Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 57727-57728 [2011-23799]
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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 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
Filings in Existing Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP11–2442–001.
Applicants: Central Kentucky
Transmission Company.
Description: Central Kentucky
Transmission Company submits tariff
filing per 154.205(b): ACA Errata 2011
to be effective 10/1/2011.
Filed Date: 09/01/2011.
Accession Number: 20110901–5201.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, September 13, 2011.
Docket Numbers: RP11–2469–001.
Applicants: Eastern Shore Natural Gas
Company.
Description: Eastern Shore Natural
Gas Company submits tariff filing per
154.205(b): 2011 ACA Revised to be
effective 10/1/2011.
Filed Date: 09/07/2011.
Accession Number: 20110907–5146.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, September 19, 2011.
Docket Numbers: RP11–2470–001.
Applicants: Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC
Description: Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC submits tariff
filing per 154.205(b): Pascagoula
Expansion Non-Conforming
Superseding Service Agreement to be
effective 9/30/2011.
Filed Date: 09/07/2011.
Accession Number: 20110907–5129.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Monday, September 19, 2011.
Docket Numbers: RP11–2308–002.
Applicants: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC.
Description: Algonquin Gas
Transmission, LLC submits tariff filing
per 154.203: Winter Operations
Compliance Filing to be effective 9/1/
2011.
Filed Date: 09/08/2011.
Accession Number: 20110908–5043.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, September 20, 2011.
Any person desiring to protest in any
the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rule 211 of the
Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR
385.211) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
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eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
and service can be found at: https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filingreq.pdf. For other information, call (866)
208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202)
502–8659.
Dated: September 8, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project Nos., 13010–002 Mississippi 8
Hydro, LLC and 14272–000 FFP Project 98,
LLC]
Notice of Competing Preliminary
Permit Applications Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Comments,
Motions To Intervene, and Competing
Applications
On September 1, 2011, Mississippi 8
Hydro, LLC (Mississippi 8) and FFP
Project 98, LLC (FFP) filed preliminary
permit applications pursuant to section
4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
proposing to study the feasibility of the
Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 8
Hydroelectric Project (Lock and Dam #8
Project or project), to be located on the
Mississippi River, near the town of
Vernon, in Houston County, Wisconsin,
at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’
(Corps) Mississippi River Lock and Dam
No. 8. The sole purpose of a preliminary
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit
holder priority to file a license
application during the permit term. A
preliminary permit does not authorize
the permit holder to perform any landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter
upon lands or waters owned by others
without the owners’ express permission.
Mississippi 8’s proposed Lock and
Dam #8 Project No. 13010 would consist
of: (1) A new 30-foot-long by 40-footwide powerhouse; (2) 20 very low head
(VLH) type hydraulic turbines rated for
500 kilowatts (kW) each to produce a
combined total installed capacity of 5
megawatts (MW); (3) a design flow of
706 cubic feet per second (cfs) and an
operating range from a minimum of 300
cfs up to a maximum of 725 cfs, at 4.6
feet of net head; (4) a tailrace, which
would include a submerged dike to
redirect flow as it exits the tailrace; (5)
a project storage yard; (6) a concrete
intake structure; (7) a substation
containing step-up transformers, circuit
breakers, and disconnect switches; (8) a
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new power pole to re-route an existing
69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line to the
substation; and (9) a 500-volt (V) power
line to conduct electricity from the
turbines to the control house. The
estimated annual generation of the
project would be 35.6 gigawatt-hours
(GWh). The project would utilize
released flows from Lock and Dam #8 as
directed by the Corps.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L.
Smith, COO, Symbiotics LLC, 371
Upper Terrace, Suite 2, Bend, OR 97702;
phone: (541) 330–8779.
FFP is exploring two concepts for its
proposed Lock and Dam #8 Project No.
14272. Concept A would consist of: (1)
Four horizontal bulb turbine generators,
with a combined generation capacity of
14.4 MW, placed in a newly proposed
240-foot by 275-foot powerhouse
located on the west bank of the river; (2)
a 40-foot by 55-foot control building
located on the west end of the dam; (3)
a 320-foot-long transmission line
extending south from a newly proposed
60-foot by 50-foot substation located
adjacent to the control building, to an
existing transmission line located south
of the project; (4) a new 370-foot by 880foot tailrace channel connecting the
powerhouse to the river downstream; (5)
a new 350-foot by 950-foot approach
channel located upstream of the
powerhouse; and (6) use of an existing
access road for access to the project.
