Blackstone Hydro, Inc.; 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, 52824-52826 [2018-22728]
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Funds.
C. List of Refiner-Litigants
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Ashland Oil, Inc.
Atlantic Richfield Company
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Castle Oil Corporation
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Signed in Washington, DC on: October 12,
2018.
Poli A. Marmolejos,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.
[FR Doc. 2018–22705 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER19–70–000]
Keystone Power Pass-Through
Holders LLC; Supplemental Notice
That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing
Includes Request for Blanket Section
204 Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of
Keystone Power Pass-Through Holders
LLC’s application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is October 30,
2018.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
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Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
DC. There is an eSubscription link on
the website that enables subscribersto
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: October 10, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–22711 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3023–014]
Blackstone Hydro, Inc.; 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.: P–3023–014.
c. Date filed: October 1, 2018.
d. Applicant: Blackstone Hydro, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Tupperware
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Blackstone River
in Providence County, Rhode Island and
Worcester County, Massachusetts. No
federal lands are occupied by the project
works or located within the project
boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Lewis C. Loon,
General Manager, Operations and
Maintenance—USA/QC, KEI USA
Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick
Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; Phone at
(207) 203–3027, or email at lewis.loon@
kruger.com.
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i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang at (202)
502–8250, or amy.chang@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: November 30, 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–3023–014.
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. Project Description: The existing
Tupperware Hydroelectric Project
consists of: (1) A 210-foot-long, 12-foothigh arch-type masonry dam and
spillway (Tupperware Dam) with 12inch-high flashboards and a crest
elevation of 192.8 feet above mean sea
level (msl) at the top of the flashboards;
(2) an approximately 2-mile-long
impoundment with a normal maximum
elevation of 192.8 feet msl; (3) water
conveyance structures that consist of: (a)
An 1,100-foot-long, 60- to 100-foot-wide
power canal located 700 feet upstream
of the Tupperware Dam; (b) an 11.5-acre
headpond at a normal maximum
elevation of 192.8 feet msl; (c) a 300foot-long, 40-foot-wide headrace canal
structure; (d) a 46-foot-long, 16-foothigh headgate dam structure with four
7-foot-high, 8-foot-wide intake gates;
and (e) four 8-foot-diameter, 22-footlong buried penstocks; (4) a concrete
and brick powerhouse containing four
vertical Francis turbine-generator units
with a total authorized capacity of 1,724
kilowatts; (5) a 100-foot-long, 40-footwide tailrace channel that discharges
into the Blackstone River; (6) outlet
work structures located upstream of the
headgate dam structure in the headrace
canal that consist of: (a) A 37-foot-long,
12-foot-high emergency spillway with a
crest elevation of 196 feet msl located at
the north end of the headrace; (b) two
5-foot-wide, 5-foot-high outlet gates; (c)
a 60-foot-long outlet channel; and (d)
two 36-inch-diameter, 150-foot-long
concrete conduits that empty into a 190foot-long, 20-foot-wide channel that
discharges into the Blackstone River
downstream from the tailrace channel;
(7) a 90-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line, a 3,000 kV-amperes
step-up transformer, and a 1,300-footlong, 13.8-kV transmission line
connecting the project generators to the
regional electric grid; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
The project bypasses approximately 1
mile of the Blackstone River, and there
is currently no required minimum
instream flow for the bypassed reach.
Blackstone Hydro operates the project in
a run-of-river (ROR) mode with an
annual average generation of
approximately 4,027 megawatt-hours.
Blackstone Hydro proposes to: (1)
continue operating the project in a ROR
mode; (2) provide a year-round
minimum flow of 35 cubic feet per
second into the bypassed reach; (3)
provide upstream eel passage at the
project, following installation of an
upstream eel passage facility at the
downstream Woonsocket Falls Project
No. 2972; (4) implement nighttime
turbine shutdowns to facilitate
downstream eel passage; and (5)
develop procedures for operating the
outlet gates to address water quality in
the power canal.
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.
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ..........................................................................................................................................
Request Additional Information ..................................................................................................................................................
Issue Acceptance Letter ...............................................................................................................................................................
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments ...................................................................................................................................
Request Additional Information (if necessary) ...........................................................................................................................
Issue Scoping Document 2 ...........................................................................................................................................................
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ....................................................................................................................
Commission issues Environmental Assessment .........................................................................................................................
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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: October 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–22728 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER19–92–000]
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GRP Madison, LLC; Supplemental
Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
Section 204 Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of GRP
Madison, LLC’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is November 1,
2018.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
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The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room in Washington,
DC. There is an eSubscription link on
the website that enables subscribers
to receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: October 12, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–22717 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC19–9–000.
