83 FR 6171 - Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments; Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 30 (February 13, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 30 (February 13, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-02849 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 6171-6172] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-02849] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14795-002] Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments; Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been filed with Commission and are available for public inspection: a. Type of Application: Original major license. b. Project No.: 14795-002. c. Date Filed: November 1, 2017. d. Applicant: Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. e. Name of Project: Hydro Battery Pearl Hill Pumped Storage Project. f. Location: On the Columbia River and Rufus Woods Lake, near Bridgeport, Douglas County, Washington. The upper reservoir and penstock would be located on state lands, while the lower reservoir and power generation and pumping equipment would be located on Rufus Woods Lake, a reservoir operated by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Kent Watt, Shell US Hosting Company, Shell Woodcreek Office, 150 North Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079, (832) 337-1160, [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, 888 1st St. NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8074, [email protected]. j. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: April 6, 2018. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file scoping comments 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 [email protected], (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-14795-002. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The proposed project would utilize the Corps' existing Rufus Woods Lake Reservoir, and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 300-foot-diameter, 20-foot-tall lined corrugated steel tank upper reservoir with a storage capacity of 26.5 acre-feet; (2) a 3-foot-diameter, 3,400-foot-long above-ground carbon steel penstock transitioning to a 3-foot-diameter, 2,700-foot-long buried carbon steel penstock; (3) a 77-foot-long, 77-foot-wide structural steel power platform housing five 2,400 horsepower vertical turbine pumps, one 5 megawatt twin-jet Pelton turbine and synchronous generator, and accompanying electrical equipment; (4) five vertical turbine pump intakes, each fitted with a 27-inch-diameter by 94-inch- long T-style fish screen; (5) a 2,500-foot-long, 24.9-kilovolt transmission line. which would be partially buried and partially affixed to the penstock, interconnecting to an existing non-project transmission line; (6) approximately 3,847 feet of gravel project access road; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to be 24 gigawatt-hours. m. 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. n. Scoping Process The Commission intends to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) in cooperation with the Corps \1\ on the 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ In a letter filed on January 24, 2018, the Corps requested cooperating agency status. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scoping Meetings FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: Agency Scoping Meeting Date: March 7, 2018. Time: 9:00 a.m. (PST). Place: Howard's on the River. Address: 245 Lakeshore Drive, Pateros, WA 98846. Public Scoping Meeting Date: March 7, 2018. Time: 6:00 p.m. (PST). Place: Howard's on the River. Address: 245 Lakeshore Drive, Pateros, WA 98846. Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the scoping meeting or may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link (see item m above). Environmental Site Review The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project environmental site [[Page 6172]] review beginning at 9:00 a.m. on March 8, 2018. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All participants should meet at the Quick-E Mart parking lot at 2606 Foster Creek Ave., Bridgeport, WA 98813. All participants are responsible for their own transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the site review should contact JT Steenkamp at (403) 384-7517 or email at [email protected]. Objectives At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not require a detailed analysis. Procedures The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the EA. Dated: February 5, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-02849 Filed 2-12-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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The application will be processed The Commission strongly encourages the last three digits in the docket
according to the following revised electronic filing. Please file scoping number field to access the document.
Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to comments using the Commission’s For assistance, contact FERC Online
the schedule may be made as eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/ Support. A copy is also available for
appropriate. docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can inspection and reproduction at the
submit brief comments up to 6,000 address in item h above.
Milestone Target date characters, without prior registration, You may also register online at http://
using the eComment system at http:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Filing of comments, rec- April 2018. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via
ommendations, terms ecomment.asp. You must include your email of new filings and issuances
and conditions, and pre-
scriptions.
name and contact information at the end related to this or other pending projects.
Reply comments due ....... May 2018. of your comments. For assistance, For assistance, contact FERC Online
Commission issues Draft October 2018. please contact FERC Online Support at Support.
EA. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) n. Scoping Process
Comments on Draft EA .... November 2018. 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 The Commission intends to prepare
Commission issues Final March 2019. (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please an environmental assessment (EA) in
EA. send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal cooperation with the Corps 1 on the
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 project in accordance with the National
Dated: February 5, 2018. First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Environmental Policy Act. The EA will
Kimberly D. Bose, The first page of any filing should consider both site-specific and
Secretary. include docket number P–14795–002. cumulative environmental impacts and
The Commission’s Rules of Practice reasonable alternatives to the proposed
[FR Doc. 2018–02847 Filed 2–12–18; 8:45 am]
and Procedure require all interveners action.
