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Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT).
Location: Parking area at the Point
Marion Ballfield on the east side of the
river, Point Marion, PA 15474.
Project: Gray’s Landing Lock and
Dam.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 10:30 a.m. (EDT).
Location: Corps’ parking area on east
side of the river, Masontown, PA 15461.
Project: Maxwell Lock and Dam.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 1:30 p.m. (EDT).
Location: End of 4th Street on
southwest side of the river, La Belle, PA
15450.
Project: Monongahela Lock and Dam
Number Four (Charleroi).
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 3:00 p.m. (EDT).
Location: End of 12th Street on west
side of the river, Charleroi, PA 15022.
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet
at the time and location specified above.
All participants are responsible for their
own transportation to the site. Anyone
with questions about the Environmental
Site Reviews should contact Thomas
Feldman of Rye Development, LLC at
(617) 433–8140 on or before October 3,
2014.
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: September 22, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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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
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Scoping Meetings and
Environmental Site Review and
Soliciting Scoping Comments
FFP Missouri 5, LLC—Project No.
13757–002.
FFP Missouri 6, LLC—Project No.
13761–002.
Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC—Project No.
13768–002.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are
available for public inspection.
a. Type of Applications: Original
Major Licenses
b. Project Nos.: 13757–002; 13761–
002; 13768–002
c. Dates Filed: March 14, 2014
d. Applicants: FFP Missouri 5, LLC;
FFP Missouri 6, LLC; Solia 6
Hydroelectric, LLC.
e. Names of Projects: Emsworth Locks
and Dam Hydroelectric Project, 13757–
002; Emsworth Back Channel
Hydroelectric Project, 13761–002;
Montgomery Locks and Dam
Hydroelectric Project, 13768–002.
f. Locations: The proposed projects
would be located at U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ (Corps) dams on the Ohio
River in Allegheny and Beaver counties,
Pennsylvania (see table below for
specific locations). The projects would
occupy 16.95 acres of federal land
managed by the Corps.
Projects
County and State
City/town
P–13757 .......
P–13761 .......
P–13768 .......
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Project No.
Emsworth Locks and Dam .........................................
Emsworth Back Channel Dam ...................................
Montgomery Locks & Dam .........................................
Allegheny, PA .................
Allegheny, PA .................
Beaver, PA .....................
Emsworth ........................
Emsworth ........................
Borough of Industry ........
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas
Feldman, Rye Development, LLC, PO
Box 390691 Cambridge, MA 02139; or at
(617) 433–8140; or tom@
ryedevelopment.com.
i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett,
(202) 502–8393 or brandi.sangunett@
ferc.gov
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: November 10, 2014
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
comments using the Commission’s
eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 6,000
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characters, without prior registration,
using the eComment system at https://
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 the docket number(s) for the
project(s) (e.g., P–13757–002).
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all interveners
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Federal land
used by
project
(acres)
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2.26
5.11
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. The applications are not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The proposed Emsworth Locks and
Dam Hydroelectric Project would be the
most upstream project at river mile (RM)
6.2 and would consist of the following
new facilities: (1) A 205-foot-long, 180foot-wide intake channel containing a
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30-foot-long, 63.5-foot-high, 180-footwide intake structure with 5-inch bar
spacing trashracks; (2) a 180-foot-long,
77-foot-high, 180-foot-wide reinforced
concrete powerhouse on the south bank
of the river; (3) four turbine-generator
units with a combined capacity of 24
megawatts (MW); (4) a 380-foot-long,
280-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long
by 60-foot-wide substation; (6) a 1,893foot-long, 69-kilovolt (kV), overhead
transmission line to connect the project
substation to an existing substation; and
(7) appurtenant facilities. The average
annual generation would be 101,300
megawatt-hours (MWh).
The proposed Emsworth Back
Channel Dam Hydroelectric Project
would be located at RM 6.8 and consist
of the following new facilities: (1) A
100-foot-long, 165-foot-wide intake
channel containing a 32-foot-long, 63.5foot-high, 90-foot-wide intake structure
with 5-inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a
150-foot-long, 77-foot-high, 90-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse on the
north bank of the river; (3) two turbinegenerator units with a combined
capacity of 12.0 MW; (4) a 190-foot-long,
105-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long
by 60-foot-wide substation; (6) a 3,758foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission
line to connect the project substation to
an existing substation; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The average
annual generation would be 53,500
MWh.
The proposed Montgomery Locks and
Dam Hydroelectric Project would be
located at RM 31.7 and consist of the
following new facilities: (1) A 340-footlong, 205-foot-wide intake channel
containing a 150-foot-long, 90-foot-high,
205-foot-wide intake structure with 5inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 315foot-long, 105-foot-high, 205-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse on the
north bank of the river; (3) three turbinegenerator units with a combined
capacity of 42 MW; (4) a 280-foot-long,
210-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long
by 60-foot-wide substation; (6) a 392foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission
line to connect the project substation to
an existing distribution line; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The average
annual generation would be 194,370
MWh.
The applicants propose to operate all
three projects in a ‘‘run-of-river’’ mode
using flows made available by the
Corps. The proposed projects would not
change existing flow releases or water
surface elevations upstream or
downstream of the proposed projects.
