Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments; Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District, California, 48500-48501 [2017-22531]
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La Grange Dam and Spillway
The primary project feature is La
Grange dam, a 310-foot-long, 131-foothigh, masonry arch dam. The un-gated
spillway crest of the dam is at elevation
296.5 feet mean sea level (msl). A slide
gate in the face of La Grange dam can
discharge about 200 cubic feet per
second (cfs) to the Tuolumne River.
La Grange Reservoir
La Grange reservoir extends upstream
for approximately 11,352.5 feet at a
normal water surface elevation of 296.46
feet msl. The surface of the reservoir at
the normal surface elevation is over 58
acres and the storage capacity is over
500 acre-feet.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Intakes, Tunnels, Forebay, Canal
Headgates, Powerhouse Intake
[Project No. 14581–002]
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments;
Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto
Irrigation District, California
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Steve Boyd,
Turlock Irrigation District, 333 East
Canal Drive, Turlock, California 95381–
0949, (209) 883–8300; and Anna
Brathwaite, Modesto Irrigation District,
P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, CA 95352,
(209) 526–7384.
i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at
(503) 552–2760 or james.hastreiter@
ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. The Project Description:
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major
License.
b. Project No.: 14581–002.
c. Date Filed: October 11, 2017.
d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation
District and Modesto Irrigation District,
California.
e. Name of Project: La Grange
Hydropower Project.
f. Location: The La Grange Project is
located on the Tuolumne River in
Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties,
California. Portions of the project
occupy public lands managed by the
Bureau of Land Management.
The Modesto Irrigation District (MID)
headworks, canal, and sluice gates are
part of MID’s retired irrigation canal
facilities that currently discharge flow
from the reservoir into the Tuolumne
River on the right bank about 400 feet
downstream of La Grange dam.
The Turlock Irrigation District (TID)
intake and tunnel is located on the left
bank of the La Grange dam and spillway
just upstream of the dam and consists of
two separate structures. One structure
contains two 8-foot by 11-foot, 10-inchhigh control gates driven by electric
motor hoists. The second structure is
located to the left of the first structure
and contains a single 8-foot by 12-foot
control gate. Water diverted at the
intake control gates is conveyed to a
600-foot-long tunnel leading to the 110foot-long concrete forebay for the TID
non-project Upper Main Canal. Water
delivered to TID’s irrigation system is
regulated at the non-project canal
headworks, consisting of six 5-foot-wide
by 8-foot-tall slide gates.
Water delivered to the powerhouse is
diverted at the west side of the canal
through three 7.5-foot-wide by 14-foottall concrete intake bays protected by a
trashrack structure. Manually operated
steel gates are used to regulate the
discharge of water through two intakes
one leading to a 235-foot long, 5-footdiameter penstock and the other leading
to a 212-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter
penstock. Immediately upstream and
adjacent to the penstock intakes are two
automated 5-foot-high by 4-foot-wide
sluice gates that discharge water over a
steep rock outcrop to the tailrace
channel just upstream of the
powerhouse.
Powerhouse
The 72-foot by 29-foot concrete
powerhouse is located approximately
0.2 miles downstream of La Grange dam
on the left bank of the Tuolumne River.
The powerhouse contains two Francis
turbine-generator units with a maximum
capacity of 4.9 megawatts. One turbine
unit has a rated output of 1,650
horsepower (hp) at 140 cfs and 115 feet
of net head and the other with a rated
output of 4,950 hp at 440 cfs and 115
feet of net head. The powerhouse
produces an average annual generation
of 19,638 megawatt-hours.
l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item (h)
above.
m. 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.
n. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed
according to the following preliminary
Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to
the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ...........................................................................................
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ........................................................
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Milestone
Target date
Commission issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) .............................................................................................
Comments on Draft EIS ..............................................................................................................................................................
Modified Terms and Conditions ..................................................................................................................................................