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filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on Scoping Meetings
each person on the official service list FERC staff will conduct one agency
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY scoping meeting and one public
for the project. Further, if an intervener
Federal Energy Regulatory files comments or documents with the meeting. The agency scoping meeting
Commission Commission relating to the merits of an will focus on resource agency and non-
issue that may affect the responsibilities governmental organization (NGO)
[Project No. 14795–002] of a particular resource agency, they concerns, while the public scoping
must also serve a copy of the document meeting is primarily for public input.
Notice of Scoping Meetings and on that resource agency. All interested individuals,
Environmental Site Review and k. This application is not ready for organizations, and agencies are invited
Soliciting Scoping Comments; Shell environmental analysis at this time. to attend one or both of the meetings,
Energy North America (US), L.P. l. The proposed project would utilize and to assist the staff in identifying the
Take notice that the following the Corps’ existing Rufus Woods Lake scope of the environmental issues that
hydroelectric applications have been Reservoir, and would consist of the should be analyzed in the EA. The times
filed with Commission and are available following new facilities: (1) A 300-foot- and locations of these meetings are as
for public inspection: diameter, 20-foot-tall lined corrugated follows:
a. Type of Application: Original major steel tank upper reservoir with a storage
capacity of 26.5 acre-feet; (2) a 3-foot- Agency Scoping Meeting
license.
b. Project No.: 14795–002. diameter, 3,400-foot-long above-ground Date: March 7, 2018.
c. Date Filed: November 1, 2017. carbon steel penstock transitioning to a Time: 9:00 a.m. (PST).
d. Applicant: Shell Energy North 3-foot-diameter, 2,700-foot-long buried Place: Howard’s on the River.
America (US), L.P. carbon steel penstock; (3) a 77-foot-long, Address: 245 Lakeshore Drive,
e. Name of Project: Hydro Battery 77-foot-wide structural steel power Pateros, WA 98846.
Pearl Hill Pumped Storage Project. platform housing five 2,400 horsepower Public Scoping Meeting
f. Location: On the Columbia River vertical turbine pumps, one 5 megawatt
and Rufus Woods Lake, near Bridgeport, twin-jet Pelton turbine and synchronous Date: March 7, 2018.
generator, and accompanying electrical Time: 6:00 p.m. (PST).
Douglas County, Washington. The upper Place: Howard’s on the River.
reservoir and penstock would be located equipment; (4) five vertical turbine Address: 245 Lakeshore Drive,
on state lands, while the lower reservoir pump intakes, each fitted with a 27- Pateros, WA 98846.
and power generation and pumping inch-diameter by 94-inch-long T-style Copies of the Scoping Document
equipment would be located on Rufus fish screen; (5) a 2,500-foot-long, 24.9- (SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
Woods Lake, a reservoir operated by the kilovolt transmission line. which would addressed in the EA were distributed to
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). be partially buried and partially affixed the parties on the Commission’s mailing
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power to the penstock, interconnecting to an list. Copies of the SD1 will be available
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). existing non-project transmission line; at the scoping meeting or may be
h. Applicant Contact: Kent Watt, (6) approximately 3,847 feet of gravel viewed on the web at http://
Shell US Hosting Company, Shell project access road; and (7) appurtenant www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link
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Woodcreek Office, 150 North Dairy facilities. The average annual generation (see item m above).
Ashford, Houston, TX 77079, (832) 337– is estimated to be 24 gigawatt-hours.
1160, kent.watt@shell.com. m. A copy of the application is Environmental Site Review
i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, 888 available for review at the Commission The Applicant and FERC staff will
1st St. NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) in the Public Reference Room or may be conduct a project environmental site
502–8074, ryan.hansen@ferc.gov. viewed on the Commission’s website at
j. Deadline for Filing Scoping http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary 1 In a letter filed on January 24, 2018, the Corps
Comments: April 6, 2018. link. Enter the docket number excluding requested cooperating agency status.
