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Time on October 14, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13753–002; Project No. 13762–
002; Project No. 13771–002; Project No.
13763–002; Project No. 13766–002; Project
No. 13767–002]
FFP Missouri 16, LLC; FFP Missouri
15, LLC; Solia 8 Hydroelectric, LLC;
FFP Missouri 13, LLC; Solia 5
Hydroelectric, LLC ; Solia 4
Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Scoping
Meetings and Environmental Site
Reviews and Soliciting Scoping
Comments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric applications have been
filed with Commission and are available
for public inspection:
a. Type of Applications: Original
Major Licenses.
b. Project Nos.: 13753–002; 13762–
002; 13771–002; 13763–002; 13766–002;
13767–002.
c. Date filed: February 27, 2014.
d. Applicant: FFP Missouri 16, LLC;
FFP Missouri 15, LLC; Solia 8
Hydroelectric, LLC; FFP Missouri 13,
LLC; Solia 5 Hydroelectric, LLC; Solia 4
Hydroelectric, LLC.
e. Name of Projects: Opekiska Lock
and Dam Hydroelectric Project;
Morgantown Lock and Dam
Hydroelectric Project; Point Marion
Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project;
Grays Landing Lock and Dam
Hydroelectric Project; Maxwell Lock
and Dam Hydroelectric Project; and
Monongahela Lock and Dam Number
Four Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The proposed projects
would be located at U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ (Corps) dams on the
Monongahela River in Monongalia
County, West Virginia and Fayette,
Greene, and Washington counties,
Pennsylvania (see table below for
specific locations). The projects would
occupy 39.75 acres of federal land
managed by the Corps.
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P–13753
P–13762
P–13771
P–13763
P–13766
P–13767
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County and State
City/town
Opekiska Lock and Dam ............................
Morgantown Lock and Dam .......................
Point Marion Lock and Dam ......................
Grays Landing Lock and Dam ...................
Maxwell Lock and Dam ..............................
Monongahela Lock and Dam Number
Four.
Monongalia, WV ......
Monongalia, WV ......
Fayette, PA ..............
Greene, PA ..............
Washington, PA .......
Washington, PA .......
Between Fairmont and Morgantown ..........
Morgantown ................................................
Point Marion ...............................................
Near Masontown ........................................
Downstream of Fredericktown ...................
Charleroi .....................................................
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas
Feldman, Rye Development, LLC, PO
Box 390691, Cambridge, MA 02139; or
at (617) 433–8140.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema,
(202) 502–6565 or nicholas.ettema@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: November 10, 2014.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
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
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The first page of any filing should
include docket number (e.g., P–13753–
002).
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 Opekiska Lock and
Dam Hydroelectric Project would be the
most upstream project at river mile (RM)
115.4 and would consist of the
following new facilities: (1) A 180-footlong, 95-foot-wide intake channel
directing flow to a 30-foot-long, 50-foothigh, 70-foot-wide intake structure with
3-inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 120foot-long, 60-foot-high, 70-foot-wide
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10.4
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reinforced concrete powerhouse on the
west bank of the river; (3) two turbinegenerator units with a combined
capacity of 6.0 megawatts (MW); (4) a
280-foot-long, 64-foot-wide tailrace; (5)
a 40-foot-long by 40-foot-wide
substation; (6) a 3,511-foot-long, 12.5kilovolt (kV), overhead transmission
line to connect the project substation to
an existing distribution line; and (7)
appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Morgantown Lock and
Dam Hydroelectric Project would be
located at RM 102.0 and consist of the
following new facilities: (1) A 100-footlong, 64-foot-wide intake channel
located downstream of the Corp’s 6th
spillway gate on the east side of the
river; (2) a pair of spill gates totaling 60
feet wide located within the intake
channel; (3) a 30-foot-long, 50-foot-high,
64-foot-wide intake structure with 3inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 120foot-long, 60-foot-high, 70-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse; (3) two
turbine-generator units with a combined
capacity of 5.0 MW; (4) a 170-foot-long,
90-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 40-foot-long
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by 40-foot-wide substation; (6) a 2,162foot-long, 12.5-kV, overhead
transmission line to connect the project
substation to an existing distribution
line; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Point Marion Lock and
Dam Hydroelectric Project would be
located at RM 90.8 and consist of the
following new facilities: (1) A 280-footlong, 70-foot-wide intake channel