Concept B would integrate 40
inclined access bulb turbine generators
rated at 0.37 MW each into the gate bays
of the existing moveable dam section to
produce a combined total installed
capacity of 14.8 MW. Concept B would
involve construction of the control
building, transmission line, and use of
the existing access road, but would not
include the construction of a new
powerhouse, approach channel, or
tailrace. The estimated average annual
generation of concept A would be 85
GWh, and the estimated average annual
generation of concept B would be 80
GWh.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Ramya
Swaminathan, Free Flow Power
Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Suite
300, Boston, MA 02114; (978) 283–2822.
FERC Contact: Lesley Kordella;
phone: (202) 502–6406.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to
intervene, notices of intent, and
competing applications may be filed
electronically via the Internet. See 18
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CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site 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. Although
the Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an
original and seven copies to: Kimberly
D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.
asp. Enter the docket number (P–13010–
002, or P–14272–000) in the docket
number field to access the document.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Dated: September 12, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011–23799 Filed 9–15–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP11–56–000]
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Texas Eastern Transmission, LP,
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC;
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed New Jersey—New York
Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared this draft
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the New Jersey—New York
Expansion Project (NJ–NY Project or
Project) proposed by Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) and
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
(Algonquin), both Spectra Energy
Corporation natural gas pipeline
companies, in the above-referenced
docket. Texas Eastern and Algonquin
request authorization to expand their
natural gas pipeline systems in New
Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, to
deliver up to 800,000 dekatherms per
day of natural gas from multiple receipt
points on the Texas Eastern and
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Algonquin pipeline systems to new
delivery points in New Jersey and New
York.
The draft EIS assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the NJ–
NY Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that
approval of the proposed Project would
have some adverse environmental
impact; however, these impacts would
be reduced to less-than-significant
levels with the implementation of Texas
Eastern’s and Algonquin’s proposed
mitigation and the additional measures
we recommend in the draft EIS.
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, U.S. Department of
Transportation, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New York City Mayor’s
Office, and New York City Department
of Environmental Protection
participated as cooperating agencies in
the preparation of the draft EIS.
Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction
by law or special expertise with respect
to resources potentially affected by the
proposal and participate in the NEPA
analysis. While the conclusions and
recommendations presented in the draft
EIS were developed with input from the
cooperating agencies, the agencies will
present their own conclusions and
recommendations in their respective
Records of Decision for the Project.
The draft EIS addresses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
facilities listed below:
Texas Eastern and Algonquin propose
to construct and operate:
• Approximately 19.8 miles of new
and replacement 42- and 30-inchdiameter pipeline;
• Six new metering and regulating
(M&R) stations;
• Abandonment of 8.95 miles of
existing pipelines;
• Modification of four existing
compressor stations;
• Installation of aboveground overpressure protection regulation at two
existing M&R stations;
• Installation of three pig launchers
and two pig receivers, relocation of four
pig receivers, and removal of two pig
launchers;
• Installation of four mainline and
three tap valves along the proposed
pipeline facilities; and
• Installation of a block valve and
blind flange to accommodate a
temporary pig receiver.
The draft EIS has been placed in the
public files of the FERC and is available
for public viewing on the FERC’s Web
site at https://www.ferc.gov. A limited
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number of copies are available for
distribution and public inspection at:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Public Reference Room, 888 First Street,
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502–8371.
Copies of the draft EIS have been
mailed to Federal, State, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes; local
newspapers and libraries in the Project
area; intervenors to the FERC’s
proceeding; and potentially affected
landowners and other interested
individuals and groups. Paper copy
versions of this EIS were mailed to those
specifically requesting them; all others
received a CD version.
Comment Procedures and Public
Meetings
Any person wishing to comment on
the draft EIS may do so. To ensure
consideration of your comments on the
proposal in the final EIS, it is important
that the Commission receive your
comments before October 31, 2011.
