Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests, 22057-22058 [2018-10074]
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Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Notice of Cancellation of Service
Agreement No. 4849; Queue No. AA2–
169 to be effective 6/1/2018.
Filed Date: 5/7/18.
Accession Number: 20180507–5166.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/18.
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clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
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must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
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time on the specified comment date.
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eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
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Dated: May 7, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2740–051]
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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Non-Capacity
Amendment of License.
b. Project No: P–2740–051.
c. Date Filed: April 23, 2018.
d. Applicant: Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC (Duke Energy).
e. Name of Project: Bad Creek
Pumped Storage Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the Bad and West Bad Creeks, in Oconee
County, South Carolina.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Jeffrey G.
Lineberger, Duke Energy, 526 South
Church Street, Mail Code EC–12Y,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, (704)
382–5942.
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i. FERC Contact: Zeena Aljibury, (202)
502–6065, zeena.aljibury@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for Filing Comments,
Motions to Intervene, and Protests: June
07, 2018.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene, protests, comments, or
recommendations 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–2740–051.
k. Description of Request: Duke
Energy requests approval to upgrade
and refurbish four Francis-type pumpturbines in the powerhouse, replace
existing runners with Francis-type
pump-turbine runners, and rehabilitate
and/or upgrade the remaining
components of the pump-turbine
runners. Duke Energy states that the
upgrades and refurbishment will result
in an increase of the Project’s maximum
hydraulic capacity of less than 15
percent during generation. The turbine
installation activities are planned as a
multi-year process, with one turbinerunner replacement occurring per year
from 2019 through 2023. During the
turbine upgrades, the appropriate unit
will be dewatered and isolated from
head and tail-waters by closing the
spherical valves and draft gates, and by
sealing the spherical valves and draft
tube gates to minimize leakage. Any
work which requires the lowering or
draining of the upper reservoir will take
place during a common system outage
planned for 2018. The new pumpturbine runners will pass water at a
higher flow rate between the upper and
lower reservoirs. The proposed updates
will not change the amount of water
being transferred between reservoirs or
the reservoir level, therefore, water
quality is not anticipated to be affected.
Additionally, the potential impact on
fish resources will be limited to those
associated with the fish entrainment by
the project turbines and no federally
protected species will be impacted.
Duke Energy notes the additional
capacity and system flexibility will
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enhance the project’s ability to support
Duke Energy’s electric system needs.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A,
Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 502–8371. This filing may also 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
(P–2740) in the docket number field to
access the document. 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, call 1–
866–208–3676 or email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY,
call (202) 502–8659.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Motions to Intervene, or
Protests: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214,
respectively. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
o. Filing and Service of Documents:
Any filing must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO
INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (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
commenting, protesting or intervening;
and (4) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
through 385.2005. All comments,
motions to intervene, or protests must
set forth their evidentiary basis and
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). All comments,
motions to intervene, or protests should
relate to project works that are the
subject of the license amendment.
Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant.
A copy of any protest or motion to
intervene must be served upon each
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representative of the applicant specified
in the particular application. If an
intervener 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.
A copy of all other filings in reference
to this application must be accompanied
by proof of service on all persons listed
in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
Dated: May 7, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0236; FRL–9977–
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The Hazardous Waste Electronic
Manifest System Advisory Board:
Request for Nominations
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Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for nominations.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations of qualified candidates to
be considered for a three-year
appointment to fill one vacancy on the
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest
System Advisory Board (the ‘‘Board’’)
for a State Representative member with
current experience in collecting
manifests from generators and
treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities (TSDFs), and in tracking
manifest data in state tracking systems/
databases.
Pursuant to the Hazardous Waste
Electronic Manifest Establishment Act
(the ‘‘e-Manifest Act’’ or the ‘‘Act’’),
EPA has established the Board to
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advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the activities,
functions, policies and regulations
associated with the Hazardous Waste
Electronic Manifest (e-Manifest) System.
DATES: Nominations should be received
on or before June 11, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your nominations,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number, EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0236,
in the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
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comments. Do not submit electronically
any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Additional
instructions on visiting the docket,
along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
Jenkins, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, (MC:
5303P), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460, Phone: 703–
308–7049; or by email: jenkins.fred@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The eManifest Act was signed into law on
October 5, 2012 (https://www.gpo.gov/
fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s710enr/pdf/BILLS112s710enr.pdf). Under the terms of the
e-Manifest Act, 42 U.S.C. 6939(g), EPA
is required to establish a national
electronic Information Technology (IT)
manifest system. This system is to
enable users of the uniform hazardous
waste manifest forms (EPA Form 8700–
22 and Continuation Sheet 8700–22A)
to have the option to more efficiently
track their hazardous waste shipments
electronically, in lieu of the paper
manifest, from the point of generation,
during transportation, and to the point
of receipt by an off-site facility that is
permitted to treat, store, recycle, or
dispose of the hazardous waste.