directing flow to a 30-foot-long, 50-foothigh, 70-foot-wide intake structure with
3-inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 120foot-long, 60-foot-high, 70-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse on the
east bank of the river; (3) two turbinegenerator units with a combined
capacity of 5.0 MW; (4) a 215-foot-long,
84-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 40-foot-long
by 40-foot-wide substation; (6) a 3,325foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission
line to connect the project substation to
an existing substation; and (7)
appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Grays Landing Lock
and Dam Hydroelectric Project would be
located at RM 82.0 and consist of the
following new facilities: (1) A 300-footlong, 130-foot-wide intake channel
directing flow to a 100-foot-long, 84foot-wide intake structure with 3-inch
bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 576-footlong, 2.5-foot-high adjustable crest gate
on top of the existing dam crest; (3) a
150-foot-long, 75-foot-high, 90-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse on the
west bank of the river; (4) two turbinegenerator units with a combined
capacity of 12.0 MW; (5) a 250-foot-long,
84-foot-wide tailrace; (6) a 40-foot-long
by 40-foot-wide substation; (7) a 9,965foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission
line to connect the project substation to
an existing distribution line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Maxwell Lock and Dam
Hydroelectric Project would be located
at RM 61.2 and consist of the following
new facilities: (1) A 130-foot-long, 85foot-wide intake channel located
immediately downstream of the Corps’
5th spillway gate on the east side of the
river; (2) a pair of spill gates totaling 84
feet wide located within the proposed
intake channel; (3) a 100-foot-long, 70foot-high, 85-foot-wide intake structure
with 3-inch bar spacing trashracks; (4) a
150-foot-long, 70-foot-high, 90-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse; (5) two
turbine-generator units with a combined
capacity of 13.0 MW; (6) a 160-foot-long,
120-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a 40-foot-long
by 40-foot-wide substation; (8) a 350foot-long, 69/138-kV, overhead
transmission line to connect the project
substation to an existing distribution
line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Monongahela Lock and
Dam Number Four (Charleroi)
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Hydroelectric Project would be located
at RM 41.5 and consist of the following
new facilities: (1) A 140-foot-long, 90foot-wide intake channel located
immediately downstream of the Corps’
5th spillway gate on the west side of the
river; (2) a pair of spill gates totaling 84
feet wide located within the proposed
intake channel; (3) a 100-foot-long, 64foot-high, 90-foot-wide intake structure
with 3-inch bar spacing trashracks; (4) a
150-foot-long, 70-foot-high, 90-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse; (5) two
turbine-generator units with a combined
capacity of 12.0 MW; (6) a 210-foot-long,
130-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a 40-foot-long
by 40-foot-wide substation; (8) a 45-footlong, 69-kV, overhead transmission line
to connect the project substation to an
existing distribution line; and (9)
appurtenant facilities.
The applicants propose to operate the
six projects in ‘‘run-of-river’’ mode,
using only the existing flows that would
normally be released through the Corps’
gates or spillway. Existing water surface
elevations of each pool upstream of the
dams would be maintained in
accordance with the Corps’ existing
management practices. The Opekiska,
Morgantown, Point Marion, Gray’s
Landing, Maxwell, and Charleroi
projects would produce an annual
average of 25,300 megawatt-hours
(MWh), 18,900 MWh, 16,500 MWh,
47,300 MWh, 56,800 MWh, and 48,500
MWh, respectively.
m. A copy of each 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. Copies are 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 projects 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.
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Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency
scoping meeting and two public
meetings. The agency scoping meeting
will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization concerns,
while the public scoping meetings are
primarily for public input. All
interested individuals, organizations,
and agencies are invited to attend one
or all 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:
Public Scoping Meetings
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
Place: Hilton Garden Inn
Morgantown.
Address: 150 Suncrest Towne Centre
Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505, (304)
225–9500.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
Place: Holiday Inn Uniontown.
Address: 700 W Main Street,
Uniontown, PA 15401, (724) 437–2816.
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Friday, October 10, 2014.
Time: 9:30 a.m. (EDT).
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Pittsburgh—Green Tree.
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15205, (412) 922–8400.
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EA 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).
