Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Intent To Waive Parts of the Pre-Filing Three Stage Consultation Process, and Intent To Waive Scoping and Establish an Expedited Schedule for Processing, 76681-76682 [2015-31127]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 237 / Thursday, December 10, 2015 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14677–001] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Intent To Waive Parts of the Pre-Filing Three Stage Consultation Process, and Intent To Waive Scoping and Establish an Expedited Schedule for Processing Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Original License for a Major Water Power Project at an Existing Dam, 5 Megawatts or Less. b. Project No.: 14677–001. c. Date filed: November 23, 2015. d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC. e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project. f. Project Description: The Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project would utilize the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Clark Canyon Dam and outlet works including an intake structure and concrete conduit in the reservoir. The project would also consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 360-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstock within the existing concrete conduit, ending in a trifurcation; (2) two 35-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter penstocks extending from the trifurcation to the powerhouse, transitioning to 6-footdiameter before entering the powerhouse; (3) a 10-foot-long, 8-footdiameter steel penstock leaving the trifurcation and ending in a 7-footdiameter cone valve and reducer to control discharge into the existing outlet stilling basin; (4) a 65-foot-long, 46-footwide reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two vertical Francis-type turbine/generator units with a total capacity of 4.7 megawatts; (5) two 25foot-long steel draft tubes transitioning to concrete draft tube/tailrace section; (6) a 17-foot-long, 15-foot-diameter tailrace channel connecting with the existing spillway stilling basin; (7) a 45foot-long, 10-foot-wide aeration basin downstream of the powerhouse with three frames containing 330 diffusers; (8) a 1,100-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV) buried transmission line from the powerhouse to a substation; (9) a substation containing step-up transformers and switchgear; (10) a 7.9mile-long, 69-kV transmission line extending from the project substation to the Peterson Flat substation (the point of VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:33 Dec 09, 2015 Jkt 238001 interconnection); and (11) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Clark Canyon Dam Project would be 15.4 gigawatt-hours. All project facilities would be located on federal lands owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The applicant proposes to operate the project as run-of-release. g. Location: The project is located on Beaverhead River near the town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy 62.1 acres of land owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and 0.2 acres of land owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. h. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.61 of the Commission’s regulations. i. Applicant Contact: John Gangemi, (406) 249–3972, email at john.gangemi@ erm.com. j. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, (202) 502–6480, email at kelly.wolcott@ ferc.gov. k. 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 (P–14677). For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY (202) 502–8659. 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. l. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, state, and local agencies and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/ or special expertise with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in item n 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). m. Deadline for filing additional study requests: Because the current proposal is substantially the same as the applicant’s previously licensed but unconstructed project (P–12429), the applicant’s close coordination with tribal, state, and federal agencies during the preparation of the application, and PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76681 the lack of comments on the draft application, we are waiving the 60-day timeframe specified in 18 CFR 4.32(b)(7) for filing additional study requests and requiring all additional study requests to be filed 30 days from the date the license application was filed. All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. n. The applicant requested that the Commission only solicit competing applications for 30 days, and not notices of intent to file competing applications. For the reasons noted in item m and to expedite the licensing process, we intend to solicit competing applications for 30 days, but will allow notices of intent to be filed to ensure sufficient opportunity for competing applications to be filed. o. Preliminary procedural schedule: Commission staff has determined that the issues that need to be addressed in its environmental analysis pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) have been adequately identified in the previous licensing proceeding and during the applicant’s public meeting and site visit, and no new issues are likely to be identified through additional scoping. Therefore, we intend to accept the consultation that has occurred on this project during the pre-filing period as satisfying our requirements for the standard 3-stage consultation process under 18 CFR 4.38 and for National Environmental Policy Act scoping and prepare a single environment assessment. To further expedite the licensing process, once we have found the application acceptable and ready for environmental analysis, we also intend to waive 4.34(b) of the Commission’s regulations to require the filing of comments, terms and conditions or prescriptions within 30 days of the notice and the reply comments with 45 days of the notice. The application will be processed according to the following preliminary E:\FR\FM\10DEN1.SGM 10DEN1 76682 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 237 / Thursday, December 10, 2015 / Notices procedural schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. Milestone Target date Additional study requests and comments on waivers due ...................................................................................................... Issue notice of acceptance and ready for environmental analysis ......................................................................................... Comments, recommendations, and terms and conditions due ............................................................................................... Reply comments due ............................................................................................................................................................... Notice of the availability of the EA .......................................................................................................................................... Dated: December 4, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–31127 Filed 12–9–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL01–10–139] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Puget Sound Energy, Inc. v. All Jurisdictional Sellers of Energy and/or Capacity at Wholesale Into Electric Energy and/or Capacity Markets in the Pacific Northwest, Including Parties to the Western Systems Power Pool Agreement; Notice of Filing Take notice that on December 3, 2015, Idaho Power Company and IDACORP Energy Services Company submitted a compliance filing pursuant to the Commission’s November 3, 2015 Order.1 Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 1 Puget Sound Energy, Inc. v. All Jurisdictional Sellers of Energy, 153 FERC ¶ 61,136 (2015). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:33 Dec 09, 2015 Jkt 238001 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 December 24, 2015. Dated: December 4, 2015. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–31122 Filed 12–9–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #2 Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: Docket Numbers: EG16–26–000. Applicants: FTS Project Owner 1, LLC. Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale Generator (EWG) Status of FTS Project Owner 1, LLC. Filed Date: 12/4/15. Accession Number: 20151204–5176. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15. Docket Numbers: EG16–27–000. Applicants: FTS Master Tenant 1, LLC. Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale Generator (EWG) Status of FTS Master Tenant 1, LLC. Filed Date: 12/4/15. Accession Number: 20151204–5177. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER16–336–001. PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 December 23, 2015. January 5, 2016. February 4, 2016. February 19, 2016. May 1, 2016. Applicants: Pure Energy, Inc. Description: Compliance filing: Revised Compliance Filing to be effective 11/17/2015. Filed Date: 12/4/15. Accession Number: 20151204–5193. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15. Docket Numbers: ER16–465–000. Applicants: Duke Energy Progress, LLC. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Amended RS No. 185—Town of Waynesville to be effective 1/1/2016. Filed Date: 12/4/15. Accession Number: 20151204–5165. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15. Docket Numbers: ER16–466–000. Applicants: Anahau Energy, LLC. Description: Compliance filing: Notification of Change in Status and Tariff Amendment to be effective 12/5/ 2015. Filed Date: 12/4/15. Accession Number: 20151204–5211. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15. Docket Numbers: ER16–467–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., WPPI Energy. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2015–12–04_WPPI Cost Recovery Filing to be effective 1/1/2016. Filed Date: 12/4/15. Accession Number: 20151204–5212. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/15. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the links or querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. E:\FR\FM\10DEN1.SGM 10DEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14677-001]


Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 
Intent To Waive Parts of the Pre-Filing Three Stage Consultation 
Process, and Intent To Waive Scoping and Establish an Expedited 
Schedule for Processing

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original License for a Major Water Power 
Project at an Existing Dam, 5 Megawatts or Less.
    b. Project No.: 14677-001.
    c. Date filed: November 23, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Project Description: The Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project 
would utilize the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Clark Canyon Dam and 
outlet works including an intake structure and concrete conduit in the 
reservoir. The project would also consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) A 360-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstock within 
the existing concrete conduit, ending in a trifurcation; (2) two 35-
foot-long, 8-foot-diameter penstocks extending from the trifurcation to 
the powerhouse, transitioning to 6-foot-diameter before entering the 
powerhouse; (3) a 10-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstock leaving 
the trifurcation and ending in a 7-foot-diameter cone valve and reducer 
to control discharge into the existing outlet stilling basin; (4) a 65-
foot-long, 46-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two 
vertical Francis-type turbine/generator units with a total capacity of 
4.7 megawatts; (5) two 25-foot-long steel draft tubes transitioning to 
concrete draft tube/tailrace section; (6) a 17-foot-long, 15-foot-
diameter tailrace channel connecting with the existing spillway 
stilling basin; (7) a 45-foot-long, 10-foot-wide aeration basin 
downstream of the powerhouse with three frames containing 330 
diffusers; (8) a 1,100-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV) buried 
transmission line from the powerhouse to a substation; (9) a substation 
containing step-up transformers and switchgear; (10) a 7.9-mile-long, 
69-kV transmission line extending from the project substation to the 
Peterson Flat substation (the point of interconnection); and (11) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Clark 
Canyon Dam Project would be 15.4 gigawatt-hours. All project facilities 
would be located on federal lands owned by the U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The applicant 
proposes to operate the project as run-of-release.
    g. Location: The project is located on Beaverhead River near the 
town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy 
62.1 acres of land owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and 0.2 
acres of land owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
    h. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.61 of the Commission's regulations.
    i. Applicant Contact: John Gangemi, (406) 249-3972, email at 
john.gangemi@erm.com.
    j. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, (202) 502-6480, email at 
kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov.
    k. 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 (P-14677). For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support at FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 
at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY (202) 502-8659.
    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.
    l. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, state, and local 
agencies and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/or special expertise 
with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the 
preparation of the environmental document. Agencies who would like to 
request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing 
comments described in item n 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).
    m. Deadline for filing additional study requests: Because the 
current proposal is substantially the same as the applicant's 
previously licensed but unconstructed project (P-12429), the 
applicant's close coordination with tribal, state, and federal agencies 
during the preparation of the application, and the lack of comments on 
the draft application, we are waiving the 60-day timeframe specified in 
18 CFR 4.32(b)(7) for filing additional study requests and requiring 
all additional study requests to be filed 30 days from the date the 
license application was filed.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu 
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the 
Commission's Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) 
under the ``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text 
only comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please 
contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-
free at (866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although 
the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may 
also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies 
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    n. The applicant requested that the Commission only solicit 
competing applications for 30 days, and not notices of intent to file 
competing applications. For the reasons noted in item m and to expedite 
the licensing process, we intend to solicit competing applications for 
30 days, but will allow notices of intent to be filed to ensure 
sufficient opportunity for competing applications to be filed.
    o. Preliminary procedural schedule: Commission staff has determined 
that the issues that need to be addressed in its environmental analysis 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) have been 
adequately identified in the previous licensing proceeding and during 
the applicant's public meeting and site visit, and no new issues are 
likely to be identified through additional scoping. Therefore, we 
intend to accept the consultation that has occurred on this project 
during the pre-filing period as satisfying our requirements for the 
standard 3-stage consultation process under 18 CFR 4.38 and for 
National Environmental Policy Act scoping and prepare a single 
environment assessment. To further expedite the licensing process, once 
we have found the application acceptable and ready for environmental 
analysis, we also intend to waive 4.34(b) of the Commission's 
regulations to require the filing of comments, terms and conditions or 
prescriptions within 30 days of the notice and the reply comments with 
45 days of the notice. The application will be processed according to 
the following preliminary

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procedural schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate.

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              Milestone                           Target date
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Additional study requests and         December 23, 2015.
 comments on waivers due.
Issue notice of acceptance and ready  January 5, 2016.
 for environmental analysis.
Comments, recommendations, and terms  February 4, 2016.
 and conditions due.
Reply comments due..................  February 19, 2016.
Notice of the availability of the EA  May 1, 2016.
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    Dated: December 4, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-31127 Filed 12-9-15; 8:45 am]
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