Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments, 28506-28507 [2014-11268]

Download as PDF 28506 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 95 / Friday, May 16, 2014 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2299–082] EMCDONALD on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 2299–082. c. Date Filed: April 28, 2014. d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District. e. Name of Project: Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The Don Pedro Project facilities are located on the Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, California. Portions of the Don Pedro Project occupy lands of the Bureau of Land Management Sierra Resource Management Unit. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Steven Boyd, Director of Water Resources, Turlock Irrigation District, P.O. Box 949, Turlock, California 95381, 209–883– 8364 and Greg Dias, Project Manager, Modesto Irrigation District, P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, California 95352, 209– 526–7566. i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552–2760 or james.hastreiter@ ferc.gov. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. The Project Description: The Don Pedro Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) The 580-foot-high, 1,900-foot-long earth and rockfill dam with a gross storage capacity of 2,030,000 acre-feet, located on the Tuolumne River 54.8 miles upstream of its confluence with the San Joaquin River; (2) the 30-foot-high, 45-footwide, 135-foot-long gated spillway including three radial gates each 45foot-wide by 30-foot-high; (2) the 995foot-long ungated ogee spillway with a crest elevation of 830 feet; (3) the set of outlet works located at the left abutment of the dam consisting of three individual gate housings, each containing two 4-foot-by-5-foot slide gates; (4) the 3,500-foot-long concrete lined tunnel with a total hydraulic capacity of 7,500 cubic feet per second; VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:00 May 15, 2014 Jkt 232001 (5) the 2,960-foot-long power tunnel located in the left abutment of the dam that transitions from an 18-foot concrete-lined section to a 16-foot steellined section; (6) the 21-foot-high, 12foot-wide emergency closure fixedwheel gate; (7) a powerhouse located immediately downstream of the dam containing a 72-inch hollow jet valve and four Francis turbine-generator units with a nameplate capacity of 168 megawatts; (8) the switchyard located on top of the powerhouse; (9) the 75foot-high earth and rockfill Gasburg Creek dike with a slide-gate controlled 18-inch-diameter conduit located near the downstream end of the spillway; (10) three small embankments dikes (dike A is located between the main dam and spillway and dikes B and C are located east of the main dam); (11) recreation facilities on Don Pedro reservoir, including Fleming Meadows, Blue Oaks, and Moccasin Point, primitive and semi-primitive lakeshore camping, both floating and shoreline restrooms in addition to those at the developed recreation areas, and other open water-based features including houseboat marinas and a marked waterski slalom course; and (12) appurtenant facilities and features including access roads. l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above. m. 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. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. Milestone Target date Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis. PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 May 2016. Sfmt 4703 Milestone Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions. Commission issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Comments on Draft EIS ...... Modified Terms and Conditions. Commission Issues Final EIS. Target date July 2016. January 2017. February 2017. April 2017. July 2017. o. 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: May 9, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–11265 Filed 5–15–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12721–006] Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement. b. Project No.: 12721–006. c. Date filed: April 11, 2014. d. Applicant: Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC. e. Name of Project: Pepperell Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Nashua River, in the town of Pepperell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The project would not occupy lands of the United States. g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602. h. Applicant Contact: Dr. Peter B. Clark, 823 Bay Road, P.O. Box 149, Hamilton, MA 01936; (978) 468–3999; or pclark@swiftrivercompany.com. i. FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry at (202) 502–8328 or brandon.cherry@ ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing comments: June 2, 2014; reply comments are due on June 12, 2014. This notice establishes a deadline for filing comments on the settlement agreement that corresponds with the deadline established by the E:\FR\FM\16MYN1.SGM 16MYN1 EMCDONALD on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 95 / Friday, May 16, 2014 / Notices Commission notice issued on April 1, 2014. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments 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–12721–006. 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. Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC filed the settlement agreement on behalf of itself, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Nashua River Watershed Association, and town of Pepperell, Massachusetts. The purpose of the settlement agreement is to resolve among the signatories all issues associated with issuance of an original license for the project regarding mode of operation, bypassed reach flows, impoundment refill, upstream and downstream American eel passage, upstream and downstream fish passage, mussels, water quality, invasive species, and recreation. The signatories request that the Commission incorporate into any original license for the project the measures included in section 3 of the settlement agreement. l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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. VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:00 May 15, 2014 Jkt 232001 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. Dated: May 9, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [Docket No. NJ14–14–000] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC; Notice of Filing [Docket No. NJ14–11–000] Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC; Notice of Filing Take notice that on March 25, 2014, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC submitted its tariff filing per 35.28(e): Oncor Tex-La Tariff Rate Changes, effective October 27, 2011. 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, 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. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Fmt 4703 Dated: May 9, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Frm 00035 (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 23, 2014. [FR Doc. 2014–11262 Filed 5–15–14; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2014–11268 Filed 5–15–14; 8:45 am] PO 00000 28507 Take notice that on March 28, 2014, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC submitted its tariff filing per 35.28(e): Oncor TFO Tariff Rate Changes, effective January 1, 2012. 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, 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. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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 May 23, 2014. E:\FR\FM\16MYN1.SGM 16MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28506-28507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11268]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12721-006]


Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and 
Soliciting Comments

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: 12721-006.
    c. Date filed: April 11, 2014.
    d. Applicant: Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Pepperell Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Nashua River, in the town of Pepperell, 
Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The project would not occupy lands of 
the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Dr. Peter B. Clark, 823 Bay Road, P.O. Box 
149, Hamilton, MA 01936; (978) 468-3999; or 
pclark@swiftrivercompany.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry at (202) 502-8328 or 
brandon.cherry@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments: June 2, 2014; reply comments are 
due on June 12, 2014. This notice establishes a deadline for filing 
comments on the settlement agreement that corresponds with the deadline 
established by the

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Commission notice issued on April 1, 2014.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments 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-12721-006.
    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. Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC filed the settlement agreement on 
behalf of itself, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park 
Service, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, 
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Nashua River 
Watershed Association, and town of Pepperell, Massachusetts. The 
purpose of the settlement agreement is to resolve among the signatories 
all issues associated with issuance of an original license for the 
project regarding mode of operation, bypassed reach flows, impoundment 
refill, upstream and downstream American eel passage, upstream and 
downstream fish passage, mussels, water quality, invasive species, and 
recreation. The signatories request that the Commission incorporate 
into any original license for the project the measures included in 
section 3 of the settlement agreement.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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.
    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.

    Dated: May 9, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11268 Filed 5-15-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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