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 Web site at
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https://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
https://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) on
the projects 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
actions.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency
scoping meeting and one public
meeting. The agency scoping meeting
will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental 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:
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Environmental Site Review
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct an Environmental Site Review
for each project. The times and locations
of these meetings are as follows:
Project: Montgomery Locks and Dam
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps’ parking lot 100,
Montgomery Dam Road, Monaca, PA
15061–2221
Project: Emsworth Locks and Dam and
Emsworth Back Channel Dam
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps’ parking lot 0, Western
Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202–17085
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet
at the time and location specified above.
All participants are responsible for their
own transportation to the site. Anyone
with questions about the Environmental
Site Review should contact Mr. Thomas
Feldman of Rye Development, LLC at
(617) 433–8140 on or before October 3,
2014.
Objectives
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Pittsburgh—Green Tree
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 922–8400
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.
Agency Scoping Meeting
Procedures
Date: Friday, October 10, 2014
Time: 9:30 a.m. (EDT)
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Pittsburgh—Green Tree
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 922–8400
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 https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link
(see item m above).
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.
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Dated: September 22, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and
Soliciting Scoping Comments
FFP Missouri 5, LLC--Project No. 13757-002.
FFP Missouri 6, LLC--Project No. 13761-002.
Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC--Project No. 13768-002.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
a. Type of Applications: Original Major Licenses
b. Project Nos.: 13757-002; 13761-002; 13768-002
c. Dates Filed: March 14, 2014
d. Applicants: FFP Missouri 5, LLC; FFP Missouri 6, LLC; Solia 6
Hydroelectric, LLC.
e. Names of Projects: Emsworth Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project,
13757-002; Emsworth Back Channel Hydroelectric Project, 13761-002;
Montgomery Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project, 13768-002.
f. Locations: The proposed projects would be located at U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) dams on the Ohio River in Allegheny and
Beaver counties, Pennsylvania (see table below for specific locations).
The projects would occupy 16.95 acres of federal land managed by the
Corps.
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Federal land
Project No. Projects County and State City/town used by project
(acres)
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P-13757.............. Emsworth Locks and Dam....... Allegheny, PA...... Emsworth........... 9.58
P-13761.............. Emsworth Back Channel Dam.... Allegheny, PA...... Emsworth........... 2.26
P-13768.............. Montgomery Locks & Dam....... Beaver, PA......... Borough of Industry 5.11
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas Feldman, Rye Development, LLC, PO Box
390691 Cambridge, MA 02139; or at (617) 433-8140; or
tom@ryedevelopment.com.
i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett, (202) 502-8393 or
brandi.sangunett@ferc.gov
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 10, 2014
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://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 https://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 the
docket number(s) for the project(s) (e.g., P-13757-002).
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. The applications are not ready for environmental analysis at
this time.
l. The proposed Emsworth Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be the most upstream project at river mile (RM) 6.2 and would consist
of the following new facilities: (1) A 205-foot-long, 180-foot-wide
intake channel containing a
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30-foot-long, 63.5-foot-high, 180-foot-wide intake structure with 5-
inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 180-foot-long, 77-foot-high, 180-
foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse on the south bank of the
river; (3) four turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 24
megawatts (MW); (4) a 380-foot-long, 280-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-
foot-long by 60-foot-wide substation; (6) a 1,893-foot-long, 69-
kilovolt (kV), overhead transmission line to connect the project
substation to an existing substation; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The average annual generation would be 101,300 megawatt-hours (MWh).
The proposed Emsworth Back Channel Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be located at RM 6.8 and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A
100-foot-long, 165-foot-wide intake channel containing a 32-foot-long,
63.5-foot-high, 90-foot-wide intake structure with 5-inch bar spacing
trashracks; (2) a 150-foot-long, 77-foot-high, 90-foot-wide reinforced
concrete powerhouse on the north bank of the river; (3) two turbine-
generator units with a combined capacity of 12.0 MW; (4) a 190-foot-
long, 105-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long by 60-foot-wide
substation; (6) a 3,758-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line to
connect the project substation to an existing substation; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation would be 53,500
MWh.
The proposed Montgomery Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be located at RM 31.7 and consist of the following new facilities: (1)
A 340-foot-long, 205-foot-wide intake channel containing a 150-foot-
long, 90-foot-high, 205-foot-wide intake structure with 5-inch bar
spacing trashracks; (2) a 315-foot-long, 105-foot-high, 205-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse on the north bank of the river; (3)
three turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 42 MW; (4) a
280-foot-long, 210-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long by 60-foot-
wide substation; (6) a 392-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line
to connect the project substation to an existing distribution line; and
(7) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation would be
194,370 MWh.
The applicants propose to operate all three projects in a ``run-of-
river'' mode using flows made available by the Corps. The proposed
projects would not change existing flow releases or water surface
elevations upstream or downstream of the proposed projects.
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 Web site at https://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 https://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)
on the projects 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
actions.
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:
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh--Green Tree
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 922-8400
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Friday, October 10, 2014
Time: 9:30 a.m. (EDT)
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh--Green Tree
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 922-8400
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 https://www.ferc.gov
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).
Environmental Site Review
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct an Environmental Site
Review for each project. The times and locations of these meetings are
as follows:
Project: Montgomery Locks and Dam
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps' parking lot 100, Montgomery Dam Road, Monaca, PA
15061-2221
Project: Emsworth Locks and Dam and Emsworth Back Channel Dam
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps' parking lot 0, Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202-
17085
All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet at the time and location
specified above. All participants are responsible for their own
transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the
Environmental Site Review should contact Mr. Thomas Feldman of Rye
Development, LLC at (617) 433-8140 on or before October 3, 2014.
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: September 22, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-23218 Filed 9-29-14; 8:45 am]
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