0.14657787754978300% Shell Oil Company should submit an original and 5 copies
Illinois 1.64040323767528000% Sprague Energy Corporation of the intervention or protest to the
Indiana 0.87972416423889800% Tesoro Petroleum Corporation
Texaco Inc.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Iowa 0.46535022190036900%
Kansas 0.40036549196707900% Texaco Refining & Marketing Inc. 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
Kentucky 0.45780595111052400% Tosco Corporation 20426.
Louisiana 0.84950225360465700% Total Petroleum Inc. The filings in the above-referenced
Maine 0.26254694847105300% Union Pacific Resources Company proceeding are accessible in the
Maryland 0.63946084248035600% Wyatt Energy Inc. Commission’s eLibrary system by
Massachusetts 1.22259929840854000% Signed in Washington, DC on: October 12, clicking on the appropriate link in the
Michigan 1.21688372104464000% 2018. above list. They are also available for
Minnesota 0.61974582045967800% Poli A. Marmolejos, electronic review in the Commission’s
Mississippi 0.48769574322855100%
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals. Public Reference Room in Washington,
Missouri 0.70516872255815100%
Montana 0.16165040119813900% [FR Doc. 2018–22705 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
DC. There is an eSubscription link on
Nebraska 0.26336705431455200% BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
the website that enables subscribersto
Nevada 0.14466342873599700% receive email notification when a
New Hampshire 0.16645300019308600% document is added to a subscribed
New Jersey 1.31838653652643000% DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
New Mexico 0.23395138247190300% Online service, please email
New York 2.76553651908726000% Federal Energy Regulatory FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
No. Mariana Islands 0.00329014604847478% (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
Commission
North Carolina 0.80159665169915200%
North Dakota 0.13090382462201500%
(202) 502–8659.
[Docket No. ER19–70–000]
Ohio 1.34202999992372000% Dated: October 10, 2018.
Oklahoma 0.44109500817469100% Keystone Power Pass-Through Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Oregon 0.35401620870755400% Holders LLC; Supplemental Notice Deputy Secretary.
Pennsylvania 1.66287802161090000% That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing [FR Doc. 2018–22711 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
Puerto Rico 0.34023415151078600% Includes Request for Blanket Section
Rhode Island 0.14160268359603600% BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
204 Authorization
South Carolina 0.42578568669101500%
South Dakota 0.12770074547322300% This is a supplemental notice in the
Tennessee 0.57787034891897200% above-referenced proceeding of DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Texas 2.63486674686911000% Keystone Power Pass-Through Holders
Utah 0.21069728945457100% Federal Energy Regulatory
LLC’s application for market-based rate
Vermont 0.08547809926032230% Commission
Virgin Islands 0.16520939843142600%
authority, with an accompanying rate
Virginia 0.91659346391607800% tariff, noting that such application [Project No. 3023–014]
Washington 0.54540262288818800% includes a request for blanket
West Virginia 0.21344547509163300% authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of Blackstone Hydro, Inc.; Notice of
Wisconsin 0.62838735451951800% future issuances of securities and Application Tendered for Filing With
Wyoming 0.14563871266099600% assumptions of liability. the Commission and Soliciting
Total 35.71428571428570000% Any person desiring to intervene or to Additional Study Requests and
protest should file with the Federal Establishing Procedural Schedule for
B. Non-Litigant Refiners Account Funds
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Relicensing and a Deadline for
Refiner-Litigants 100% Submission of Final Amendments
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
• Each Refiner-Litigant Entity is entitled to in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
3.03% of the Non-Litigant Refiners Account Take notice that the following
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
Funds. hydroelectric application has been filed
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
with the Commission and is available
C. List of Refiner-Litigants 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
for public inspection.
Amoco Oil Company intervene or protest must serve a copy a. Type of Application: New Major
Ashland Oil, Inc. of that document on the Applicant. License.
Atlantic Richfield Company Notice is hereby given that the b. Project No.: P–3023–014.
Axel Johnson, Inc. deadline for filing protests with regard c. Date filed: October 1, 2018.
BHP Petroleum Americas Refining, Inc. to the applicant’s request for blanket d. Applicant: Blackstone Hydro, Inc.
Castle Oil Corporation authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of e. Name of Project: Tupperware
Charter International Oil Company future issuances of securities and
Charter Oil Company Hydroelectric Project.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
assumptions of liability, is October 30, f. Location: On the Blackstone River
Clark Oil & Refining Corporation 2018. in Providence County, Rhode Island and
The Coastal Corporation The Commission encourages Worcester County, Massachusetts. No
Commonwealth Oil Refining Company electronic submission of protests and federal lands are occupied by the project
Conoco Inc. interventions in lieu of paper, using the works or located within the project
Crown Central Petroleum corp. FERC Online links at http:// boundary.
Diamond Shamrock Refining & Marketing www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Company service, persons with internet access
khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
Exxon Corporation who will eFile a document and/or be h. Applicant Contact: Lewis C. Loon,
Fina Oil and Chemical Company
listed as a contact for an intervenor General Manager, Operations and
Gulf States Oil & Refining Co.
Kerr-McGee Refining Corporation must create and validate an Maintenance—USA/QC, KEI USA
La Gloria Oil and Gas Company eRegistration account using the Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick
Marathon Oil Company eRegistration link. Select the eFiling Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; Phone at
Mobil Oil Corporation link to log on and submit the (207) 203–3027, or email at lewis.loon@
New England Petroleum Corporation intervention or protests. kruger.com.
