83 FR 9735 - Parker Knoll Hydro, LLC.; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and Prescriptions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 45 (March 7, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-04604

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13239-002]


Parker Knoll Hydro, LLC.; Notice of Application Accepted for 
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for 
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, 
Recommendations, and Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major Unconstructed Project.
    b. Project No.: 13239-002.
    c. Date filed: November 30, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Parker Knoll Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Parker Knoll Pumped Storage Hydroelectric 
Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at Parker 
Mountain, near the Town of Richfield, Piute County, Utah. The project 
would occupy 458.7 acres of federal lands administered by the U.S. 
Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Daniel Dygert, Attorney, Parker Knoll Hydro, 
LLC, 399 North Main Street, Suite 250, Logan, Utah; (435) 512-4977, 
law.com">dan@dygert-law.com.
    i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) 502-8902, [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
terms and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions: 60 days from 
the issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from 
the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests, comments, terms and conditions, 
recommendations, and prescriptions 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

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First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing 
should include docket number P-13239-002.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors 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 
intervenor 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 has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. The proposed project would be a closed-loop pumped storage 
system, with an initial fill from the existing Otter Creek reservoir, 
and would include the following new facilities: (1) An approximately 
175-foot-high upper main dam with a crest length of approximately 1,650 
feet and one saddle dam; (2) an upper reservoir with a storage capacity 
of approximately 6,780 acre-feet and a surface area of approximately 
110 acres; (3) an approximately 100-foot-high lower dam with a crest 
length of approximately 1,750 feet and two saddle dams; (4) a lower 
reservoir with storage capacity of approximately 6,760 acre-feet and a 
surface area of approximately 130 acres; (5) a 2,390-foot-long and 27-
foot-diameter headrace tunnel; (6) a 2,200-foot-long and 27-foot-
diameter vertical shaft; (7) a 1,000-foot-long and 27-foot-diameter 
steel-lined penstock tunnel; (8) a 7,126-foot-long and 35-foot-diameter 
tailrace tunnel; (9) a powerhouse containing four variable speed, 
reversible pump-turbine units with a minimum rating of 250 megawatt 
(MW); (10) an approximately 585-foot by 340-foot substation; (11) a 16-
inch-diameter and 68,000-foot-long fill pipeline and system; (12) 
approximately one mile of 345-kV transmission line; and (13) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would occupy 458.7 acres of federal 
land and would have an estimated annual generation of 2,630 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.
    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. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
    All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,'' 
``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or 
``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing 
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the 
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth 
their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 
18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly 
from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must 
be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the 
particular application. A copy of all other filings in reference to 
this application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons 
listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    o. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

Commission issues draft EIS--December 2018.
Comments on draft EIS--January 2019.
Commission issues final EIS--June 2019.

