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l. Pershing County filed a PreApplication Document (PAD), including
a proposed process plan and schedule,
with the Commission, pursuant to 18
CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s
regulations.
m. A copy of the PAD is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s Web site (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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in paragraph h.
n. Register online at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Dated: February 24, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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City of Wadsworth, Ohio; Notice of
Scoping Meeting and Environmental
Site Review and Soliciting Scoping
Comments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major Original
License.
b. Project No.: P–12796–004.
c. Date filed: March 28, 2011.
d. Applicant: City of Wadsworth,
Ohio.
e. Name of Project: R.C. Byrd
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Ohio River at the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps),
R.C. Byrd Locks and Dam (river mile
279.2), approximately 12.7 miles south
of the confluence of the Ohio River and
the Kanawha River, nine miles south of
the Town of Gallipolis, Gallia County,
Ohio. The project would occupy 7.6
acres of federal land managed by the
Corps.
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Chris
Easton, Director of Public Service, the
City of Wadsworth, Ohio, 120 Maple
Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281 (330–
335–2777); Philip E. Meier, Hydro
Development, American Municipal
Power, Inc., 1111 Schrock Road, Suite
100, Columbus, OH (614–540–0913).
i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington,
(202) 502–6032 or
gaylord.hoisington@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: April 27, 2012.
All documents may be filed
electronically via the Internet. See 18
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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings, 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.
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 application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The proposed project would utilize
the existing Corps’ R.C. Byrd Locks and
Dam and would consist of the following
new facilities: (1) A 1,200-foot-long
intake channel; (2) a trashrack located in
front of each of the generating unit
intakes, with a bar spacing of
approximately 8 inches; (3) a reinforced
concrete powerhouse measuring
approximately 258 feet long by 145 feet
wide by 110 feet high, and housing two
bulb-type turbine generator units with a
total installed capacity of 50 megawatts;
(4) a 900-foot-long tailrace channel; (5)
a 2.41-mile-long, 138-kilovolt
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant
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facilities. The proposed project would
have an average annual generation of
266 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 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 project 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
action.
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:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Time: 1 p.m. (EDT).
Place: Quality Inn.
Address: 577 State Route 7 North,
Gallipolis, Ohio.
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Time: 7 p.m. (EDT).
Place: Quality Inn.
Address: 577 State Route 7 North,
Gallipolis, Ohio.
Copies of the Scoping Document
outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EA, was mailed to the
individuals and entities on the
Commission’s mailing lists and
Wadsworth’s distribution list. Copies of
the Scoping Document will be available
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at the scoping meetings, or may be
viewed on the web at https://
www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Follow the directions for accessing
information in paragraph m. Based on
all oral and written comments, a
Revised Scoping Document may be
issued. A Revised Scoping Document
may include additional issues,
identified through the scoping process.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental Site Review
In September 2008, the United States
Government Accountability Office
(GAO) issued a report titled ‘‘Electricity
Restructuring: FERC Could Take
Additional Steps to Analyze Regional
Transmission Organizations’ Benefits
and Performance,’’ GAO–08–987. This
report recommended that the Chairman
of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC),
among other actions, work with regional
transmission organizations (RTO),
Independent System Operators (ISO),
stakeholders and other experts to
develop standardized measures that
track the performance of RTO/ISO
operations and markets and report the
performance results to Congress and the
public annually, while also providing
interpretation of (1) what the measures
and reported performance communicate
about the benefits of RTOs and, where
appropriate, (2) changes that need to be
made to address any performance
concerns. Consistent with the goals
outlined in GAO’s report, the
Commission’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal
Years 2009–2014 outlined a multi-year
process for developing and
implementing a common set of
performance measures for markets both
within and outside of ISOs/RTOs.
As recommended by GAO,
Commission staff worked with
representatives from all the
jurisdictional ISOs/RTOs to develop a
set of performance metrics for ISOs and
RTOs. Commission staff and ISO/RTO
representatives met with interested
stakeholders to solicit their perspectives
and comments on the proposed
performance metrics. Commission staff
then released the proposed metrics for
public comment in Docket No. AD10–5–
000. In October 2010, Commission staff
issued a staff report addressing the
comments received and recommending
a final list of metrics for ISOs and RTOs.
In December 2010, the ISOs and RTOs
submitted information for the 2005–
2009 period addressing the final metrics
developed by Commission staff. This
information, along with a staff report
and analysis of performance as
measured by the metrics, was included
in a report sent to Congress in April
2011. The ISOs and RTOs subsequently
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct a project Environmental Site
Review beginning at 9 a.m. on March
28, 2012. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet
at the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam in
Gallipolis, Ohio (Ohio side). All
participants are responsible for their
own transportation to the site. Anyone
with questions about the Environmental
Site Review should contact Philip E.
