Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 11217 [2017-03322]
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Dated: February 14, 2017.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Project No. 14751–002]
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Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Soliciting Additional Study Requests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original
Minor License.
b. Project No.: 14751–002.
c. Date filed: February 1, 2017.
d. Applicant: Alpine Pacific Utilities
Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Fresno Dam Site
Water Power Project.
f. Location: On the Milk River, in Hill
County, Montana, near the town of
Kremlin. The project would be located
at the Bureau of Reclamation’s Fresno
Dam.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Justin Ahmann,
Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC, 75
Somers Road, Somers, Montana, 59932,
(406) 755–1333.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at
(202) 502–8576; or email at
john.matkowski@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
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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 3, 2017.
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–14751–002.
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The proposed project would utilize
head from the existing Fresno Dam,
intake with trashrack, and outlet
structure owned and operated by the
Bureau of Reclamation and consist of
the following new facilities: (1) Two
150-foot-long penstocks consisting of (i)
two 72-inch-diameter steel penstocks
bifurcating into (ii) two 60-inchdiameter steel penstocks; (2) an
underground powerhouse containing
four 375-kilowatt Natel Energy turbines
with a total rated capacity of 1.5
megawatts; (3) four discharge pipes
diverting flows into the existing dam
spillway; (4) a 25-square-foot
switchyard; (5) an approximately 3.35mile-long, 12.74-kilovolt partially
underground transmission line; and (6)
appurtenant facilities. The proposed
project would have an average annual
generation of 5,590 megawatt-hours.
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
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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 Deficiency and/or Additional
Information Letter—March 2017
Issue Notice of Acceptance—May 2017
Issue Scoping Document—June 2017
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis—August 2017
Commission Issues EA—January 2018
Dated: February 14, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
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[Project No., 14807–000]
Merchant Hydro Developers LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On December 19, 2016, Merchant
Hydro Developers, LLC, filed an
application for a preliminary permit,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the
feasibility of the Rattlin Run Pumped
Storage Hydroelectric Project to be
located near Shenandoah Borough in
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 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.
The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) As many as two new
upper reservoirs with a combined
surface area of 280 acres and a
combined storage capacity of 5,040 acrefeet at a surface elevation of
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14751-002]
Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study
Requests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
b. Project No.: 14751-002.
c. Date filed: February 1, 2017.
d. Applicant: Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Fresno Dam Site Water Power Project.
f. Location: On the Milk River, in Hill County, Montana, near the
town of Kremlin. The project would be located at the Bureau of
Reclamation's Fresno Dam.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Justin Ahmann, Alpine Pacific Utilities
Hydro, LLC, 75 Somers Road, Somers, Montana, 59932, (406) 755-1333.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576; or email at
john.matkowski@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 3, 2017.
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-14751-002.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed project would utilize head from the existing Fresno
Dam, intake with trashrack, and outlet structure owned and operated by
the Bureau of Reclamation and consist of the following new facilities:
(1) Two 150-foot-long penstocks consisting of (i) two 72-inch-diameter
steel penstocks bifurcating into (ii) two 60-inch-diameter steel
penstocks; (2) an underground powerhouse containing four 375-kilowatt
Natel Energy turbines with a total rated capacity of 1.5 megawatts; (3)
four discharge pipes diverting flows into the existing dam spillway;
(4) a 25-square-foot switchyard; (5) an approximately 3.35-mile-long,
12.74-kilovolt partially underground transmission line; and (6)
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an average
annual generation of 5,590 megawatt-hours.
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 Deficiency and/or Additional Information Letter--March 2017
Issue Notice of Acceptance--May 2017
Issue Scoping Document--June 2017
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2017
Commission Issues EA--January 2018
Dated: February 14, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-03322 Filed 2-17-17; 8:45 am]
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