Prineville Energy Storage LLC, Ochoco Irrigation District; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 62496-62497 [2016-21747]

Download as PDF 62496 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 175 / Friday, September 9, 2016 / Notices Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceeding are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also 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 September 28, 2016. Dated: September 1, 2016. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–21682 Filed 9–8–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Combined Notice of Filings #2 Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER16–2234–001. Applicants: EF Kenilworth LLC. Description: Tariff Amendment: Supplement to Market-Based Rate Application to be effective 7/20/2016. Filed Date: 8/31/16. Accession Number: 20160831–5183. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–2533–000. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Revisions to the Parameter Limited Schedule Exception Process to be effective 10/31/2016. Filed Date: 9/1/16. Accession Number: 20160901–5184. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/22/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–2534–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: 2016–09–01_NIPSCO Request for Approval of Depreciation Rates to be effective 10/1/2016. Filed Date: 9/1/16. Accession Number: 20160901–5189. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/22/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–2535–000. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Sep 08, 2016 Jkt 238001 Applicants: New England Power Pool Participants Committee. Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Sep 2016 Membership Filing to be effective 8/1/2016. Filed Date: 9/1/16. Accession Number: 20160901–5218. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/22/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–2536–000. Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Description: Tariff Cancellation: Termination of PWRPA’s Ramal Road and River Road WDT Service Agreements to be effective 11/1/2016. Filed Date: 9/1/16. Accession Number: 20160901–5230. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/22/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–2537–000. Applicants: Tucson Electric Power Company. Description: Tariff Cancellation: Cancellation of Service Agreement No. 356 to be effective 5/27/2015. Filed Date: 9/1/16. Accession Number: 20160901–5234. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/22/16. Docket Numbers: ER16–2538–000. Applicants: Tucson Electric Power Company. Description: Tariff Cancellation: Cancellation of Service Agreement Nos. 319, 345, 346, 347, 348 and 357 to be effective 9/1/2016. Filed Date: 9/1/16. Accession Number: 20160901–5235. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/22/16. 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. Dated: September 1, 2016. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–21680 Filed 9–8–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project Nos. 14453–001; 14791–000] Prineville Energy Storage LLC, Ochoco Irrigation District; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On July 1, 2016, Prineville Energy Storage LLC (Prineville) and Ochoco Irrigation District (Ochoco) filed preliminary permit applications, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of a hydropower project at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Prineville Reservoir and Arthur Bowman Dam, located on the Crooked River near the City of Prineville in Crook County, Oregon. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners’ express permission. Prineville’s project would be a pumped storage project that uses the Corps’ Prineville Reservoir as the lower reservoir. The project would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 40foot-high, 7,700-foot-long concrete-faced rockfill embankment creating a 64-acre upper reservoir; (2) a 15-foot-diameter, 1,400-foot-long low pressure tunnel; (3) two 11-foot-diameter, 1,880-foot-long high pressure conduit; (4) a powerhouse with two 100-megawatt (MW) reversible pump turbines located 365 feet west of the Prineville Reservoir; (5) a tailrace; and (6) a 16-mile-long, 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line interconnecting with the Ponderosa substation. The Prineville Project would have an average annual generation of 525,600 megawatt-hours (MWh). Applicants Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Prineville Energy Storage, LLC, 1210 W. Franklin Street, Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702. (208) 246–9925. Ochoco’s Bowman Dam Project would be a conventional project that uses the Corps’ existing intake structure at the Bowman Dam and Prineville Reservoir, and the following new facilities: (1) A 10-foot-diameter, 310-foot-long steel pipe inserted into the Corps’ existing intake tunnel; (2) a valve chamber; (3) a 9-foot-diameter, 108.44-foot-long steel penstock; (4) a powerhouse with one 3MW and one 1-MW Francis turbine/ E:\FR\FM\09SEN1.SGM 09SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 175 / Friday, September 9, 2016 / Notices asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES generator units located on the bank next to the Corps’ existing spillway; (5) a tailrace; and (6) a 15-mile-long, 24.5 kV transmission line interconnecting to the Central Electric Cooperative facilities. The Bowman Dam Project would have an average annual generation of 17.6 MWh. Applicant Contact: Mr. Russell Rhoden, Manager, Ochoco Irrigation District, 1001 NW. Deer Street, Prineville, OR 97754. (541) 447–6449. FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen, kim.nguyen@ferc.gov, (202) 502–6105. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications: 60 Days from the issuance of this notice. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications 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–14453–001 and P–14791–000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–14453–001, or P–14791–000) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: September 2, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–21747 Filed 9–8–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Sep 08, 2016 Jkt 238001 Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER16–2520–000] Grand View PV Solar Two LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of Grand View PV Solar Two LLC‘s application for 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 21, 2016. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 62497 Dated: September 1, 2016. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–21684 Filed 9–8–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 4285–046] The City of Logan, Utah; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s regulations (18 CFR part 380), Commission staff has reviewed the application for noncapacity amendment of license, filed May 8, 2015, to replace or rehabilitate several portions of the Third Dam facilities that are part of the Logan No. 2 Project, which is located on the Logan River, near the City of Logan, in Cache County, Utah. The project licensee, the City of Logan (City), is proposing to: (1) Replace the spillway crest gates with Obermeyer weirs; (2) replace spillway abutment walls; (3) armor the abutments of the dam, which may consist of a combination of riprap and/or roller compacted concrete; (4) replace the penstock isolation gate (radial gate) with an Obermeyer weir gate; (5) replace the trash rack at the intake structure; (6) replace the low level sluice gatehouse; (7) rehabilitate the upstream face of dam; (8) dredge about 100,000 cubic yards of sediment from the reservoir; (9) refurbish the electrical generating equipment, which includes replacing the existing runners, wicket gates, and associated parts that are damaged; (10) recoat the interior and exterior of the steel portion of the penstock to reduce corrosion potential; and (11) replace the roof and repair the walls of the existing surge tank. An environmental assessment (EA) has been prepared as part of staff’s review of the proposal. In the EA, Commission staff analyzed the probable environmental effects of the planned work and concluded that approval of the work, with appropriate environmental measures, would not constitute a major federal action E:\FR\FM\09SEN1.SGM 09SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 175 (Friday, September 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62496-62497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21747]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 14453-001; 14791-000]


