Moretown Hydro Energy Company; Ampersand Moretown Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application for Transfer of License, and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene, 2985-2986 [2013-00641]
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with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent
license.
b. Project No.: P–3030–019.
c. Date filed: December 21, 2012.
d. Applicant: Antrim County.
e. Name of Project: Elk Rapids
Hydroelectric Project
f. Location: On the Elk River in the
village of Elk Rapids in Antrim, Grand
Traverse, and Kalkaskia counties,
Michigan. The project does not affect
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 USC 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: William
Stockhausen, Elk Rapids Hydroelectric
Power, LLC, 218 West Dunlap Street,
Northville, MI 48167; or at (248) 349–
2833.
i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202)
502–8379 or by email at
lee.emery@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
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: February 19, 2013.
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
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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.
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The existing Elk Rapids
Hydroelectric Project is located on the
Elk River in Antrim, Grand Traverse,
and Kalkaskia counties, Michigan. The
project consists of: (1) 2,560-acre
Skegemog Lake; (2) 7,730-acre Elk Lake;
(3) a 121-foot-long, 52-foot-high, 26-footwide existing powerhouse that spans
the main channel of the Elk River, with
an operating head of 10.5 feet, (4) four
22-foot-wide bays with a trash rack
having a 1d-inch clear bar spacing; (5)
two turbine-generator units for a
combined installed capacity of 0.700
megawatt; (6) two turbine gates used to
spill excess water; (7) a 14-foot-wide
overflow spillway equipped with
stoplogs; (8) a 20-foot by 30-foot
substation enclosure; (9) a 50-foot-long
underground 12.5-kilovolt transmission
line to connect the project substation to
the local utility distribution lines; and
(10) other appurtenant facilities.
The project operates in a run-of-river
mode and the water surface elevation is
maintained at 590.8 feet Elk Rapids dam
gage datum from April 15 through
November 1 and at 590.2 feet Elk Rapids
dam gage datum from November 1
through April 15. The average annual
generation is about 2,422 megawatthours.
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. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the Michigan State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as
required by section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
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regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
q. 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 Notice of Acceptance—March
2013
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments—April 2013
Comments due on Scoping Document
1—June 2013
Issue Scoping Document 2—June 2013
Issue notice of ready for environmental
analysis—September 2013
Issue Environmental Assessment (EA)—
March 2014
Comments on due on EA—April 2014
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: January 9, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 5944–021]
Moretown Hydro Energy Company;
Ampersand Moretown Hydro, LLC;
Notice of Application for Transfer of
License, and Soliciting Comments and
Motions To Intervene
On September 25, 2012, Moretown
Hydro Energy Company (transferor) and
Ampersand Moretown Hydro, LLC
(transferee) filed an application for
transfer of license for the Moretown No.
8 Hydropower Project, No. 5944, located
on the Mad River in Washington
County, Vermont.
Applicants seek Commission approval
to transfer the license for the Moretown
No. 8 Hydropower Project from
transferor to transferee.
Applicants’ Contact: Transferor: Ms.
Linda Bearisto, General Counsel, c/o
Algonquin Power Fund (America) Inc.,
2845 Bristol Circle, Oakville, Ontario,
Canada L6H 7H7. For Transferee: Ms.
Julie Perry, c/o Ampersand Hydro, LLC,
717 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston,
MA 02111, telephone (617) 733–7202.
FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis (202)
502–8735.
Deadline for filing comments and
motions to intervene: 15 days from the
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issuance date of this notice. Comments
and motions to intervene may be filed
electronically via the Internet. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site under
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. If unable to be filed
electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original plus
seven copies should be mailed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
More information about this project can
be viewed or printed on the eLibrary
link of Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–5944) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
call toll-free 1–866–208–3372.
Dated: January 9, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 12514–056]
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Northern Indiana Public Service
Company; Notice of Application for
Temporary Variance of License Article
403 and Soliciting Comments, Motions
to Intervene and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Extension of
temporary variance of license article
403.
b. Project No: 12514–056.
c. Date Filed: November 28, 2012.
d. Applicant: Northern Indiana Public
Service Company (licensee).
e. Name of Project: Norway-Oakdale
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The Norway-Oakdale
Project is located on the Tippecanoe
River near the town of Monticello, in
Carroll and White counties, Indiana.