Environmental Site Reviews
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct a project Environmental Site
Review for each project. The times and
locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Project: Morgantown Lock and Dam.
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
Time: 2:00 p.m. (EDT).
Location: Parking area at the north
end of the Mountaineer Heritage Park,
Morgantown, WV 26505.
Project: Opekiska Lock and Dam.
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
Time: 3:30 p.m. (EDT).
Location: Corps’ parking area on the
west side of the river accessible via
River Road (Route 45), Fairmont, WV
26554.
Project: Point Marion Lock and Dam.
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Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT).
Location: Parking area at the Point
Marion Ballfield on the east side of the
river, Point Marion, PA 15474.
Project: Gray’s Landing Lock and
Dam.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 10:30 a.m. (EDT).
Location: Corps’ parking area on east
side of the river, Masontown, PA 15461.
Project: Maxwell Lock and Dam.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 1:30 p.m. (EDT).
Location: End of 4th Street on
southwest side of the river, La Belle, PA
15450.
Project: Monongahela Lock and Dam
Number Four (Charleroi).
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 3:00 p.m. (EDT).
Location: End of 12th Street on west
side of the river, Charleroi, PA 15022.
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet
at the time and location specified above.
All participants are responsible for their
own transportation to the site. Anyone
with questions about the Environmental
Site Reviews should contact Thomas
Feldman of Rye Development, LLC at
(617) 433–8140 on or before October 3,
2014.
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 meeting and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the EA.
Dated: September 22, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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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
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Soliciting Scoping Comments
FFP Missouri 5, LLC—Project No.
13757–002.
FFP Missouri 6, LLC—Project No.
13761–002.
Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC—Project No.
13768–002.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are
available for public inspection.
a. Type of Applications: Original
Major Licenses
b. Project Nos.: 13757–002; 13761–
002; 13768–002
c. Dates Filed: March 14, 2014
d. Applicants: FFP Missouri 5, LLC;
FFP Missouri 6, LLC; Solia 6
Hydroelectric, LLC.
e. Names of Projects: Emsworth Locks
and Dam Hydroelectric Project, 13757–
002; Emsworth Back Channel
Hydroelectric Project, 13761–002;
Montgomery Locks and Dam
Hydroelectric Project, 13768–002.
f. Locations: The proposed projects
would be located at U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ (Corps) dams on the Ohio
River in Allegheny and Beaver counties,
Pennsylvania (see table below for
specific locations). The projects would
occupy 16.95 acres of federal land
managed by the Corps.
Projects
County and State
City/town
P–13757 .......
P–13761 .......
P–13768 .......
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Project No.
Emsworth Locks and Dam .........................................
Emsworth Back Channel Dam ...................................
Montgomery Locks & Dam .........................................
Allegheny, PA .................
Allegheny, PA .................
Beaver, PA .....................
Emsworth ........................
Emsworth ........................
Borough of Industry ........
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas
Feldman, Rye Development, LLC, PO
Box 390691 Cambridge, MA 02139; or at
(617) 433–8140; or tom@
ryedevelopment.com.
i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett,
(202) 502–8393 or brandi.sangunett@
ferc.gov
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: November 10, 2014
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
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
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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 the docket number(s) for the
project(s) (e.g., P–13757–002).
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all interveners
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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 applications are not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The proposed Emsworth Locks and
Dam Hydroelectric Project would be the
most upstream project at river mile (RM)
6.2 and would consist of the following
new facilities: (1) A 205-foot-long, 180foot-wide intake channel containing a
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13753-002; Project No. 13762-002; Project No. 13771-002;
Project No. 13763-002; Project No. 13766-002; Project No. 13767-002]
FFP Missouri 16, LLC; FFP Missouri 15, LLC; Solia 8
Hydroelectric, LLC; FFP Missouri 13, LLC; Solia 5 Hydroelectric, LLC ;
Solia 4 Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings and
Environmental Site Reviews and Soliciting Scoping Comments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been
filed with Commission and are available for public inspection:
a. Type of Applications: Original Major Licenses.
b. Project Nos.: 13753-002; 13762-002; 13771-002; 13763-002; 13766-
002; 13767-002.
c. Date filed: February 27, 2014.