Electronic manifests obtained from the
national system will augment or replace
the paper forms that are currently used
for this purpose, and that result in
substantial paperwork costs and other
inefficiencies. Congress intended that
EPA develop a system that, among other
things, meets the needs of the user
community and decreases the
administrative burden associated with
the current paper-based manifest system
on the user community. The EPA
estimates e-Manifest will save state and
industry users, on average, an
annualized $66 million per year over
the first six years of system operation,
and more than $90 million once
electronic manifests have been widely
adopted. The system will establish a
national reporting hub and database for
all manifests and shipment data. To
ensure that these goals are met, the Act
directs EPA to establish the Board to
assess the effectiveness of the electronic
manifest system and make
recommendations to the Administrator
for improving the system.
In addition, the e-Manifest Act directs
EPA to develop a system that attracts
sufficient user participation and service
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revenues to ensure the viability of the
system. As a result, the Act provides
EPA broad discretion to establish
reasonable user fees, as the
Administrator determines are necessary,
to pay costs incurred in developing,
operating, maintaining, and upgrading
the system, including any costs incurred
in collecting and processing data from
any paper manifest submitted to the
system after the system enters operation.
The Board will meet to assess the
adequacy and reasonableness of the
service fees and, if necessary, make
recommendations to the Administrator
to adjust the fees accordingly.
The Board will be asked to provide
recommendations on important system
development matters and on potential
increases or decreases to the amount of
a service fee determined under the fee
structure. Substantial system
development planning work is
underway. The Agency is utilizing lean
start-up product development strategies
with agile, user-centered design and
development methodologies, and is
currently conducting additional system
development procurement activities.
The Agency expects the initial system
deployment to occur on June 30, 2018.
The system will provide the
functionality of the current paper
manifest process, in a more efficient
electronic workflow, and will meet all
requirements specified in the e-Manifest
Act and e-Manifest Final Rule, which
was published on February 7, 2014
(www.epa.gov/e-Manifest). The initial
system is envisioned to be a national,
electronic system (internet-based) that
will enable current users of the manifest
form to sign, transmit, archive, and
retrieve manifests electronically. The eManifest system is further envisioned to
allow a fully electronic mobile
workflow. The mobile workflow will
provide both on-line and off-line
capabilities which could enable users to
complete an electronic manifest even
when internet access is unavailable.
EPA envisions that the system will
provide all data processing (paper and
electronic formats), data storage, and
data reporting back out to industry and
state users, as well as appropriate public
accessibility of data. Finally, e-Manifest
aligns with the Agency’s E-Enterprise
business strategy. E-Enterprise for the
Environment is a transformative 21st
century strategy—jointly governed by
states and EPA—for modernizing
government agencies’ delivery of
environmental protection. Under this
strategy, the Agency will streamline its
business processes and systems to
reduce reporting burden on states and
regulated facilities, and improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2740-051]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Non-Capacity Amendment of License.
b. Project No: P-2740-051.
c. Date Filed: April 23, 2018.
d. Applicant: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy).
e. Name of Project: Bad Creek Pumped Storage Project.
f. Location: The project is located on the Bad and West Bad Creeks,
in Oconee County, South Carolina.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Jeffrey G. Lineberger, Duke Energy, 526 South
Church Street, Mail Code EC-12Y, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, (704)
382-5942.
i. FERC Contact: Zeena Aljibury, (202) 502-6065,
[email protected].
j. Deadline for Filing Comments, Motions to Intervene, and
Protests: June 07, 2018.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene, protests, comments, or recommendations 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-2740-051.
k. Description of Request: Duke Energy requests approval to upgrade
and refurbish four Francis-type pump-turbines in the powerhouse,
replace existing runners with Francis-type pump-turbine runners, and
rehabilitate and/or upgrade the remaining components of the pump-
turbine runners. Duke Energy states that the upgrades and refurbishment
will result in an increase of the Project's maximum hydraulic capacity
of less than 15 percent during generation. The turbine installation
activities are planned as a multi-year process, with one turbine-runner
replacement occurring per year from 2019 through 2023. During the
turbine upgrades, the appropriate unit will be dewatered and isolated
from head and tail-waters by closing the spherical valves and draft
gates, and by sealing the spherical valves and draft tube gates to
minimize leakage. Any work which requires the lowering or draining of
the upper reservoir will take place during a common system outage
planned for 2018. The new pump-turbine runners will pass water at a
higher flow rate between the upper and lower reservoirs. The proposed
updates will not change the amount of water being transferred between
reservoirs or the reservoir level, therefore, water quality is not
anticipated to be affected. Additionally, the potential impact on fish
resources will be limited to those associated with the fish entrainment
by the project turbines and no federally protected species will be
impacted. Duke Energy notes the additional capacity and system
flexibility will enhance the project's ability to support Duke Energy's
electric system needs.
l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC
20426, or by calling (202) 502-8371. This filing may also 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 (P-2740)
in the docket number field to access the document. 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or email
[email protected], for TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
n. Comments, Motions to Intervene, or Protests: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
.214, respectively. In determining the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only
those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the
specified comment date for the particular application.
o. Filing and Service of Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in all
capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``PROTEST'', or ``MOTION TO
INTERVENE'' as applicable; (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 commenting, protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their
evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR
4.34(b). All comments, motions to intervene, or protests should relate
to project works that are the subject of the license amendment.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each
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representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application. If an intervener 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. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
Dated: May 7, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-10074 Filed 5-10-18; 8:45 am]
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