Commission Issues Final EIS .....................................................................................................................................................
o. 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: October 12, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–22531 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Motions To
Intervene and Protests; New York
Power Authority
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2685–029.
c. Date filed: April 27, 2017.
d. Applicant: New York Power
Authority (NYPA).
e. Name of Project: Blenheim-Gilboa
Pumped Storage Project (BlenheimGilboa Project).
f. Location: The existing project is
located on Schoharie Creek, in the
Towns of Blenheim and Gilboa in
Schoharie County, New York. The
project does not affect federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert
Daly, Licensing Manager, New York
Power Authority, 123 Main Street,
White Plains, New York 10601.
Telephone: (914) 681–6564, Email:
Rob.Daly@nypa.gov.
i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick,
Telephone (202) 502–8660, and email
andrew.bernick@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests: 60 days from the
issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene and protests using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
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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–2685–029.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors 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 intervenor 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. This application has been accepted
for filing, but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing Blenheim-Gilboa
Project consists of the following: (1) A
2.25-mile-long, 30-foot-wide earth and
rock fill embankment dike with a
maximum height of 110 feet,
constructed at Brown Mountain and
forming the 399-acre Upper Reservoir
(operating at the maximum and extreme
minimum elevations of 2,003 feet and
1,955 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 [NGVD 29], respectively)
with 15,085 acre-feet of usable storage
and dead storage of 3,706 acre-feet
below elevation 1,955 feet NGVD 29; (2)
a 655-foot-long emergency spillway
with a 25-foot-wide asphaltic concrete
crest at elevation 2,005 feet NGVD 29
and a capacity of 10,200 cubic feet per
second (cfs); (3) an intake system that
includes: (i) a 125-foot-wide hexagonalshaped intake cover with trash racks
with a clear spacing of 5.25 inches; (ii)
a 1,042-foot-long, 28-foot-diameter,
concrete-lined vertical shaft in the
bottom of the Upper Reservoir; (iii) a
906-foot-long horizontal, concrete-lined
rock tunnel; and (iv) a 460-foot-long
concrete-lined manifold that distributes
flow to four 12-foot-diameter steel-lined
penstocks, each with a maximum length
of about 1,960 feet, to four pumpturbines located at the powerhouse; (4)
a 526-foot-long, 172-foot-wide, and 132foot-high multi-level powerhouse
located along the east bank of the Lower
Reservoir at the base of Brown
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Mountain, containing four reversible
pump turbines that each produce
approximately 290 megawatts (MW) in
generation mode, and have a total
maximum discharge of 12,800 cfs
during generation and 10,200 cfs during
pumping; (5) a bottom trash rack with
a clear spacing of 5.625 inches, and four
upper trash racks with a clear spacing
of 5.25 inches; (6) an 1,800-foot-long
central core, rock-filled lower dam with
a maximum height of 100 feet that
impounds Schoharie Creek to form the
413-acre Lower Reservoir (operating at
the maximum and minimum elevations
of 900 feet and 860 feet NGVD 29,
respectively) with 12,422 acre-feet of
usable storage and dead storage of 3,745
acre-feet below 860 feet NGVD 29; (7)
three 38-foot-wide by 45.5-foot-high
Taintor gates at the left end of the lower
dam; (8) a 425-foot-long, 134-foot-wide
concrete spillway structure with a crest
elevation of 855 feet NGVD 29; (9) a
238-foot-long, 68.5-foot-deep concrete
stilling basin; (10) a low level outlet
with four discharge valves of 4, 6, 8, and
10 inches for release of 5 to 25 cfs, and
two 36-inch-diameter Howell-Bunger
valves to release a combined flow of 25
to 700 cfs; (11) a switchyard on the
eastern bank of Schoharie Creek
adjacent to the powerhouse; and (12)
appurtenant facilities.
