KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; 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, 10572-10573 [2017-02950]

Download as PDF sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 10572 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 29 / Tuesday, February 14, 2017 / Notices Chapel Hill, in Chatham County, North Carolina. The project does not occupy federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Andrew J. McMahan, President, McMahan Hydroelectric, L.L.C., 105 Durham Eubanks Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312; (336) 509–2148; emailmcmahanhydro@gmail.com. i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy at (202) 502–6145; or email at sean.murphy@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 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 comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 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 docket number P–4093–035. 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 and is ready for environmental analysis. l. The existing Bynum Project includes: (1) A 900-foot-long, 10-foothigh stone masonry dam (Bynum Dam, or Odell Lake Dam), consisting of a 750foot-long uncontrolled spillway section and a 150-foot-long non-overflow section that contains canal intake facilities; (2) a reservoir with a surface area of 20 acres (referred to as Odell Lake), with gross storage of 100 acre-feet at elevation 315.0 feet mean sea level; (3) two 6-foot-wide Tainter gates controlling the intake to the canal; (4) a VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:48 Feb 13, 2017 Jkt 241001 2,000-foot-long, 40-foot-wide power canal; (5) a powerhouse containing one 600 kilowatt generating unit; (6) a 500foot-long, 50-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a 100-foot-long, 0.48 kilovolt transmission line to a utility company’s transformer; and (9) appurtenant facilities. 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. All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title ‘‘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 submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010. 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. 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. o. Public notice of the filing of the initial development application, which has already been given, established the due date for filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the Commission’s regulations, any competing development application must be filed in response to and in PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 compliance with public notice of the initial development application. No competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this notice. Dated: February 3, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–02951 Filed 2–13–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2808–017] KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; 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: Subsequent Minor License. b. Project No.: P–2808–017. c. Date filed: January 31, 2017. d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC. e. Name of Project: Lower Barker Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the City of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. The project does not occupy lands of the United States. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Loon, Operations and Maintenance Manager, 37 Alfred Plourde Parkway, Suite 2, Lewiston, Maine 04240; (207) 786–8834. i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at (202) 502–8556 or email at Karen.Sughrue@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 E:\FR\FM\14FEN1.SGM 14FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 29 / Tuesday, February 14, 2017 / Notices 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: March 31, 2017. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 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–2808–017. m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The Lower Barker Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 232-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam with a 125-foot-long spillway with flashboards, a 46-foot-long non-overflow section with two waste gates along the left buttress, and a 61-foot-long nonoverflow section with seven stop-logs adjacent to the intake canal; (2) a 16.5acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 150-acre-feet; (3) a 60-foot-long, 20-footwide, 9.6-foot-deep intake canal on the right bank with seven stop-logs; (4) a 35foot-long, 20-foot-wide gatehouse containing a single gate and fitted with trash racks; (5) a buried 650-foot-long, 10-foot-wide, 8-foot-high concrete penstock; (6) a 50-foot-long, 25-footwide concrete powerhouse containing a single semi-Kaplan-type turbine and generating unit with a rated capacity of 1.5 megawatts; (7) a tailrace; (8) a 250foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt underground power line; (9) a substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project produces an average of 5,087 megawatthours annually. 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 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. p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Issue Acceptance or Deficiency/Additional Information Letter .................................................................................................. Issue Scoping Document 1 for comment .................................................................................................................................. Hold Scoping Meeting ................................................................................................................................................................ Request Additional Information (if necessary) ........................................................................................................................... Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) ................................................................................................................................. Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis ...................................................................................................................... Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document .............................................................................................................. Initiate the 10(j) process ............................................................................................................................................................ Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document ............................................................................................................... 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: February 3, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–02950 Filed 2–13–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Combined Notice of Filings #2 Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER16–959–001. Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Description: Compliance filing: Compliance notice re: effective date for VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:48 Feb 13, 2017 Jkt 241001 UDR tariff revisions to be effective 2/17/ 2017. Filed Date: 2/3/17. Accession Number: 20170203–5097 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/24/17. Docket Numbers: ER17–703–001. Applicants: PacifiCorp. Description: Tariff Amendment: BPA NITSA (Yakama) Rev 7.1 to be effective 12/1/2016. Filed Date: 2/3/17. Accession Number: 20170203–5169. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/24/17. Docket Numbers: ER17–925–001. Applicants: ISO New England Inc., New England Power Pool Participants Committee. Description: Tariff Amendment: Part 2 of Two-Part Filing to Remove Active Demand Resource Types to be effective 6/1/2018. Filed Date: 2/3/17. Accession Number: 20170203–5134. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/24/17. Docket Numbers: ER17–927–000. Applicants: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Assignment—Ancillary Services AGMT PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10573 April 2017. June 2017. July 2017. July 2017. August 2017. September 2017. March 2018. April 2018. July 2018. Combined Locks to Appleton Coated to be effective 2/4/2017. Filed Date: 2/3/17. Accession Number: 20170203–5100. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/24/17. Docket Numbers: ER17–928–000. Applicants: Southern California Edison Company. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: GIA & DSA AVS-Phase 2 Project SA Nos. 943 & 944 to be effective 2/4/2017. Filed Date: 2/3/17. Accession Number: 20170203–5107. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/24/17. Docket Numbers: ER17–929–000. Applicants: Southern California Edison Company. Description: Tariff Cancellation: Notice of Cancellation Distribution Service Agreement Pristine Sun Fund 9, LL to be effective 4/5/2017. Filed Date: 2/3/17. Accession Number: 20170203–5130. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/24/17. Docket Numbers: ER17–930–000. Applicants: Guttman Energy Inc. Description: Notice of Cancellation of Market-Based Rate Tariff of Guttman Energy Inc. E:\FR\FM\14FEN1.SGM 14FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10572-10573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02950]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2808-017]


KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC; 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: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-2808-017.
    c. Date filed: January 31, 2017.
    d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Lower Barker Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Little Androscoggin River, in the City of 
Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. The project does not occupy lands 
of the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Loon, Operations and Maintenance 
Manager, 37 Alfred Plourde Parkway, Suite 2, Lewiston, Maine 04240; 
(207) 786-8834.
    i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at (202) 502-8556 or email at 
Karen.Sughrue@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

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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: March 31, 2017.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://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-2808-017.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Lower Barker Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 232-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam with a 125-
foot-long spillway with flashboards, a 46-foot-long non-overflow 
section with two waste gates along the left buttress, and a 61-foot-
long non-overflow section with seven stop-logs adjacent to the intake 
canal; (2) a 16.5-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 150-acre-
feet; (3) a 60-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 9.6-foot-deep intake canal on 
the right bank with seven stop-logs; (4) a 35-foot-long, 20-foot-wide 
gatehouse containing a single gate and fitted with trash racks; (5) a 
buried 650-foot-long, 10-foot-wide, 8-foot-high concrete penstock; (6) 
a 50-foot-long, 25-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing a single 
semi-Kaplan-type turbine and generating unit with a rated capacity of 
1.5 megawatts; (7) a tailrace; (8) a 250-foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt 
underground power line; (9) a substation; and (10) appurtenant 
facilities. The project produces an average of 5,087 megawatt-hours 
annually.
    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 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.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Acceptance or Deficiency/Additional    April 2017.
 Information Letter.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comment.......  June 2017.
Hold Scoping Meeting.......................  July 2017.
Request Additional Information (if           July 2017.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)....  August 2017.
Issue notice of ready for environmental      September 2017.
 analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft      March 2018.
 NEPA document.
Initiate the 10(j) process.................  April 2018.
Notice of the availability of the final      July 2018.
 NEPA document.
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    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: February 3, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-02950 Filed 2-13-17; 8:45 am]
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