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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. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The proposed project would be a
closed-loop pumped storage system,
with an initial fill from the existing
Otter Creek reservoir. Parker Knoll
would include the following new
facilities: (1) An approximately 175-feethigh upper main dam with a crest
length of approximately 1,650 feet and
one saddle dam; (2) an upper reservoir
with a storage capacity of approximately
6,780 acre-feet and a surface area of
approximately 110 acres; (3) an
approximately 100-feet-high lower dam
with a crest length of approximately
1,750 feet and two saddle dams; (4) a
lower reservoir with storage capacity of
approximately 6,760 acre-feet and a
surface area of approximately 130 acres;
(5) a 2,390-feet-long and 27-feetdiameter headrace tunnel; (6) a 2,200feet-long and 27-feet-diameter vertical
shaft; (7) a 1,000-feet-long and 27-feetdiameter steel-lined penstock tunnel; (8)
a 7,126-feet-long and 35-feet-diameter
tailrace tunnel; (9) a powerhouse
containing four variable speed,
reversible pump-turbine units with a
minimum rating of 250 megawatt (MW);
(10) an approximately 585-feet by 340feet substation; (11) a 16-inch diameter
and 68,000-feet-long fill pipeline and
system; (12) approximately one mile of
345-kV transmission line; and (13)
appurtenant facilities. The project
would occupy 458.7 acres of federal
land and would have an estimated
annual generation of 2,630 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.
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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
Impact Statement (EIS) on the project in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act. The EIS 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 EIS. The
times and locations of these meetings
are as follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: December 11, 2012.
Time: 10:00 a.m. (MST).
Place: Holiday Inn Express.
Address: 20 West 1400 North,
Richfield, Utah.
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: December 11, 2012.
Time: 6:00 p.m. (MST).
Place: Holiday Inn Express.
Address: 20 West 1400 North,
Richfield, Utah.
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EIS 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).
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will:
(1) Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
EIS; (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
EIS, including viewpoints in opposition
to, or in support of, the staff’s
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preliminary views; (4) determine the
resource issues to be addressed in the
EIS; 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 court
reporter 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 EIS.
Dated: November 9, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13739–002]
Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLII, LLC;
Notice of Scoping Meetings 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.: 13739–002.
c. Date filed: September 17, 2012.
d. Applicant: Lock+ Hydro Friends
Fund XLII, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Braddock Locks
and Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the existing U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers’ Braddock Locks and
Dam on the Monongahela River, in
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The
project would occupy about 0.19 acre of
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark R.
Stover, Lock+TM Hydro Friends Fund
XLII, LLC, c/o Hydro Green Energy,
LLC, 900 Oakmont Lane, Suite 310,
Westmont, IL 60559; (877) 556–6566
ext. 711; email—mark@hgenergy.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at (202)
502–8902; or email at
john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: January 4, 2013.
All documents 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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. 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.
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 is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The proposed project would utilize
the existing U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ Braddock Locks and Dam
and the Braddock Pool, and would
consist of the following new facilities:
(1) A new powerhouse with five
turbine-generators having a total
installed capacity of 3,750 kilowatts; (2)
a new approximately 3,450-foot-long,
23-kilovolt electric distribution line; (3)
a switchyard and control room; and (4)
appurtenant facilities. The average
annual generation is estimated to be
25,020 megawatt-hours.
The proposed project would deploy
hydropower turbines within a patented
‘‘Large Frame Module’’ (LFM) that
would be deployed on the south (river
left) side of the dam, opposite the
location of the existing navigational
locks and at the upstream face of the
existing left closure weir. The proposed
modular, low environmental impact
powerhouse would be approximately
60.4 feet long, 16.6 feet wide, and 40
feet high, and constructed of structuralgrade steel. The powerhouse will bear
on a concrete foundation on rock that is
anchored to the existing left closure
weir. A trash rack with 6-inch openings
would be placed at the powerhouse
intake to increase safety and protect the
turbines from large debris.
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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 daytime
scoping meeting and one evening
meeting. The daytime scoping meeting
will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)
concerns, while the evening 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:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012.
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Allegheny Conference Room,
8th floor of the Brunner Building.
Address: 11 Stanwix Street,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday December 5, 2012.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Doubletree Hotel.
Address: 101 Mall Blvd., Monroeville,
Pennsylvania.
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EA are being
distributed to the parties on the
Commission’s mailing list and the
applicant’s distribution list. Copies of
the SD1 will be available at the scoping
meeting or may be viewed on the web
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at https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above).
Environmental Site Review
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct a project Environmental Site
Review beginning at 10:00 a.m. on
Wednesday December 5, 2012. All
interested individuals, organizations,
and agencies are invited to attend. All
participants should meet in the parking
lot at the Great Allegheny Passage
Trailhead, Pump House, 880 East
Waterfront Drive, Munhall,
Pennsylvania at 10:00 a.m. All
participants are responsible for their
own transportation to the site.
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: November 5, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13739-002]
Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLII, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings
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.: 13739-002.
c. Date filed: September 17, 2012.
d. Applicant: Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLII, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Braddock Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Braddock
Locks and Dam on the Monongahela River, in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania. The project would occupy about 0.19 acre of federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark R. Stover, Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends
Fund XLII, LLC, c/o Hydro Green Energy, LLC, 900 Oakmont Lane, Suite
310, Westmont, IL 60559; (877) 556-6566 ext. 711; email_
mark@hgenergy.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at (202) 502-8902; or email at
john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: January 4, 2013.
All documents 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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.
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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The proposed project would utilize the existing U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers' Braddock Locks and Dam and the Braddock Pool, and would
consist of the following new facilities: (1) A new powerhouse with five
turbine-generators having a total installed capacity of 3,750
kilowatts; (2) a new approximately 3,450-foot-long, 23-kilovolt
electric distribution line; (3) a switchyard and control room; and (4)
appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to
be 25,020 megawatt-hours.
The proposed project would deploy hydropower turbines within a
patented ``Large Frame Module'' (LFM) that would be deployed on the
south (river left) side of the dam, opposite the location of the
existing navigational locks and at the upstream face of the existing
left closure weir. The proposed modular, low environmental impact
powerhouse would be approximately 60.4 feet long, 16.6 feet wide, and
40 feet high, and constructed of structural-grade steel. The powerhouse
will bear on a concrete foundation on rock that is anchored to the
existing left closure weir. A trash rack with 6-inch openings would be
placed at the powerhouse intake to increase safety and protect the
turbines from large debris.
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 daytime scoping meeting and one evening
meeting. The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the evening 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:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012.
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Allegheny Conference Room, 8th floor of the Brunner
Building.
Address: 11 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday December 5, 2012.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Doubletree Hotel.
Address: 101 Mall Blvd., Monroeville, Pennsylvania.
Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to
be addressed in the EA are being distributed to the parties on the
Commission's mailing list and the applicant's distribution 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 a project Environmental
Site Review beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday December 5, 2012. All
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to
attend. All participants should meet in the parking lot at the Great
Allegheny Passage Trailhead, Pump House, 880 East Waterfront Drive,
Munhall, Pennsylvania at 10:00 a.m. All participants are responsible
for their own transportation to the site.
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: November 5, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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