McMahan Hydroelectric L.L.C.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 23525-23526 [2015-09839]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 81 / Tuesday, April 28, 2015 / Notices Meeting Procedures The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer. The transcripts will be placed in the public record for the project. document, was mailed to the individuals and entities on the Commission’s mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, identified through the scoping process. Dated: April 17, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Environmental Site Review Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an Environmental Site Review of the project on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, starting at 9:00 a.m. All participants should meet at Georgia Power’s Old Salem Park, located at 1530 Old Salem Road, Greensboro, Georgia 30642. Anyone with questions about the site visit should contact Ms. Courtenay O’Mara, Southern Company Generation, at (404) 506–7219, or at g2oconeerel@ southernco.com, on or before May 5, 2015. Participants of the tour must provide identification, sign a liability waiver, and wear appropriate clothing and closed toed shoes. If any participant attending any part of the site visit is disabled or has special needs, please send an email to Oconee Relicensing at g2oconeerel@southernco.com. [Docket No. EL15–61–000] asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Meeting Objectives At the scoping meetings, Commission staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activities that incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission’s regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and (5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an environmental document. Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are included in item n. of this document. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:18 Apr 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 [FR Doc. 2015–09747 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Benjamin Riggs v. Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Notice of Petition For Enforcement Take notice that on April 21, 2015, Benjamin Riggs (Petitioner) filed a Petition for Enforcement, pursuant to section 210(h)(2) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), requesting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) to exercise its authority and initiate enforcement action against the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission to ensure that PURPA regulations are properly and lawfully implemented. Petitioner alleges that the Rhode Island Public Utility Commission on August 16, 2010, as directed by the Rhode Island General Assembly, approved a 20-year Purchase Power Agreement between Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC and National Grid that appears to constitute a violation of the Federal Power Act, to include 16 U.S.C. 791 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 824, and the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Petitioner. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 23525 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 12, 2015. Dated: April 22, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–09809 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 4093–035] McMahan Hydroelectric L.L.C.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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: Subsequent license. b. Project No.: P–4093–035. c. Date filed: March 30, 2015. d. Applicant: McMahan Hydroelectric L.L.C. e. Name of Project: Bynum Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Haw River, in Chatham County, North Carolina. No federal lands are occupied by the 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: Andrew J. McMahan, President, McMahan Hydroelectric L.L.C., 105 Durham Eubanks Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312l; (336) 509–2148; email— mcmahanhydro@gmail.com. i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy at (202) 502–6145; or email at sean.murphy@ferc.gov. E:\FR\FM\28APN1.SGM 28APN1 asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 23526 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 81 / Tuesday, April 28, 2015 / Notices 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: June 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–4093–035. m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The 600-kilowatt (kW) Bynum project is located on the Haw River, in Chatham County, North Carolina. No federal lands are affected. The principal project works consist of: (1) A 750-footlong, 10-foot-high stone masonry dam with an uncontrolled spillway and a 150-foot-long non-overflow section; (2) a 2000-foot-long canal, between 25 and 40 feet wide; (3) a powerhouse separate from the dam containing a 600-kW generating unit; (4) a reservoir with a surface area of 20 acres at normal pool elevation of 315 feet mean sea level and a gross storage capacity of 100 acre-feet; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project operates run-of-river and generates and estimated average of 2,461,000 kW hours a year. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:18 Apr 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 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 designating McMahan Hydroelectric L.L.C. as the Commission’s non-federal representative for carrying out informal consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. 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 .. Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments. Comments on Scoping Document 1 due. Issue Scoping Document 2 ... Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis. Commission issues EA ......... Comments on EA due ........... Commission issues final EA June 2015. July 2015. September 2015. September 2015. September 2015. March 2016. April 2016. June 2016. 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: April 14, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–09839 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 7518–018] Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, 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. Types of Application: Surrender of License. b. Project No.: 7518–018. c. Date Filed: January 21, 2015. d. Applicants: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie) and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (Tribe). e. Name of Projects: Hogansburg Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the St. Regis River in Franklin County, New York. The project does not occupy any federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. h. Applicant Contact: For Erie, Mr. John A. Whittaker, IV, Winston & Strawn LLP, 1700 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006, Phone: 202– 282–5766, Email: jwhittker@ winston.com. For Tribe: Mr. John J. Privitera, McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P.C., 677 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207, Phone: 518–447–3200, Email: privitera@mltw.com. i. FERC Contact: M. Joseph Fayyad at (202) 502–8759, or email at mo.fayyad@ ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene and protests, is 30 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. All documents may be filed 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. Please include the project number (P– 7518–018) on any comments, motions to intervene, protests, or recommendations filed. E:\FR\FM\28APN1.SGM 28APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23525-23526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09839]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4093-035]


McMahan Hydroelectric L.L.C.; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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: Subsequent license.
    b. Project No.: P-4093-035.
    c. Date filed: March 30, 2015.
    d. Applicant: McMahan Hydroelectric L.L.C.
    e. Name of Project: Bynum Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Haw River, in Chatham County, North Carolina. 
No federal lands are occupied by the 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: Andrew J. McMahan, President, McMahan 
Hydroelectric L.L.C., 105 Durham Eubanks Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312l; 
(336) 509-2148; email_mcmahanhydro@gmail.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy at (202) 502-6145; or email at 
sean.murphy@ferc.gov.

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    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: June 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-4093-035.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The 600-kilowatt (kW) Bynum project is located on the Haw River, 
in Chatham County, North Carolina. No federal lands are affected. The 
principal project works consist of: (1) A 750-foot-long, 10-foot-high 
stone masonry dam with an uncontrolled spillway and a 150-foot-long 
non-overflow section; (2) a 2000-foot-long canal, between 25 and 40 
feet wide; (3) a powerhouse separate from the dam containing a 600-kW 
generating unit; (4) a reservoir with a surface area of 20 acres at 
normal pool elevation of 315 feet mean sea level and a gross storage 
capacity of 100 acre-feet; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project 
operates run-of-river and generates and estimated average of 2,461,000 
kW hours a year.
    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 designating McMahan Hydroelectric 
L.L.C. as the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out 
informal consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species 
Act and section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act; and consultation pursuant to section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act.
    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.

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Issue Notice of Acceptance................  June 2015.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  July 2015.
Comments on Scoping Document 1 due........  September 2015.
Issue Scoping Document 2..................  September 2015.
Issue notice of ready for environmental     September 2015.
 analysis.
Commission issues EA......................  March 2016.
Comments on EA due........................  April 2016.
Commission issues final EA................  June 2016.
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    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: April 14, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-09839 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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