    Dated: March 1, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Any interested person desiring to be agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
heard in Docket No. EL18–59–000 must part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under
file a notice of intervention or motion to section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Federal Energy Regulatory
intervene, as appropriate, with the Fishery Conservation and Management Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Act and implementing regulations at 50 [Project No. 13239–002]
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of consultation with the New Hampshire Parker Knoll Hydro, LLC.; Notice of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and State Historic Preservation Officer, as Application Accepted for Filing,
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2017), required by section 106 of the National Soliciting Motions To Intervene and
within 21 days of the date of issuance Historic Preservation Act, and the Protests, Ready for Environmental
of the order. implementing regulations of the Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Dated: February 28, 2018. Advisory Council on Historic Terms and Conditions,
Kimberly D. Bose, Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. Recommendations, and Prescriptions
Secretary. l. With this notice, we are designating Take notice that the following
[FR Doc. 2018–04589 Filed 3–6–18; 8:45 am] Cocheco Falls Associates as the hydroelectric application has been filed
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Commission’s non-federal with the Commission and is available
representative for carrying out informal for public inspection.
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the a. Type of Application: Major
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Endangered Species Act; and Unconstructed Project.
consultation pursuant to section 106 of b. Project No.: 13239–002.
Federal Energy Regulatory the National Historic Preservation Act. c. Date filed: November 30, 2011.
Commission d. Applicant: Parker Knoll Hydro,
m. Cocheco Falls Associates filed a
[Project No. 4718–038] Pre-Application Document (PAD; LLC.
including a proposed process plan and e. Name of Project: Parker Knoll
Cocheco Falls Associates; Notice of Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project.
schedule) with the Commission,
Intent To File License Application, f. Location: The proposed project
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the
Filing of Pre-Application Document, would be located at Parker Mountain,
Commission’s regulations.
and Approving Use of the Traditional near the Town of Richfield, Piute
Licensing Process n. A copy of the PAD is available for County, Utah. The project would
review at the Commission in the Public occupy 458.7 acres of federal lands
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to Reference Room or may be viewed on administered by the U.S. Bureau of
File License Application and Request to the Commission’s website (http:// Land Management.
Use the Traditional Licensing Process. www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
b. Project No.: 4718–038. link. Enter the docket number, Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
c. Date Filed: January 2, 2018. excluding the last three digits in the h. Applicant Contact: Daniel Dygert,
d. Submitted By: Cocheco Falls docket number field to access the Attorney, Parker Knoll Hydro, LLC, 399
Associates. document. For assistance, contact FERC North Main Street, Suite 250, Logan,
e. Name of Project: Cocheco Falls Online Support at Utah; (435) 512–4977, dan@dygert-
Dam Project. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) law.com.
f. Location: On the Cocheco River in 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202)
Dover, Strafford County, New (TTY). A copy is also available for 502–8902, john.mudre@ferc.gov.
Hampshire. No federal lands are inspection and reproduction at the j. Deadline for filing motions to
occupied by the project works or located address in paragraph h. intervene and protests, comments, terms
within the project boundary. and conditions, recommendations, and
o. The licensee states its unequivocal
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance
intent to submit an application for a
5.5 of the Commission’s regulations. date of this notice; reply comments are
subsequent license for Project No. 4718.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: John due 105 days from the issuance date of
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.20, each
Webster, Cocheco Falls Associates, P.O. this notice.
application for a subsequent license and
Box 178, 10 Butler Street, South The Commission strongly encourages
any competing license applications
Berwick, Maine 03908; (207) 384–5334; electronic filing. Please file motions to
must be filed with the Commission at
email at Hydromagnt@gwi.net. intervene and protests, comments, terms
i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang at (202) least 24 months prior to the expiration and conditions, recommendations, and
502–8250; or email at amy.chang@ of the existing license. All applications prescriptions using the Commission’s
ferc.gov. for license for this project must be filed eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/
j. Cocheco Falls Associates filed its by December 31, 2020. docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
request to use the Traditional Licensing p. Register online at http:// submit brief comments up to 6,000
Process on January 2, 2018, and www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ characters, without prior registration,
provided public notice of the request on esubscription.asp to be notified via using the eComment system at http://
January 12, 2018. In a letter dated March email of new filing and issuances www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
1, 2018, the Director of the Division of related to this or other pending projects. ecomment.asp. You must include your
Hydropower Licensing approved For assistance, contact FERC Online name and contact information at the end
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Cocheco Falls Associates’ request to use Support. of your comments. For assistance,
the Traditional Licensing Process. Dated: March 1, 2018. please contact FERC Online Support at
k. With this notice, we are initiating FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
Kimberly D. Bose,
informal consultation with the U.S. Fish 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
and Wildlife Service and NOAA Secretary. (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
Fisheries under section 7 of the [FR Doc. 2018–04602 Filed 3–6–18; 8:45 am] send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Endangered Species Act and the joint BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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83 FR 9735 - Parker Knoll Hydro, LLC.; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and Prescriptions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 45 (March 7, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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