Meier at 614–540–0913 or Gaylord
Hoisington at 202–502–6032.
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
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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 meetings and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the EA.
Dated: February 27, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Docket No. AD12–8–000]
Non-RTO/ISO Performance Metrics;
Commission Staff Request Comments
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submitted a report providing data for
the 2006–2010 period.
Now, Commission staff has started the
process of developing metrics to
measure performance in regions outside
of ISOs and RTOs. Consistent with the
process used in developing metrics for
ISO/RTO markets, Commission staff has
worked with the Edison Electric
Institute (EEI) and its members to
develop a set of performance metrics for
regions outside of ISOs and RTOs.
Commission staff, along with EEI and its
members, met with interested
stakeholders to solicit their perspectives
and comments on the proposed
performance metrics. These metrics are
based on the metrics previously selected
in Docket No. AD10–5, but have been
tailored to fit markets outside of ISOs
and RTOs. We expect that those entities
that decide to provide information in
response to the final metrics developed
in this proceeding will provide data and
explain performance trends in a manner
consistent with the responses provided
by the ISOs and RTOs in Docket No.
AD10–5.
Commission staff requests comments
on whether the proposed performance
metrics (attached) will effectively track
the performance of markets outside of
ISOs and RTOs. Comments must be
filed on or before May 1, 2012. Reply
comments must be filed on or before
May 16, 2012.
Addresses: Parties may submit
comments, identified by Docket No.
AD12–08–000, by one of the following
methods.
Agency Web site: https://www.ferc.
gov/. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments via the eFiling
link found under the ‘‘Documents and
Filing’’ tab.
Mail: Those unable to file comments
electronically may mail or hand-deliver
comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
For Further Information Contact:
Jeffrey Hitchings, Office of Energy
Market Regulation, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426, Telephone:
(202) 502–6042, Email:
jeffrey.hitchings@ferc.gov or Stephen J.
Hug, Office of the General Counsel—
Energy Markets, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426, Telephone:
(202) 502–8009, Email:
stephen.hug@ferc.gov.
Information Collection Statement
The following collection of
information contained in these
proposed metrics is subject to review by
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12796-004]
City of Wadsworth, Ohio; Notice of Scoping Meeting and
Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major Original License.
b. Project No.: P-12796-004.
c. Date filed: March 28, 2011.
d. Applicant: City of Wadsworth, Ohio.
e. Name of Project: R.C. Byrd Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Ohio River at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
(Corps), R.C. Byrd Locks and Dam (river mile 279.2), approximately 12.7
miles south of the confluence of the Ohio River and the Kanawha River,
nine miles south of the Town of Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. The
project would occupy 7.6 acres of federal land managed by the Corps.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Chris Easton, Director of Public Service,
the City of Wadsworth, Ohio, 120 Maple Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281
(330-335-2777); Philip E. Meier, Hydro Development, American Municipal
Power, Inc., 1111 Schrock Road, Suite 100, Columbus, OH (614-540-0913).
i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, (202) 502-6032 or
gaylord.hoisington@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: April 27, 2012.
All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18
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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings, 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.
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 application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The proposed project would utilize the existing Corps' R.C. Byrd
Locks and Dam and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A
1,200-foot-long intake channel; (2) a trashrack located in front of
each of the generating unit intakes, with a bar spacing of
approximately 8 inches; (3) a reinforced concrete powerhouse measuring
approximately 258 feet long by 145 feet wide by 110 feet high, and
housing two bulb-type turbine generator units with a total installed
capacity of 50 megawatts; (4) a 900-foot-long tailrace channel; (5) a
2.41-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission line; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The proposed project would have an average annual
generation of 266 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 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 project 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
action.
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:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Time: 1 p.m. (EDT).
Place: Quality Inn.
Address: 577 State Route 7 North, Gallipolis, Ohio.
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Time: 7 p.m. (EDT).
Place: Quality Inn.
Address: 577 State Route 7 North, Gallipolis, Ohio.
Copies of the Scoping Document outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EA, was mailed to the individuals and entities on the
Commission's mailing lists and Wadsworth's distribution list. Copies of
the Scoping Document will be available
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at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions for
accessing information in paragraph m. Based on all oral and written
comments, a Revised Scoping Document may be issued. A Revised Scoping
Document may include additional issues, identified through the scoping
process.
Environmental Site Review
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project Environmental
Site Review beginning at 9 a.m. on March 28, 2012. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All
participants should meet at the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam in
Gallipolis, Ohio (Ohio side). All participants are responsible for
their own transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the
Environmental Site Review should contact Philip E. Meier at 614-540-
0913 or Gaylord Hoisington at 202-502-6032.
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 meetings and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Dated: February 27, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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