d. Applicant: FFP Missouri 16, LLC; FFP Missouri 15, LLC; Solia 8
Hydroelectric, LLC; FFP Missouri 13, LLC; Solia 5 Hydroelectric, LLC;
Solia 4 Hydroelectric, LLC.
e. Name of Projects: Opekiska Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project;
Morgantown Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project; Point Marion Lock and
Dam Hydroelectric Project; Grays Landing Lock and Dam Hydroelectric
Project; Maxwell Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project; and Monongahela
Lock and Dam Number Four Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The proposed projects would be located at U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) dams on the Monongahela River in Monongalia
County, West Virginia and Fayette, Greene, and Washington counties,
Pennsylvania (see table below for specific locations). The projects
would occupy 39.75 acres of federal land managed by the Corps.
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County and used by
Projects State City/town project \1\
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P-13753....... Opekiska Lock and Dam.......... Monongalia, WV. Between Fairmont and 10.1
Morgantown.
P-13762....... Morgantown Lock and Dam........ Monongalia, WV. Morgantown.................... 0.99
P-13771....... Point Marion Lock and Dam...... Fayette, PA.... Point Marion.................. 1.44
P-13763....... Grays Landing Lock and Dam..... Greene, PA..... Near Masontown................ 15.5
P-13766....... Maxwell Lock and Dam........... Washington, PA. Downstream of Fredericktown... 10.4
P-13767....... Monongahela Lock and Dam Number Washington, PA. Charleroi..................... 1.32
Four.
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas Feldman, Rye Development, LLC, PO Box
390691, Cambridge, MA 02139; or at (617) 433-8140.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, (202) 502-6565 or
nicholas.ettema@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 10, 2014.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping 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 (e.g., P-13753-002).
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 Opekiska Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be the most upstream project at river mile (RM) 115.4 and would consist
of the following new facilities: (1) A 180-foot-long, 95-foot-wide
intake channel directing flow to a 30-foot-long, 50-foot-high, 70-foot-
wide intake structure with 3-inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 120-
foot-long, 60-foot-high, 70-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse on
the west bank of the river; (3) two turbine-generator units with a
combined capacity of 6.0 megawatts (MW); (4) a 280-foot-long, 64-foot-
wide tailrace; (5) a 40-foot-long by 40-foot-wide substation; (6) a
3,511-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV), overhead transmission line to
connect the project substation to an existing distribution line; and
(7) appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Morgantown Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would be
located at RM 102.0 and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A
100-foot-long, 64-foot-wide intake channel located downstream of the
Corp's 6th spillway gate on the east side of the river; (2) a pair of
spill gates totaling 60 feet wide located within the intake channel;
(3) a 30-foot-long, 50-foot-high, 64-foot-wide intake structure with 3-
inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 120-foot-long, 60-foot-high, 70-
foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse; (3) two turbine-generator
units with a combined capacity of 5.0 MW; (4) a 170-foot-long, 90-foot-
wide tailrace; (5) a 40-foot-long
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by 40-foot-wide substation; (6) a 2,162-foot-long, 12.5-kV, overhead
transmission line to connect the project substation to an existing
distribution line; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Point Marion Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be located at RM 90.8 and consist of the following new facilities: (1)
A 280-foot-long, 70-foot-wide intake channel directing flow to a 30-
foot-long, 50-foot-high, 70-foot-wide intake structure with 3-inch bar
spacing trashracks; (2) a 120-foot-long, 60-foot-high, 70-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse on the east bank of the river; (3) two
turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 5.0 MW; (4) a 215-
foot-long, 84-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 40-foot-long by 40-foot-wide
substation; (6) a 3,325-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line to
connect the project substation to an existing substation; and (7)
appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Grays Landing Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be located at RM 82.0 and consist of the following new facilities: (1)
A 300-foot-long, 130-foot-wide intake channel directing flow to a 100-
foot-long, 84-foot-wide intake structure with 3-inch bar spacing
trashracks; (2) a 576-foot-long, 2.5-foot-high adjustable crest gate on
top of the existing dam crest; (3) a 150-foot-long, 75-foot-high, 90-
foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse on the west bank of the river;
(4) two turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 12.0 MW;
(5) a 250-foot-long, 84-foot-wide tailrace; (6) a 40-foot-long by 40-
foot-wide substation; (7) a 9,965-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead
transmission line to connect the project substation to an existing
distribution line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Maxwell Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would be
