Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 12162-12163 [2015-05251]

Download as PDF 12162 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 44 / Friday, March 6, 2015 / Notices —Energy Imbalance Market Transitional Committee —Market Update Sponsored by the CAISO, the teleconferences are open to all market participants and staff’s attendance is part of the Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts. The teleconferences may discuss matters at issue in the above captioned dockets. For further information, contact Saeed Farrokhpay at saeed.farrokhpay@ ferc.gov (916) 294–0322. Dated: February 27, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–05246 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL15–42–000] FortisUS Energy Corporation, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS Electric, Inc., UniSource Energy Development Company; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date On February 27, 2015, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. EL15–42–000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an investigation concerning the justness and reasonableness of the Fortis MBR Sellers’ market-based rates in the Tucson Electric balancing authority area.1 FortisUS Energy Corporation, et al., 150 FERC ¶ 61,153 (2015). The refund effective date in Docket No. EL15–42–000, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Dated: February 27, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2015–05254 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 1 For the purpose of this filing, the Fortis MBR Sellers include: FortisUS Energy Corporation; Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation; Tucson Electric Power Company (Tucson Electric); UNS Electric, Inc.; and UniSource Energy Development Company. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:59 Mar 05, 2015 Jkt 235001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12635–002] Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests February 27, 2015. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Original Major License. b. Project No.: 12635–002. c. Date filed: February 13, 2015 . d. Applicant: Moriah Hydro Corporation. e. Name of Project: Mineville Energy Storage Project. f. Location: The project would be located in an abandoned subterranean mine complex 1 in the town of Moriah, Essex County, New York. No federal lands are occupied by project works or located within the project boundary. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: James A. Besha, P.E., President, Moriah Hydro Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205; or at (518) 456–7712. i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) 502–8902 or john.mudre@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. 1 The existing mine complex is composed of the interconnected Old Bed, Bonanza open pit, and Harmony mines. PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: April 14, 2015. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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–12635–002. m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The proposed project consists of: (1) An upper reservoir located within the upper portion of the mine between elevations 495 and 1,095 feet above mean sea level (msl), with a surface area of 4 acres and a storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; (2) a lower reservoir in the lower portion of the mine between elevations -1,075 and -1,555 feet msl, with a surface area of 5.1 acres and a storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; (3) a 14-foot-diameter and 2,955-foot-long upper reservoir shaft connecting the upper reservoir to the high-pressure penstock located below the powerhouse chamber floor; (4) a 14-foot-diameter and 2,955-foot-long lower reservoir shaft connecting the lower reservoir and the lower reservoir ventilation tunnel; (5) two 6-foot-diameter emergency evacuation shafts located between the powerhouse chamber and the electrical equipment chamber; (6) a 25-footdiameter main shaft extending 2,955 feet from the surface down to the powerhouse chamber; (7) 15-footdiameter high- and low-pressure steel penstocks embedded beneath the powerhouse chamber floor; (8) a 320foot-long by 80-foot-wide powerhouse chamber, containing 100 reversible pump-turbine units, each with a nameplate generating capacity of 2.4 megawatts; (9) a 274-foot-long by 36foot-wide underground electrical equipment chamber adjacent to the powerhouse chamber; (10) an inclined electrical tunnel connecting the electrical equipment chamber to a new 115-kilovolt (kV) substation constructed adjacent to an existing single circuit 115-kV transmission line located about one horizontal mile from the underground powerhouse chamber; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The project would operate as a closed-loop system to meet energy demands and grid control requirements. The project would E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM 06MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 44 / Friday, March 6, 2015 / Notices have an average annual generation of 421 gigawatt-hours (GWh). The average pumping power used by the project would be 554 GWh. 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. Procedural schedule: 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 or Deficiency April 2015 Request Additional Information April 2015 Issue Acceptance Letter July 2015 Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments August 2015 Comments on Scoping Document 1 September 2015 Issue Scoping Document 2 October 2015 Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis October 2015 Commission issues EA, draft EA, or draft EIS April 2016 Comments on EA, draft EA, or draft EIS June 2016 Commission issues final EA or final EIS August 2016 Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–05251 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dominion Transmission, Inc., Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Supply Header Project and Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Supply Header Project (SHP) involving construction and operation of facilities by Dominion Transmission, Inc. (Dominion) in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project (ACP Project) involving construction and operation of facilities by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (Atlantic) in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. The environmental impacts of both projects will be considered in one EIS, which will be used by the Commission in its decision-making process to determine whether the projects are in the public convenience and necessity. This notice announces the opening of the scoping process the Commission will use to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the projects. Your input will help the Commission staff determine what issues they need to evaluate in the EIS. Please note that the scoping period will close on April 28, 2015. You may submit comments in written form or verbally. Further details on how to submit written comments are in the Public Participation section of this notice. If you sent comments on the SHP or ACP Projects to the Commission before the opening of the dockets on October 31, 2014, you will need to file those comments under Docket No. PF15–5–000 or PF15–6–000 to ensure they are considered as part of this proceeding. In lieu of or in addition to sending written comments, the Commission invites you to attend any of the public scoping meetings scheduled as follows: Monday, March 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m. 18:59 Mar 05, 2015 Jkt 235001 Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 7:00 p.m. [Docket Nos. PF15–5–000; PF15–6–000] Date and time VerDate Sep<11>2014 Date and time PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Location Pine Forest High School, 525 Andrews Road, Fayetteville, NC 28311. Sfmt 4703 Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Monday, March 16, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Monday, March 23, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 7:00 p.m. 12163 Location Forest Hills Middle School, 1210 Forest Hills Road, Wilson, NC 27896. William R. Davie Middle School, 4391 Hwy. 158, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870. Jolliff Middle School, 1021 Jolliff Road, Chesapeake, VA 23331. Dinwiddie Middle School, 11608 Courthouse Road, Dinwiddie, VA 23841. Prince Edward County High School Auditorium, 1482 Zion Hill Road, Farmville, VA 23901. Nelson County Middle School, 6925 Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston, VA 22949. Stuarts Draft High School, 1028 Augusta Farms Road, Stuarts Draft, VA 24477. Elkins High School, 100 Kennedy Drive, Elkins, WV 26241. Bridgeport High School, 515 Johnson Avenue, Bridgeport, WV 26330. The purpose of these scoping meetings is to provide an opportunity to verbally comment on the projects. If a significant number of people are interested in commenting at the meetings, we 1 may establish a 3- to 5minute time limit for each commentor to ensure that all people wishing to comment have the opportunity in the time allotted for the meeting. If time limits on comments are implemented, they will be strictly enforced. A transcript of each meeting will be added to the Commission’s administrative record to ensure that your comments are accurately recorded. This notice is being sent to the Commission’s current environmental mailing list for these projects. State and local government representatives should notify their constituents of these 1 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of Energy Projects. E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM 06MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12635-002]


Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

February 27, 2015.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 12635-002.
    c. Date filed: February 13, 2015 .
    d. Applicant: Moriah Hydro Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Mineville Energy Storage Project.
    f. Location: The project would be located in an abandoned 
subterranean mine complex \1\ in the town of Moriah, Essex County, New 
York. No federal lands are occupied by project works or located within 
the project boundary.
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    \1\ The existing mine complex is composed of the interconnected 
Old Bed, Bonanza open pit, and Harmony mines.
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    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: James A. Besha, P.E., President, Moriah Hydro 
Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205; or at (518) 456-
7712.
    i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) 502-8902 or john.mudre@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: April 14, 2015.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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-12635-002.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project consists of: (1) An upper reservoir located 
within the upper portion of the mine between elevations 495 and 1,095 
feet above mean sea level (msl), with a surface area of 4 acres and a 
storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; (2) a lower reservoir in the lower 
portion of the mine between elevations -1,075 and -1,555 feet msl, with 
a surface area of 5.1 acres and a storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; 
(3) a 14-foot-diameter and 2,955-foot-long upper reservoir shaft 
connecting the upper reservoir to the high-pressure penstock located 
below the powerhouse chamber floor; (4) a 14-foot-diameter and 2,955-
foot-long lower reservoir shaft connecting the lower reservoir and the 
lower reservoir ventilation tunnel; (5) two 6-foot-diameter emergency 
evacuation shafts located between the powerhouse chamber and the 
electrical equipment chamber; (6) a 25-foot-diameter main shaft 
extending 2,955 feet from the surface down to the powerhouse chamber; 
(7) 15-foot-diameter high- and low-pressure steel penstocks embedded 
beneath the powerhouse chamber floor; (8) a 320-foot-long by 80-foot-
wide powerhouse chamber, containing 100 reversible pump-turbine units, 
each with a nameplate generating capacity of 2.4 megawatts; (9) a 274-
foot-long by 36-foot-wide underground electrical equipment chamber 
adjacent to the powerhouse chamber; (10) an inclined electrical tunnel 
connecting the electrical equipment chamber to a new 115-kilovolt (kV) 
substation constructed adjacent to an existing single circuit 115-kV 
transmission line located about one horizontal mile from the 
underground powerhouse chamber; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The 
project would operate as a closed-loop system to meet energy demands 
and grid control requirements. The project would

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have an average annual generation of 421 gigawatt-hours (GWh). The 
average pumping power used by the project would be 554 GWh.
    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. Procedural schedule: 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 or Deficiency April 2015
Request Additional Information April 2015
Issue Acceptance Letter July 2015
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments August 2015
Comments on Scoping Document 1 September 2015
Issue Scoping Document 2 October 2015
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis October 2015
Commission issues EA, draft EA, or draft EIS April 2016
Comments on EA, draft EA, or draft EIS June 2016
Commission issues final EA or final EIS August 2016

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-05251 Filed 3-5-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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