New York Power Authority; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions, 1256-1258 [2018-00281]
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additional notice will be provided so
that the relevant agencies are kept
informed of the Project’s progress.
Additional Information
Project Description
The NESE Project consists of 10.2
miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline
loop 1 in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania (the Quarryville Loop); 3.4
miles of 26-inch-diameter pipeline loop
in Middlesex County, New Jersey (the
Madison Loop); 23.5 miles of 26-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Middlesex
and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey,
and Queens and Richmond Counties,
New York (the Raritan Bay Loop 2);
modification of existing Compressor
Station 200 in Chester County,
Pennsylvania; construction of new
Compressor Station 206 in Somerset
County, New Jersey; and appurtenant
facilities.
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Background
On August 24, 2016, the Commission
issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Planned Northeast Supply
Enhancement Project, Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues,
and Notice of Public Scoping Sessions
(NOI). The NOI was issued during the
pre-filing review of the Project in Docket
No. PF16–5 and was sent to federal,
state, and local government agencies;
elected officials; affected landowners;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes and
regional organizations; commentors and
other interested parties; and local
libraries and newspapers. The majority
of environmental issues raised during
scoping were related to proposed
Compressor Station 206, including air
quality and noise impacts; impacts on
nearby residences, schools, and
churches; socioeconomic impacts,
including environmental justice; safety;
and impacts related to activities at the
nearby existing Trap Rock Quarry. Other
major issues raised during scoping
related to the Project include purpose
and need; surface water and
groundwater impacts; impacts on
wildlife and aquatic resources; traffic;
and alternatives.
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and the City of New York are
cooperating agencies in the preparation
of the EIS.
1 A loop is a segment of pipe that is installed
adjacent to an existing pipeline and connected to
it at both ends. A loop generally allows more gas
to move through the system.
2 Except for 0.2 mile of pipe in onshore
Middlesex County, New Jersey, the Raritan Bay
Loop would occur in offshore New Jersey waters
(6.0 miles) and offshore New York waters (17.3
miles).
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makings.
Dated: January 3, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2685–029]
New York Power Authority; Notice of
Application Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary
Fishway Prescriptions
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.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on Schoharie Creek, in the
Towns of Blenheim and Gilboa in
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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 at
(202) 502–8660, and email
andrew.bernick@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions: 60 days from the
issuance date of this notice; reply
comments are due 105 days from the
issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions 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–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 and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
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)
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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
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 website 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.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title COMMENTS, REPLY
COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS,
PRELIMINARY TERMS AND
CONDITIONS, or PRELIMINARY
FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set
forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and the project number of the
application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
and telephone number of the person
submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR
385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions or prescriptions must set
forth their evidentiary basis and
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from
the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed on the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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. A license applicant must file no
later than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality
certification.
o. Procedural Schedule
The application will be processed
according to the following revised
Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to
the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
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Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions ..............................
Reply comments due ..........................................................................................................................................................
Commission Issues Draft EA ..............................................................................................................................................
Comments on Draft EA .......................................................................................................................................................
Modified terms and conditions due .....................................................................................................................................
Commission issues Final EA ..............................................................................................................................................
p. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
March 5, 2018.
April 19, 2018.
September 1, 2018.
October 1, 2018.
November 30, 2018.
February 28, 2019.
Dated: January 4, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14850–000]
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Covington Mountain Hydro, LLC.;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On July 3, 2017, the Covington
Mountain Hydro, 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 Bison Peak Pumped
Storage Project (Bison Peak Project or
project) to be located in the Tehachapi
Mountains south of Tehachapi, Kern
County, California. 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 be a
closed-loop pumped storage project
with an upper reservoir and the
applicant has proposed three
alternatives for the placement of a lower
reservoir, termed South, Law, and
Horsethief. Water for the initial fill of
either of the alternatives would be
obtained from local water agency
infrastructure via a route that would be
identified during studies.
A 35-foot ring dam and a perimeter of
4,900 feet would form the project’s
upper reservoir. The upper reservoir
would have a total storage capacity of
1,300 acre-feet and a surface area of 20
acres at an elevation of 7,890 feet mean
sea level (msl). The upper reservoir
would be connected to one of the three
proposed lower reservoir alternatives as
described below.