located at RM 61.2 and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A
130-foot-long, 85-foot-wide intake channel located immediately
downstream of the Corps' 5th spillway gate on the east side of the
river; (2) a pair of spill gates totaling 84 feet wide located within
the proposed intake channel; (3) a 100-foot-long, 70-foot-high, 85-
foot-wide intake structure with 3-inch bar spacing trashracks; (4) a
150-foot-long, 70-foot-high, 90-foot-wide reinforced concrete
powerhouse; (5) two turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of
13.0 MW; (6) a 160-foot-long, 120-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a 40-foot-
long by 40-foot-wide substation; (8) a 350-foot-long, 69/138-kV,
overhead transmission line to connect the project substation to an
existing distribution line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The proposed Monongahela Lock and Dam Number Four (Charleroi)
Hydroelectric Project would be located at RM 41.5 and consist of the
following new facilities: (1) A 140-foot-long, 90-foot-wide intake
channel located immediately downstream of the Corps' 5th spillway gate
on the west side of the river; (2) a pair of spill gates totaling 84
feet wide located within the proposed intake channel; (3) a 100-foot-
long, 64-foot-high, 90-foot-wide intake structure with 3-inch bar
spacing trashracks; (4) a 150-foot-long, 70-foot-high, 90-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse; (5) two turbine-generator units with a
combined capacity of 12.0 MW; (6) a 210-foot-long, 130-foot-wide
tailrace; (7) a 40-foot-long by 40-foot-wide substation; (8) a 45-foot-
long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line to connect the project
substation to an existing distribution line; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
The applicants propose to operate the six projects in ``run-of-
river'' mode, using only the existing flows that would normally be
released through the Corps' gates or spillway. Existing water surface
elevations of each pool upstream of the dams would be maintained in
accordance with the Corps' existing management practices. The Opekiska,
Morgantown, Point Marion, Gray's Landing, Maxwell, and Charleroi
projects would produce an annual average of 25,300 megawatt-hours
(MWh), 18,900 MWh, 16,500 MWh, 47,300 MWh, 56,800 MWh, and 48,500 MWh,
respectively.
m. A copy of each 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. Copies are 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 projects 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 two public
meetings. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and
non-governmental organization concerns, while the public scoping
meetings are primarily for public input. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or all 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:
Public Scoping Meetings
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
Place: Hilton Garden Inn Morgantown.
Address: 150 Suncrest Towne Centre Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505,
(304) 225-9500.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
Place: Holiday Inn Uniontown.
Address: 700 W Main Street, Uniontown, PA 15401, (724) 437-2816.
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Friday, October 10, 2014.
Time: 9:30 a.m. (EDT).
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh--Green Tree.
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, (412) 922-
8400.
Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to
be addressed in the EA 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).
Environmental Site Reviews
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project Environmental
Site Review for each project. The times and locations of these meetings
are as follows:
Project: Morgantown Lock and Dam.
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
Time: 2:00 p.m. (EDT).
Location: Parking area at the north end of the Mountaineer Heritage
Park, Morgantown, WV 26505.
Project: Opekiska Lock and Dam.
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
Time: 3:30 p.m. (EDT).
Location: Corps' parking area on the west side of the river
accessible via River Road (Route 45), Fairmont, WV 26554.
Project: Point Marion Lock and Dam.
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Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT).
Location: Parking area at the Point Marion Ballfield on the east
side of the river, Point Marion, PA 15474.
Project: Gray's Landing Lock and Dam.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 10:30 a.m. (EDT).
Location: Corps' parking area on east side of the river, Masontown,
PA 15461.
Project: Maxwell Lock and Dam.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 1:30 p.m. (EDT).
Location: End of 4th Street on southwest side of the river, La
Belle, PA 15450.
Project: Monongahela Lock and Dam Number Four (Charleroi).
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Time: 3:00 p.m. (EDT).
Location: End of 12th Street on west side of the river, Charleroi,
PA 15022.
All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet at the time and location
specified above. All participants are responsible for their own
transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the
Environmental Site Reviews should contact Thomas Feldman of Rye
Development, LLC at (617) 433-8140 on or before October 3, 2014.
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 meeting and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Dated: September 22, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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