Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions; KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC, 51824-51825 [2017-24273]

Download as PDF 51824 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2017 / Notices Docket Numbers: ER18–238–000. Applicants: GSP Schiller LLC. Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Schiller MBR Filing to be effective 12/28/2017. Filed Date: 11/2/17. Accession Number: 20171102–5241. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/17. Docket Numbers: ER18–239–000. Applicants: GSP Lost Nation LLC. Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Lost Nation MBR Filing to be effective 12/28/2017. Filed Date: 11/2/17. Accession Number: 20171102–5243. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/17. Docket Numbers: ER18–240–000. Applicants: Metcalf Energy Center, LLC. Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: Metcalf RMR Agreement Filing to be effective 1/1/2018. Filed Date: 11/2/17. Accession Number: 20171102–5246. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/17. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the links or querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: November 2, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–24269 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES [Project No. 2808–017] Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions; KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Nov 07, 2017 Jkt 244001 with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License. b. Project No.: 2808–017. c. Date filed: January 30, 2017. d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC. e. Name of Project: Barker’s Mill 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, General Manager/Operations and Maintenance, KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC, 423 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203–3027; email: Lewis.Loon@ kruger.com. i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at (202) 502–8556; or email at Karen.Sughrue@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–2808–017. 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. PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 k. This application has been accepted, and is ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The Barker’s Mill Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 232-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam with a 125-foot-long spillway section with flashboards, a 46-foot-long non-overflow section with two waste gates along the left buttress, and a 61foot-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 foot, 7 inch-deep intake canal on the right bank with seven stop-logs near the intake to the power canal, which serves as the downstream fish passage; (4) a 35-footlong, 20-foot-wide gatehouse containing a single gate and fitted with trash racks; (5) a buried 650-foot-long, 10 foot, 2 inch-wide, 7 foot, 2 inch-high concrete penstock; (6) a 50-foot-long, 25-footwide concrete partially buried powerhouse containing a single semiKaplan-type turbine/generating unit with a rated capacity of 1.5 MW; (7) a tailrace; (8) a 250-foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt underground power line; (9) a substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to be 5,087 megawatt-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 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 E:\FR\FM\08NON1.SGM 08NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2017 / Notices 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. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Major milestone Target date Draft EA Issued .................... Comments on Draft EA due Final EA Issued .................... June 2018. July 2018. October 2018. Dated: November 2, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–24273 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. OR18–5–000] Notice of Request for Temporary Waiver; Marathon Pipe Line LLC Take notice that on November 1, 2017, pursuant to Rule 204 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.204, Marathon Pipe Line LLC filed a petition for temporary waiver of the tariff filing and reporting requirements of sections 6 and 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act and parts 341 and 357 of the Commission’s regulations with respect to four pipeline assets, as more fully explained in the petition. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Petitioner. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the eFiling link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 17, 2017. Dated: November 2, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017–24272 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 51825 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CD18–2–000] White River Electric Association, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Determination of a Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Facility and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene On October 31, 2017, White River Electric Association, Inc., filed a notice of intent to construct a qualifying conduit hydropower facility, pursuant to section 30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as amended by section 4 of the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013 (HREA). The proposed Town of Meeker Hydro Project would have an installed capacity of up to 180 kilowatts (kW), and would be located along the existing Meeker Power Canal near the Town of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Applicant Contact: Trina ZagarBrown, General Counsel, 233 6th Street, P.O. Box 958, Meeker, CO 81641, Phone No. (970) 878–5041. FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, Phone No. (202) 502–6778, email: Christopher.Chaney@ferc.gov. Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Facility Description: The proposed project would consist of: (1) Up to two low head turbines with a total generating capacity not to exceed 180 kW; (2) two approximately 20-foot-long, 44-inch-diameter penstocks exiting an existing 25-foot by 50-foot forebay structure; (3) a small controls structure; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an estimated annual generating capacity of up to 500,000 kilowatt-hours. A qualifying conduit hydropower facility is one that is determined or deemed to meet all of the criteria shown in the table below. TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY Satisfies (Y/N) Description FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by HREA. ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Statutory provision The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity. The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power and uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit. The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 megawatts ................................. FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by HREA. FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended by HREA. FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended by HREA. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Nov 07, 2017 On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing requirements of Part I of the FPA. Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08NON1.SGM 08NON1 Y Y Y Y

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51824-51825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24273]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2808-017]


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions; KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC

    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.: 2808-017.
    c. Date filed: January 30, 2017.
    d. Applicant: KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Barker's Mill 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, General Manager/Operations and 
Maintenance, KEI (Maine) Power Management (III) LLC, 423 Brunswick 
Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203-3027; email: 
Lewis.Loon@kruger.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue at (202) 502-8556; or email at 
Karen.Sughrue@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-2808-017.
    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 at this time.
    l. The Barker's Mill Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 232-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam with a 125-
foot-long spillway section 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 foot, 7 inch-deep intake 
canal on the right bank with seven stop-logs near the intake to the 
power canal, which serves as the downstream fish passage; (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, 2 inch-wide, 7 
foot, 2 inch-high concrete penstock; (6) a 50-foot-long, 25-foot-wide 
concrete partially buried powerhouse containing a single semi-Kaplan-
type turbine/generating unit with a rated capacity of 1.5 MW; (7) a 
tailrace; (8) a 250-foot-long, 4.2 kilovolt underground power line; (9) 
a substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The average annual 
generation is estimated to be 5,087 megawatt-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 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

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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. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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             Major milestone                        Target date
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Draft EA Issued.........................  June 2018.
Comments on Draft EA due................  July 2018.
Final EA Issued.........................  October 2018.
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    Dated: November 2, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-24273 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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