For your convenience, there are four
methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. In all
instances, please reference the Project
docket number (CP11–56–000) with
your submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has dedicated eFiling
expert staff available to assist you at
(202) 502–8258 or efiling@ferc.gov.
Please carefully follow these
instructions so that your comments are
properly recorded.
(1) You may file your comments
electronically by using the eComment
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. An eComment
is an easy method for interested persons
to submit brief, text-only comments on
a project;
(2) You may file your comments
electronically by using the eFiling
feature, which is located on the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov under the link to
Documents and Filings. With eFiling,
you can provide comments in a variety
of formats by attaching them as a file
with your submission. New eFiling
users must first create an account by
clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be
asked to select the type of filing you are
making. A comment on a particular
project is considered a ‘‘Comment on a
Filing’’; or
(3) You may file a paper copy of your
comments at the following address:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos., 13010-002 Mississippi 8 Hydro, LLC and 14272-000 FFP
Project 98, LLC]
Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing
Applications
On September 1, 2011, Mississippi 8 Hydro, LLC (Mississippi 8) and
FFP Project 98, LLC (FFP) filed preliminary permit applications
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) proposing to
study the feasibility of the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 8
Hydroelectric Project (Lock and Dam 8 Project or project), to
be located on the Mississippi River, near the town of Vernon, in
Houston County, Wisconsin, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps)
Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 8. The sole purpose of a preliminary
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a
license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does
not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing
activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others
without the owners' express permission.
Mississippi 8's proposed Lock and Dam 8 Project No. 13010
would consist of: (1) A new 30-foot-long by 40-foot-wide powerhouse;
(2) 20 very low head (VLH) type hydraulic turbines rated for 500
kilowatts (kW) each to produce a combined total installed capacity of 5
megawatts (MW); (3) a design flow of 706 cubic feet per second (cfs)
and an operating range from a minimum of 300 cfs up to a maximum of 725
cfs, at 4.6 feet of net head; (4) a tailrace, which would include a
submerged dike to redirect flow as it exits the tailrace; (5) a project
storage yard; (6) a concrete intake structure; (7) a substation
containing step-up transformers, circuit breakers, and disconnect
switches; (8) a new power pole to re-route an existing 69-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line to the substation; and (9) a 500-volt (V) power line
to conduct electricity from the turbines to the control house. The
estimated annual generation of the project would be 35.6 gigawatt-hours
(GWh). The project would utilize released flows from Lock and Dam
8 as directed by the Corps.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L. Smith, COO, Symbiotics LLC, 371
Upper Terrace, Suite 2, Bend, OR 97702; phone: (541) 330-8779.
FFP is exploring two concepts for its proposed Lock and Dam
8 Project No. 14272. Concept A would consist of: (1) Four
horizontal bulb turbine generators, with a combined generation capacity
of 14.4 MW, placed in a newly proposed 240-foot by 275-foot powerhouse
located on the west bank of the river; (2) a 40-foot by 55-foot control
building located on the west end of the dam; (3) a 320-foot-long
transmission line extending south from a newly proposed 60-foot by 50-
foot substation located adjacent to the control building, to an
existing transmission line located south of the project; (4) a new 370-
foot by 880-foot tailrace channel connecting the powerhouse to the
river downstream; (5) a new 350-foot by 950-foot approach channel
located upstream of the powerhouse; and (6) use of an existing access
road for access to the project.
Concept B would integrate 40 inclined access bulb turbine
generators rated at 0.37 MW each into the gate bays of the existing
moveable dam section to produce a combined total installed capacity of
14.8 MW. Concept B would involve construction of the control building,
transmission line, and use of the existing access road, but would not
include the construction of a new powerhouse, approach channel, or
tailrace. The estimated average annual generation of concept A would be
85 GWh, and the estimated average annual generation of concept B would
be 80 GWh.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow Power
Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114; (978)
283-2822.
FERC Contact: Lesley Kordella; phone: (202) 502-6406.
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet.
See 18
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CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site 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. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing,
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13010-002, or P-14272-000) in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: September 12, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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