The South lower reservoir alternative
would consist of the following: (1) The
upper reservoir; (2) a 19-acre lower
reservoir at 4,920 feet msl created by a
dam with a crest height of 160 feet, crest
length of 610 feet, and a storage capacity
of 1,300 acre-feet; (3) a 9.1-foot
diameter, 9,700-foot-long penstock from
the upper reservoir that bifurcates
creating an additional 6.5-foot diameter,
700-foot-long penstock; (4) an
underground powerhouse with three
120-megawatt (MW) reversible pump-
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turbines and a surface powerhouse with
a single 120-MW Pelton turbine; (5) an
intake/tailrace facility; and (6)
appurtenant facilities. The estimated
annual generation of the South lower
reservoir alternative would be about
1,051 gigawatt-hours.
The Law lower reservoir alternative
would consist of the following: (1) The
upper reservoir; (2) a 19-acre lower
reservoir at 5,370 feet msl created by a
dam with a crest height of 145 feet, crest
length of 750 feet, and a storage capacity
of 1,300 acre-feet; (3) a 9.5-foot
diameter, 9,900-foot-long penstock from
the upper reservoir that bifurcates
creating an additional 6.7-foot diameter,
1,300-foot-long penstock; (4) an
underground powerhouse with three
110-MW reversible pump-turbines and a
surface powerhouse with a single 110MW Pelton turbine; (5) an intake/
tailrace facility; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The estimated annual
generation of the Law lower reservoir
alternative would be about 963 gigawatthours.
The Horsethief lower reservoir
alternative would consist of the
following: (1) The upper reservoir; (2) a
18-acre lower reservoir at 5,940 feet msl
created by a dam with a crest height of
150 feet, crest length of 750 feet, and a
storage capacity of 1,300 acre-feet; (3) a
9.5-foot-diameter, 9,000-foot-long
penstock from the upper reservoir; (4) a
mostly underground powerhouse with
two 180-MW reversible pump-turbines;
(5) an intake/tailrace facility; and (6)
appurtenant facilities. The estimated
annual generation of the Horsethief
lower reservoir alternative would be
about 788.4 gigawatt-hours.
All alternatives would include a 220kilovolt transmission line with a length
of 10 to 12 miles.
Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro,
Covington Mountain Hydro, LLC., 1210
West Franklin St., #2, Boise, ID 83702;
phone: (208) 246–9925.
FERC Contact: Jim Fargo; phone: (202)
502–6095.
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://
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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: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of
any filing should include docket
number P–14850–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the eLibrary
link of Commission’s website at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P–14850) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: January 4, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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AGENCY
[FRL–9972–88–ORD]
Environmental Laboratory Advisory
Board Meeting Dates and Agenda
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of teleconference and
face-to-face meetings.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) Environmental
Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB)
holds teleconference meetings the third
Wednesday of each month at 1:00 p.m.
ET and two face-to-face meetings each
calendar year. For 2018, teleconference
only meetings will be February 21;
March 21; April 18; May 16; June 20;
July 18; September 19; October 17;
November 21; and December 19 to
discuss the ideas and views presented at
the previous ELAB meetings, as well as
new business. Items to be discussed by
ELAB over these coming meetings
include: (1) Issues in continuing the
expansion of national environmental
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2685-029]
New York Power Authority; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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.
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: [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick at (202) 502-8660, and email
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions: 60 days from the
issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the
issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions 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 [email protected], (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 and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
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)
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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
hexagonal-shaped 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 pump-turbines located at the powerhouse; (4) a 526-foot-long,
172-foot-wide, and 132-foot-high multi-level powerhouse located along
the east bank of the Lower Reservoir at the base of Brown 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 Blenheim-Gilboa 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 website 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.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
COMMENTS, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, PRELIMINARY TERMS AND
CONDITIONS, or PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set forth in the
heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the
application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name,
address, and telephone number of the person submitting the filing; and
(4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through
385.2005. All comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or
prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from the applicant. Each filing must
be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
o. Procedural Schedule
The application will be processed according to the following
revised Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of recommendations, March 5, 2018.
preliminary terms and conditions,
and preliminary fishway
prescriptions.
Reply comments due................. April 19, 2018.
Commission Issues Draft EA......... September 1, 2018.
Comments on Draft EA............... October 1, 2018.
Modified terms and conditions due.. November 30, 2018.
Commission issues Final EA......... February 28, 2019.
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[fnc]p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: January 4, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-00281 Filed 1-9-18; 8:45 am]
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