Prineville Energy Storage LLC, Ochoco Irrigation District; Notice 
of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 1, 2016, Prineville Energy Storage LLC (Prineville) and 
Ochoco Irrigation District (Ochoco) filed preliminary permit 
applications, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of a hydropower project at the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Prineville Reservoir and Arthur Bowman 
Dam, located on the Crooked River near the City of Prineville in Crook 
County, Oregon. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is 
to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application 
during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the 
permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise 
enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express 
permission.
    Prineville's project would be a pumped storage project that uses 
the Corps' Prineville Reservoir as the lower reservoir. The project 
would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 40-foot-high, 
7,700-foot-long concrete-faced rockfill embankment creating a 64-acre 
upper reservoir; (2) a 15-foot-diameter, 1,400-foot-long low pressure 
tunnel; (3) two 11-foot-diameter, 1,880-foot-long high pressure 
conduit; (4) a powerhouse with two 100-megawatt (MW) reversible pump 
turbines located 365 feet west of the Prineville Reservoir; (5) a 
tailrace; and (6) a 16-mile-long, 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 
interconnecting with the Ponderosa substation. The Prineville Project 
would have an average annual generation of 525,600 megawatt-hours 
(MWh).
    Applicants Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Prineville Energy 
Storage, LLC, 1210 W. Franklin Street, Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702. (208) 
246-9925.
    Ochoco's Bowman Dam Project would be a conventional project that 
uses the Corps' existing intake structure at the Bowman Dam and 
Prineville Reservoir, and the following new facilities: (1) A 10-foot-
diameter, 310-foot-long steel pipe inserted into the Corps' existing 
intake tunnel; (2) a valve chamber; (3) a 9-foot-diameter, 108.44-foot-
long steel penstock; (4) a powerhouse with one 3-MW and one 1-MW 
Francis turbine/

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generator units located on the bank next to the Corps' existing 
spillway; (5) a tailrace; and (6) a 15-mile-long, 24.5 kV transmission 
line interconnecting to the Central Electric Cooperative facilities. 
The Bowman Dam Project would have an average annual generation of 17.6 
MWh.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Russell Rhoden, Manager, Ochoco Irrigation 
District, 1001 NW. Deer Street, Prineville, OR 97754. (541) 447-6449.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen, kim.nguyen@ferc.gov, (202) 502-6105.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 Days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications 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-14453-001 and P-14791-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14453-001, or P-14791-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: September 2, 2016.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-21747 Filed 9-8-16; 8:45 am]
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