The project consists of the upper
Norway development and the lower
Oakdale development each of which has
a dam and powerhouse.
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Justin
Darling, Hydro Supervisor—Chemical
and Environmental Compliance,
Northern Indiana Public Service
Company, 1414 W. Broadway,
Monticello, IN 47960, 574–583–1154.
i. FERC Contact: Mr. Robert
Ballantine at 202–502–6289,
robert.ballantine@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests:
February 8, 2013.
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 at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. If unable to be filed
electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and
seven copies should be mailed to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. 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.
Please include the project number (P–
12514) on any comments, motions, or
recommendations filed.
k. Description of Request: Northern
Indiana Public Service Company,
licensee for the Norway-Oakdale
Hydroelectric Project, requests the
Commission to grant an extension of
time to a temporary variance of license
Article 403 that was granted by the
Commission on October 4, 2012, due to
continued regional drought conditions.
In that order, the Commission granted a
temporary variance of license article 403
until December 31, 2012. Article 403, in
part, requires the licensee to operate the
project in a run-of-river manner where,
project outflow is equal to project
inflow and to maintain lake elevations
of Lake Shafer within ±0.25 feet of
elevation 647.47 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum (NGVD) and Lake
Freeman within ±0.25 feet of elevation
612.45 NGVD. The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources have
requested that the licensee release a
minimum flow of 200 cubic feet per
second (cfs) from the Oakdale Dam for
the preservation of federally endangered
mussel species which inhabit the
Tippecanoe River downstream of the
project reservoirs. Due to the potential
continuation of regional drought
conditions affecting the project
watershed, the release of 200 cfs
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downstream of the project, at times, may
not be equal to project inflow and
therefore may result in the lake
elevations decreasing below 0.25 feet
NGVD as permitted by Article 403 of the
project license. The licensee is
requesting that the temporary variance
be extended to December 1, 2013.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street NE., Room
2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
202–502–8371. This filing may also 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. 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, call 866–208–3676 or
email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for
TTY, call 202–502–8659. A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item (h)
above.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.
In determining the appropriate action to
take, the Commission will consider all
protests or other comments filed, but
only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must
be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular
application.
o. Filing and Service of Responsive
Documents: Any filing must (1) Bear in
all capital letters the title
‘‘COMMENTS’’; ‘‘PROTESTS’’, or
‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as
applicable; (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 protesting or
intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR
385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, motions to intervene, or
protests must set forth their evidentiary
basis and otherwise comply with the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 5944-021]
Moretown Hydro Energy Company; Ampersand Moretown Hydro, LLC;
Notice of Application for Transfer of License, and Soliciting Comments
and Motions To Intervene
On September 25, 2012, Moretown Hydro Energy Company (transferor)
and Ampersand Moretown Hydro, LLC (transferee) filed an application for
transfer of license for the Moretown No. 8 Hydropower Project, No.
5944, located on the Mad River in Washington County, Vermont.
Applicants seek Commission approval to transfer the license for the
Moretown No. 8 Hydropower Project from transferor to transferee.
Applicants' Contact: Transferor: Ms. Linda Bearisto, General
Counsel, c/o Algonquin Power Fund (America) Inc., 2845 Bristol Circle,
Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6H 7H7. For Transferee: Ms. Julie Perry, c/o
Ampersand Hydro, LLC, 717 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, MA 02111,
telephone (617) 733-7202.
FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis (202) 502-8735.
Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 15 days from
the
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issuance date of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene may be
filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1) and
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under 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. If unable to be filed electronically, documents may be paper-
filed. To paper-file, an original plus seven copies should be mailed
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. More information about this
project can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of Commission's
Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the
docket number (P-5944) in the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.
Dated: January 9, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-00641 Filed 1-14-13; 8:45 am]
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