During operation, the BlenheimGilboa Project’s pump-turbines may be
turned on or off several times
throughout the day, but the project
typically generates electricity during the
day when consumer demand is high and
other power resources are more
expensive. Pumping usually occurs at
night and on weekends when there is
excess electricity in the system available
for use. According to a July 30, 1975,
settlement agreement, NYPA releases a
minimum flow of 10 cubic feet per
second (cfs) during low-flow periods
when 1,500 acre-feet of water is in
storage, and 7 cfs when less than 1,500
acre-feet is in storage. For the period
2007 through 2016, the project’s average
annual generation was about 374,854
megawatt-hours (MWh) and average
annual energy consumption from
pumping was about 540,217 MWh.
m. 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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14581-002]
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments; Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto
Irrigation District, California
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: 14581-002.
c. Date Filed: October 11, 2017.
d. Applicant: Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation
District, California.
e. Name of Project: La Grange Hydropower Project.
f. Location: The La Grange Project is located on the Tuolumne River
in Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties, California. Portions of the
project occupy public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Steve Boyd, Turlock Irrigation District, 333
East Canal Drive, Turlock, California 95381-0949, (209) 883-8300; and
Anna Brathwaite, Modesto Irrigation District, P.O. Box 4060, Modesto,
CA 95352, (209) 526-7384.
i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760 or
james.hastreiter@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Project Description:
La Grange Dam and Spillway
The primary project feature is La Grange dam, a 310-foot-long, 131-
foot-high, masonry arch dam. The un-gated spillway crest of the dam is
at elevation 296.5 feet mean sea level (msl). A slide gate in the face
of La Grange dam can discharge about 200 cubic feet per second (cfs) to
the Tuolumne River.
La Grange Reservoir
La Grange reservoir extends upstream for approximately 11,352.5
feet at a normal water surface elevation of 296.46 feet msl. The
surface of the reservoir at the normal surface elevation is over 58
acres and the storage capacity is over 500 acre-feet.
Intakes, Tunnels, Forebay, Canal Headgates, Powerhouse Intake
The Modesto Irrigation District (MID) headworks, canal, and sluice
gates are part of MID's retired irrigation canal facilities that
currently discharge flow from the reservoir into the Tuolumne River on
the right bank about 400 feet downstream of La Grange dam.
The Turlock Irrigation District (TID) intake and tunnel is located
on the left bank of the La Grange dam and spillway just upstream of the
dam and consists of two separate structures. One structure contains two
8-foot by 11-foot, 10-inch-high control gates driven by electric motor
hoists. The second structure is located to the left of the first
structure and contains a single 8-foot by 12-foot control gate. Water
diverted at the intake control gates is conveyed to a 600-foot-long
tunnel leading to the 110-foot-long concrete forebay for the TID non-
project Upper Main Canal. Water delivered to TID's irrigation system is
regulated at the non-project canal headworks, consisting of six 5-foot-
wide by 8-foot-tall slide gates.
Water delivered to the powerhouse is diverted at the west side of
the canal through three 7.5-foot-wide by 14-foot-tall concrete intake
bays protected by a trashrack structure. Manually operated steel gates
are used to regulate the discharge of water through two intakes one
leading to a 235-foot long, 5-foot-diameter penstock and the other
leading to a 212-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter penstock. Immediately
upstream and adjacent to the penstock intakes are two automated 5-foot-
high by 4-foot-wide sluice gates that discharge water over a steep rock
outcrop to the tailrace channel just upstream of the powerhouse.
Powerhouse
The 72-foot by 29-foot concrete powerhouse is located approximately
0.2 miles downstream of La Grange dam on the left bank of the Tuolumne
River. The powerhouse contains two Francis turbine-generator units with
a maximum capacity of 4.9 megawatts. One turbine unit has a rated
output of 1,650 horsepower (hp) at 140 cfs and 115 feet of net head and
the other with a rated output of 4,950 hp at 440 cfs and 115 feet of
net head. The powerhouse produces an average annual generation of
19,638 megawatt-hours.
l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at
the address in item (h) above.
m. 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.
n. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be
made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for October 2017.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary December 2017.
terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
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Commission issues Draft Environmental July 2018.
Impact Statement (EIS).
Comments on Draft EIS...................... September 2018.
Modified Terms and Conditions.............. November 2018.
Commission Issues Final EIS................ February 2019.
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o. 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: October 12, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-22531 Filed 10-17-17; 8:45 am]
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