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in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
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Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is September
23, 2015.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic 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.
Dated: September 3, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1744–039]
PacifiCorp; Notice of Scoping Meeting
and Soliciting Scoping Comments for
an Applicant Prepared Environmental
Assessment Using the Alternative
Licensing Process
a. Type of Application: Alternative
Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 1744–039.
c. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
d. Name of Project: Weber
Hydroelectric Project.
e. Location: On the Weber River, in
Weber, Davis, and Morgan Counties,
Utah. The project occupies 11.4 acres of
United States lands administered by the
U.S. Forest Service.
f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
g. Applicant Contact: Eve Davies,
PacifiCorp, 1407 West North Temple,
Ste. 110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116; (801)
220–2245; email:
eve.davies@pacificorp.com.
h. FERC Contact: Claire McGrath at
(202) 502–8290; or email at
claire.mcgrath@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: November 6, 2015.
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–1744–039.
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.
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k. The existing project consists of: (1)
The Weber diversion dam with an
overall length of 114 feet and crest
elevation of 4,798 feet mean sea level
(ms)l, consisting of a 27-foot-high, 79foot-long concrete section, two radial
gates approximately 29 feet long, and a
35-foot-long intake structure on the
Weber River; (2) a 3-foot by 18-foot nonoperative fish passage structure that is
used to pass minimum flows through a
calibrated slide gate opening; 3) an
impoundment with surface area of 8.4
acres at elevation 4,798 msl and total
storage of approximately 42 acre-feet; (4)
a 9,107-foot-long, 5-foot to 6.3-foot
diameter steel penstock partially
encased in concrete beginning at the
intake and terminating at the
powerhouse on the Weber River; (5) a
powerhouse with one 3,850 kW
generating unit operating under a head
of 185 feet and producing a 30-year
average annual energy output of 16,932
MWh; (6) a discharging pipe returning
turbine flows into the Weber River at
the powerhouse; and (7) a 77-foot-long,
46-kV transmission line which connects
to the Weber substation. PacifiCorp
proposes to build a new fish passage
structure at the edge of the existing
diversion dam in an area that currently
has graded, unvegetated soil.
l. Scoping Process
PacifiCorp intends to utilize the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) alternative
licensing process (ALP). Under the ALP,
PacifiCorp will prepare an Applicant
Prepared Environmental Assessment
(APEA) and license application for the
Weber Hydroelectric Project.
PacifiCorp expects to file with the
Commission, the APEA and the license
application for the Weber Hydroelectric
Project by February 21, 2018. Although
PacifCorp’s intent is to prepare an EA,
there is the possibility that an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be required. Nevertheless, this
meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether an
EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.
The purpose of this notice is to inform
you of the opportunity to participate in
the upcoming scoping meetings
identified below, and to solicit your
scoping comments.
Scoping Meetings
PacifiCorp and the Commission staff
will hold two scoping meetings, one in
the daytime and one in the evening, to
help us identify the scope of issues to
be addressed in the APEA.
The daytime scoping meeting will
focus on resource agency concerns,
while the evening scoping meeting is
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primarily for public input. All
interested individuals, organizations,
and agencies are invited to attend one
or both of the meetings, and to assist the
staff in identifying the environmental
issues that should be analyzed in the
APEA. The times and locations of these
meetings are as follows:
Daytime Meeting
Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 1:00 p.m.
(MDT), Ben Lomond Suites, 2510
Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah
84401.
Evening Meeting
Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
(MDT), Ben Lomond Suites, 2510
Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah
84401.
To help focus discussions, Scoping
Document 1 was mailed in September
2015, outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the APEA to the parties on
the mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also
will be available at the scoping
meetings. SD1 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.
Based on all written comments
received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2)
may be issued. SD2 will include a
revised list of issues, based on the
scoping sessions.
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Environmental Site Review
PacifiCorp and the Commission staff
will conduct a project Environmental
Site Review beginning at 9:00 a.m.
(MDT) on Wednesday, October 7, 2015.
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend; however, anyone planning to
attend should notify Miriam
Hugentobler at
miriam.hugentobler@gmail.com by
September 21, 2015. All participants
should meet at the Weber Hydroelectric
Project recreation site parking lot (see
SD1 for directions). All participants are
responsible for their own transportation
to the site.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will:
(1) Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
APEA; (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
APEA, including viewpoints in
opposition to, or in support of, the
staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine
the resource issues to be addressed in
the APEA; 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 will be recorded by a
stenographer and will 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 meetings and to assist PacifiCorp in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the APEA.