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q. Final amendments to the The filings in the above-referenced Description: Notice of Change in
application must be filed with the proceeding are accessible in the Status of Scrubgrass Generating
Commission no later than 30 days from Commission’s eLibrary system by Company, L.P., et al.
the issuance date of the notice of ready clicking on the appropriate link in the Filed Date: 10/10/18.
for environmental analysis. above list. They are also available for Accession Number: 20181010–5165.
Dated: October 12, 2018. electronic review in the Commission’s Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/31/18.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Public Reference Room in Washington, Docket Numbers: ER14–152–009;
DC. There is an eSubscription link on ER13–1143–006; ER13–1144–006;
Secretary.
the website that enables subscribers ER10–2196–005; ER17–1849–002;
[FR Doc. 2018–22728 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
to receive email notification when a ER10–2740–013; ER15–1657–007;
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
document is added to a subscribed ER10–2742–012.
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Applicants: Elgin Energy Center, LLC,
Online service, please email Essential Power OPP, LLC, Essential
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call Power Rock Springs, LLC, Lakewood
Federal Energy Regulatory (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call Cogeneration, L.P., Nautilus Power,
Commission (202) 502–8659. LLC, Rocky Road Power, LLC, SEPG
Dated: October 12, 2018. Energy Marketing Services, LLC, Tilton
[Docket No. ER19–92–000] Energy LLC.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Description: Notice of Non-Material
GRP Madison, LLC; Supplemental Deputy Secretary.
Change in Status of Elgin Energy Center,
Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate [FR Doc. 2018–22717 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
LLC, et al.
Filing Includes Request for Blanket BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Filed Date: 10/11/18.
Section 204 Authorization Accession Number: 20181011–5177.
This is a supplemental notice in the Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
above-referenced proceeding of GRP Docket Numbers: ER18–2272–001.
Madison, LLC’s application for market- Federal Energy Regulatory Applicants: Midcontinent
based rate authority, with an Commission Independent System Operator, Inc.
accompanying rate tariff, noting that Description: Tariff Amendment:
such application includes a request for Combined Notice of Filings #1 2018–10–12_SA 3144 ETI-Liberty
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR County-ETI MPFCA (J472 J483) Sub
Take notice that the Commission Original to be effective 8/7/2018.
part 34, of future issuances of securities
received the following electric corporate Filed Date: 10/12/18.
and assumptions of liability.
filings: Accession Number: 20181012–5022.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal Docket Numbers: EC19–9–000. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/2/18.
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Applicants: GE Capital Global Docket Numbers: ER18–2336–001.
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, Holdings, LLC, Arlington Valley Solar Applicants: Midcontinent
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 Energy II, LLC, CPV Fairview, LLC, Independent System Operator, Inc.
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice Russell City Energy Company, LLC, Description: Tariff Amendment:
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and Caledonia Generating, LLC, Apollo 2018–10–12_SA 3150 CMS Energy
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to Global Management, LLC. Resource-METC GIA (J571) Substitute
intervene or protest must serve a copy Description: Joint Application for Original to be effective 8/15/2018.
of that document on the Applicant. Authorization Under Section 203 of the Filed Date: 10/12/18.
Notice is hereby given that the Federal Power Act, et al. of Arlington Accession Number: 20181012–5026.
deadline for filing protests with regard Valley Solar Energy II, LLC, et al. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/2/18.
to the applicant’s request for blanket Filed Date: 10/11/18. Docket Numbers: ER19–89–000.
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of Accession Number: 20181011–5154. Applicants: North Rosamond Solar,
future issuances of securities and Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18. LLC.
assumptions of liability, is November 1, Docket Numbers: EC19–10–000. Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
2018. Applicants: Clean Energy Future— Market-Based Rate Authorization and
The Commission encourages Lordstown, LLC, Perennial Lordstown, Request for Waivers and Blanket
electronic submission of protests and LLC. Approvals to be effective 10/12/2018.
interventions in lieu of paper, using the Filed Date: 10/11/18.
Description: Joint Application for
FERC Online links at http:// Accession Number: 20181011–5146.
Authorization Under Section 203 of the Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18.
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic Federal Power Act, et al. of Clean
service, persons with internet access Energy Future—Lordstown, LLC, et al. Docket Numbers: ER19–90–000.
who will eFile a document and/or be Applicants: Clean Energy Future—
Filed Date: 10/11/18.
listed as a contact for an intervenor Lordstown, LLC.
Accession Number: 20181011–5165.
must create and validate an Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18. Reactive Power Tariff Application to be
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling Take notice that the Commission effective 12/1/2018.
link to log on and submit the received the following electric rate Filed Date: 10/11/18.
khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
intervention or protests. filings: Accession Number: 20181011–5150.
Persons unable to file electronically Docket Numbers: ER13–821–012: Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18.
should submit an original and 5 copies ER12–281–011; ER10–1529–005. Docket Numbers: ER19–91–000.
of the intervention or protest to the Applicants: Scrubgrass Generating Applicants: GRP Franklin, LLC.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Company, L.P. Northampton Generating Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC Company, L.P., Northern Iowa Application for Market Based Rate to be
20426. Windpower, LLC. effective 12/8/2018.
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