Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 16351-16352 [2018-07780]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2018 / Notices Dated: April 5, 2018. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–07876 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings srobinson on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Filings Instituting Proceedings Docket Number: PR18–40–000. Applicants: Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc. Description: Tariff filing per 284.123(b),(e)/.224: CMD SOC Rates, Effective April 2, 2018. Filed Date: 4/3/18. Accession Number: 201804035071. Comments/Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/24/18. Docket Numbers: RP18–680–000. Applicants: Dogwood Energy LLC, Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Util. Description: Request for Waiver and Expedited Action of Dogwood Energy LLC, et al. Filed Date: 4/3/18. Accession Number: 20180403–5197. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/16/18. Docket Numbers: RP18–681–000. Applicants: Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Revision to Rate Schedule PAL to be effective 5/4/2018. Filed Date: 4/4/18. Accession Number: 20180404–5072. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/16/18. Docket Numbers: RP18–682–000. Applicants: Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Amendment to Neg Rate Agmt (BP 37– 26) to be effective 4/5/2018. Filed Date: 4/4/18. Accession Number: 20180404–5075. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/16/18. Docket Numbers: RP18–683–000. Applicants: Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Cap Rel Neg Rate Agmts (Newfield 18 to BP 1968, 1969) to be effective 4/3/2018. Filed Date: 4/4/18. Accession Number: 20180404–5080. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/16/18. Docket Numbers: RP18–684–000. Applicants: Midwestern Gas Transmission Company. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Revision to Rate Schedules FPAL & PAL to be effective 5/4/2018. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:42 Apr 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 Filed Date: 4/4/18. Accession Number: 20180404–5083. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/16/18. Docket Numbers: RP18–685–000. Applicants: Viking Gas Transmission Company. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Revision to Rate Schedule PAL to be effective 5/4/2018. Filed Date: 4/4/18. Accession Number: 20180404–5087. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/16/18. 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 date(s). 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: April 5, 2018. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–07881 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2837–033] Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments 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.: 2837–033. c. Date Filed: March 29, 2018. d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie). e. Name of Project: Granby Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Oswego River in the town of Fulton in Oswego County, PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16351 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: Steven P. Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY 13069; (315) 598–6130. i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502–6082 or allyson.conner@ 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: May 29, 2018. 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–2837–033. m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The existing Granby Hydroelectric Project (Granby Project) consists of: (1) An 88-foot-wide reinforced concrete intake structure that includes four 15.5foot-wide by 20-foot-high bays each containing trashracks and fixed-roller vertical-lift type gates; (2) a 17-foot-wide sluice opening adjacent to the intake E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1 srobinson on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES 16352 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 73 / Monday, April 16, 2018 / Notices structure; (3) a 112-foot-long, 88-footwide, 46-foot-high powerhouse containing two 5.04-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units, with a total capacity of 10.08 MW; (4) a 3,000-footlong, 100-foot-wide tailrace; (5) two 4.16-kilovolt, 120-foot-long underground generator leads; (6) a 60foot-long by 48-foot-wide electrical switchyard; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The Granby Project is operated in a modified run-of-river mode. The Granby Project and the Fulton Development at Erie’s Oswego River Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2474) are located at opposite ends of the same dam and share a single bypassed reach and reservoir. The flow and impoundment elevation requirements in the Oswego Project license,1 which were based on a 2004 Offer of Settlement, affect the Granby Project. The average annual generation at the Granby Project is estimated to be 44,181 megawatthours. 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 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. 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 and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)— June 2018 Request Additional Information—June 2018 Issue Acceptance Letter—September 2018 Issue Scoping Document 1—September 2018 Comments on Scoping Document 1 due—October 2018 Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)—December 2018 Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis—January 2019 Commission issues EA—June 2019 Comments on EA—July 2019 1 109 FERC ¶ 62, 141 (2004). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:42 Apr 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 q. 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: April 9, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–07780 Filed 4–13–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. CP18–137–000 PF17–6–000] Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Application Take notice that on March 26, 2018, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed in Docket No. CP18–137–000, an application pursuant to sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for its proposed Buckeye XPress Project. Specifically, Columbia proposes to: (i) Construct approximately 66.2 miles of 36-inch-diameter pipeline and appurtenances; and (ii) abandon approximately 60.8 miles of 20- and 24inch-diameter pipeline and appurtenances, all located in Vinton, Jackson, Gallia, and Lawrence Counties, Ohio and Wayne County, West Virginia. The project would provide 275,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation service. Columbia estimates the cost of the Buckeye XPress Project to be $709,200,216, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s website web 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Robert Jackson, Manager, Certificates & Regulatory Administration, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, by telephone at (832) 320– 5487 or by email at robert_jackson@ transcanada.com. On August 1, 2017, Commission staff granted Columbia’s request to utilize the PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Pre-Filing Process and assigned Docket No. PF17–6–000 to staff activities involved in the Buckeye XPress Project. Now, as of the March 26, 2018 application, the Pre-Filing Process for this project has ended. From this time forward, this proceeding will be conducted in CP18–137–000, as noted in the caption of the Notice. Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission’s rules (18 CFR 157.9), within 90 days of this Notice, the Commission staff will issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff’s issuance of the environmental assessment (EA) for this proposal. The issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff’s EA. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission’s review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or before the comment date stated below file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit seven copies of filings made in the proceeding with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. The Commission will consider these comments in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission’s rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2837-033]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    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.: 2837-033.
    c. Date Filed: March 29, 2018.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
    e. Name of Project: Granby Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Oswego River in the town of Fulton in Oswego 
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: Steven P. Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing, 
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY 
13069; (315) 598-6130.
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or 
[email protected].
    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: May 29, 2018.
    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 [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-2837-033.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Granby Hydroelectric Project (Granby Project) 
consists of: (1) An 88-foot-wide reinforced concrete intake structure 
that includes four 15.5-foot-wide by 20-foot-high bays each containing 
trashracks and fixed-roller vertical-lift type gates; (2) a 17-foot-
wide sluice opening adjacent to the intake

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structure; (3) a 112-foot-long, 88-foot-wide, 46-foot-high powerhouse 
containing two 5.04-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units, with a total 
capacity of 10.08 MW; (4) a 3,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace; 
(5) two 4.16-kilovolt, 120-foot-long underground generator leads; (6) a 
60-foot-long by 48-foot-wide electrical switchyard; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The Granby Project is operated in a modified run-of-river mode. The 
Granby Project and the Fulton Development at Erie's Oswego River 
Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2474) are located at opposite 
ends of the same dam and share a single bypassed reach and reservoir. 
The flow and impoundment elevation requirements in the Oswego Project 
license,\1\ which were based on a 2004 Offer of Settlement, affect the 
Granby Project. The average annual generation at the Granby Project is 
estimated to be 44,181 megawatt-hours.
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    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 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.
    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 and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--June 2018
Request Additional Information--June 2018
Issue Acceptance Letter--September 2018
Issue Scoping Document 1--September 2018
Comments on Scoping Document 1 due--October 2018
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--December 2018
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--January 2019
Commission issues EA--June 2019
Comments on EA--July 2019

    q. 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: April 9, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-07780 Filed 4-13-18; 8:45 am]
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