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review beginning at 9:00 a.m. on March Docket No. In addition, the Commission offers a
8, 2018. All interested individuals, free service called eSubscription that
organizations, and agencies are invited Transcontinental Gas Pipe [CP15–16–003] allows you to keep track of all formal
to attend. All participants should meet Line Company, LLC. issuances and submittals in specific
at the Quick-E Mart parking lot at 2606 Sabal Trail Transmission, [CP15–17–002]
LLC.
dockets. This can reduce the amount of
Foster Creek Ave., Bridgeport, WA time you spend researching proceedings
98813. All participants are responsible by automatically providing you with
for their own transportation to the site. The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or notification of these filings, document
Anyone with questions about the site summaries, and direct links to the
review should contact JT Steenkamp at Commission) has prepared a final
supplemental environmental impact documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
(403) 384–7517 or email at
statement (SEIS) to address the August filing/esubscription.asp.
jt.steenkamp@shell.com.
22, 2017 Opinion issued by the United Dated: February 5, 2018.
Objectives States Court of Appeals for the District Kimberly D. Bose,
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: of Columbia regarding the Commission’s
Secretary.
(1) Summarize the environmental issues environmental review of the Southeast
Market Pipelines (SMP) Project. [FR Doc. 2018–02848 Filed 2–12–18; 8:45 am]
tentatively identified for analysis in the
EA; (2) solicit from the meeting The final SEIS estimates the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
participants all available information, greenhouse gas emissions generated by
especially quantifiable data, on the the SMP Project’s customers’
resources at issue; (3) encourage downstream facilities, describes the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
statements from experts and the public methodology used to determine these
Federal Energy Regulatory
on issues that should be analyzed in the estimates, discusses context for
EA, including viewpoints in opposition understanding the magnitude of these Commission
to, or in support of, the staff’s emissions, describes the Commission’s
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
preliminary views; (4) determine the past policy on use of the Social Cost of
resource issues to be addressed in the Carbon tool, and as appropriate, The following notice of meeting is
EA; and (5) identify those issues that addresses comments on the draft SEIS
published pursuant to section 3(a) of the
require a detailed analysis, as well as issued on September 27, 2017.
those issues that do not require a government in the Sunshine Act (Pub.
Commission staff will mail copies of
detailed analysis. L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b:
the final SEIS to federal, state, and local
Procedures government representatives and AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal
agencies; elected officials; Energy Regulatory Commission.
The meetings are recorded by a environmental and public interest
stenographer and become part of the groups; Native American tribes; DATE AND TIME: February 15, 2018, 10:00
formal record of the Commission potentially affected landowners and a.m.
proceeding on the project. other interested individuals and groups;
Individuals, organizations, and PLACE:Room 2C, 888 First Street NE,
newspapers and libraries in the project Washington, DC 20426.
agencies with environmental expertise area; and parties to this proceeding.
and concerns are encouraged to attend Additionally, the final SEIS is available STATUS: Open.
the meeting and to assist the staff in for public viewing on the FERC’s
defining and clarifying the issues to be MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda.
website (www.ferc.gov) using the
addressed in the EA. eLibrary link. * NOTE—Items listed on the agenda
Dated: February 5, 2018. Additional information about the may be deleted without further notice.
Kimberly D. Bose, SMP Project is available from the CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Secretary. Commission’s Office of External Affairs, Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone
[FR Doc. 2018–02849 Filed 2–12–18; 8:45 am] at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC (202) 502–8400.
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P website (www.ferc.gov) using the
eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, For a recorded message listing items
click on General Search, and enter the struck from or added to the meeting, call
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY docket number excluding the last three (202) 502–8627.
digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., This is a list of matters to be
Federal Energy Regulatory CP14–554, CP15–16, or CP15–17). Be considered by the Commission. It does
Commission sure you have selected an appropriate not include a listing of all documents
date range. For assistance, please relevant to the items on the agenda. All
Notice of Availability of the Final
contact FERC Online Support at public documents, however, may be
Supplemental Environmental Impact
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll viewed on line at the Commission’s
Statement for the Southeast Market
free at (866) 208–3676; for TTY, contact
Pipelines Project website at http://ferc.capitol
(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also
connection.org/ sing the eLibrary link,
provides access to the texts of formal
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Docket No. or may be examined in the
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and Commission’s Public Reference Room.
Florida Southeast Connec- [CP14–554–002]
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