Dated: September 3, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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This is a supplemental notice in the
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market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure
(18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214).
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or
protest must serve a copy of that
document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is September
23, 2015.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic 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.
Dated: September 3, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1744-039]
PacifiCorp; Notice of Scoping Meeting and Soliciting Scoping
Comments for an Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment Using the
Alternative Licensing Process
a. Type of Application: Alternative Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 1744-039.
c. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
d. Name of Project: Weber Hydroelectric Project.
e. Location: On the Weber River, in Weber, Davis, and Morgan
Counties, Utah. The project occupies 11.4 acres of United States lands
administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
g. Applicant Contact: Eve Davies, PacifiCorp, 1407 West North
Temple, Ste. 110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116; (801) 220-2245; email:
eve.davies@pacificorp.com.
h. FERC Contact: Claire McGrath at (202) 502-8290; or email at
claire.mcgrath@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 6, 2015.
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-1744-039.
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. The existing project consists of: (1) The Weber diversion dam
with an overall length of 114 feet and crest elevation of 4,798 feet
mean sea level (ms)l, consisting of a 27-foot-high, 79-foot-long
concrete section, two radial gates approximately 29 feet long, and a
35-foot-long intake structure on the Weber River; (2) a 3-foot by 18-
foot non-operative fish passage structure that is used to pass minimum
flows through a calibrated slide gate opening; 3) an impoundment with
surface area of 8.4 acres at elevation 4,798 msl and total storage of
approximately 42 acre-feet; (4) a 9,107-foot-long, 5-foot to 6.3-foot
diameter steel penstock partially encased in concrete beginning at the
intake and terminating at the powerhouse on the Weber River; (5) a
powerhouse with one 3,850 kW generating unit operating under a head of
185 feet and producing a 30-year average annual energy output of 16,932
MWh; (6) a discharging pipe returning turbine flows into the Weber
River at the powerhouse; and (7) a 77-foot-long, 46-kV transmission
line which connects to the Weber substation. PacifiCorp proposes to
build a new fish passage structure at the edge of the existing
diversion dam in an area that currently has graded, unvegetated soil.
l. Scoping Process
PacifiCorp intends to utilize the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission's (Commission) alternative licensing process (ALP). Under
the ALP, PacifiCorp will prepare an Applicant Prepared Environmental
Assessment (APEA) and license application for the Weber Hydroelectric
Project.
PacifiCorp expects to file with the Commission, the APEA and the
license application for the Weber Hydroelectric Project by February 21,
2018. Although PacifCorp's intent is to prepare an EA, there is the
possibility that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be
required. Nevertheless, this meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is issued by the
Commission.
The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the opportunity to
participate in the upcoming scoping meetings identified below, and to
solicit your scoping comments.
Scoping Meetings
PacifiCorp and the Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings,
one in the daytime and one in the evening, to help us identify the
scope of issues to be addressed in the APEA.
The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns,
while the evening scoping meeting is
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primarily for public input. All interested individuals, organizations,
and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the meetings, and to
assist the staff in identifying the environmental issues that should be
analyzed in the APEA. The times and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Daytime Meeting
Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 1:00 p.m. (MDT), Ben Lomond Suites, 2510
Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah 84401.
Evening Meeting
Tuesday, October 6, 2015, 7:00 p.m. (MDT), Ben Lomond Suites, 2510
Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah 84401.
To help focus discussions, Scoping Document 1 was mailed in
September 2015, outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the APEA
to the parties on the mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also will be
available at the scoping meetings. SD1 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.
Based on all written comments received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2)
may be issued. SD2 will include a revised list of issues, based on the
scoping sessions.
Environmental Site Review
PacifiCorp and the Commission staff will conduct a project
Environmental Site Review beginning at 9:00 a.m. (MDT) on Wednesday,
October 7, 2015. All interested individuals, organizations, and
agencies are invited to attend; however, anyone planning to attend
should notify Miriam Hugentobler at miriam.hugentobler@gmail.com by
September 21, 2015. All participants should meet at the Weber
Hydroelectric Project recreation site parking lot (see SD1 for
directions). All participants are responsible for their own
transportation to the site.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the APEA;
(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 APEA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource
issues to be addressed in the APEA; 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 will be recorded by a stenographer and will 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 meetings and to
assist PacifiCorp in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the APEA.
Dated: September 3, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-24381 Filed 9-24-15; 8:45 am]
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