Applicants: GE Capital Global
Holdings, LLC, Arlington Valley Solar
Energy II, LLC, CPV Fairview, LLC,
Russell City Energy Company, LLC,
Caledonia Generating, LLC, Apollo
Global Management, LLC.
Description: Joint Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act, et al. of Arlington
Valley Solar Energy II, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 10/11/18.
Accession Number: 20181011–5154.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18.
Docket Numbers: EC19–10–000.
Applicants: Clean Energy Future—
Lordstown, LLC, Perennial Lordstown,
LLC.
Description: Joint Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act, et al. of Clean
Energy Future—Lordstown, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 10/11/18.
Accession Number: 20181011–5165.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER13–821–012:
ER12–281–011; ER10–1529–005.
Applicants: Scrubgrass Generating
Company, L.P. Northampton Generating
Company, L.P., Northern Iowa
Windpower, LLC.
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Description: Notice of Change in
Status of Scrubgrass Generating
Company, L.P., et al.
Filed Date: 10/10/18.
Accession Number: 20181010–5165.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/31/18.
Docket Numbers: ER14–152–009;
ER13–1143–006; ER13–1144–006;
ER10–2196–005; ER17–1849–002;
ER10–2740–013; ER15–1657–007;
ER10–2742–012.
Applicants: Elgin Energy Center, LLC,
Essential Power OPP, LLC, Essential
Power Rock Springs, LLC, Lakewood
Cogeneration, L.P., Nautilus Power,
LLC, Rocky Road Power, LLC, SEPG
Energy Marketing Services, LLC, Tilton
Energy LLC.
Description: Notice of Non-Material
Change in Status of Elgin Energy Center,
LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 10/11/18.
Accession Number: 20181011–5177.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–2272–001.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2018–10–12_SA 3144 ETI-Liberty
County-ETI MPFCA (J472 J483) Sub
Original to be effective 8/7/2018.
Filed Date: 10/12/18.
Accession Number: 20181012–5022.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/2/18.
Docket Numbers: ER18–2336–001.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2018–10–12_SA 3150 CMS Energy
Resource-METC GIA (J571) Substitute
Original to be effective 8/15/2018.
Filed Date: 10/12/18.
Accession Number: 20181012–5026.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/2/18.
Docket Numbers: ER19–89–000.
Applicants: North Rosamond Solar,
LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Market-Based Rate Authorization and
Request for Waivers and Blanket
Approvals to be effective 10/12/2018.
Filed Date: 10/11/18.
Accession Number: 20181011–5146.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18.
Docket Numbers: ER19–90–000.
Applicants: Clean Energy Future—
Lordstown, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Reactive Power Tariff Application to be
effective 12/1/2018.
Filed Date: 10/11/18.
Accession Number: 20181011–5150.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/1/18.
Docket Numbers: ER19–91–000.
Applicants: GRP Franklin, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Application for Market Based Rate to be
effective 12/8/2018.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3023-014]
Blackstone Hydro, Inc.; 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.: P-3023-014.
c. Date filed: October 1, 2018.
d. Applicant: Blackstone Hydro, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Tupperware Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Blackstone River in Providence County, Rhode
Island and Worcester County, Massachusetts. No federal lands are
occupied by the project works or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Lewis C. Loon, General Manager, Operations
and Maintenance--USA/QC, KEI USA Power Management Inc., 423 Brunswick
Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345; Phone at (207) 203-3027, or email at
[email protected].
[[Page 52825]]
i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang at (202) 502-8250, 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: November 30, 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-3023-014.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Tupperware Hydroelectric
Project consists of: (1) A 210-foot-long, 12-foot-high arch-type
masonry dam and spillway (Tupperware Dam) with 12-inch-high flashboards
and a crest elevation of 192.8 feet above mean sea level (msl) at the
top of the flashboards; (2) an approximately 2-mile-long impoundment
with a normal maximum elevation of 192.8 feet msl; (3) water conveyance
structures that consist of: (a) An 1,100-foot-long, 60- to 100-foot-
wide power canal located 700 feet upstream of the Tupperware Dam; (b)
an 11.5-acre headpond at a normal maximum elevation of 192.8 feet msl;
(c) a 300-foot-long, 40-foot-wide headrace canal structure; (d) a 46-
foot-long, 16-foot-high headgate dam structure with four 7-foot-high,
8-foot-wide intake gates; and (e) four 8-foot-diameter, 22-foot-long
buried penstocks; (4) a concrete and brick powerhouse containing four
vertical Francis turbine-generator units with a total authorized
capacity of 1,724 kilowatts; (5) a 100-foot-long, 40-foot-wide tailrace
channel that discharges into the Blackstone River; (6) outlet work
structures located upstream of the headgate dam structure in the
headrace canal that consist of: (a) A 37-foot-long, 12-foot-high
emergency spillway with a crest elevation of 196 feet msl located at
the north end of the headrace; (b) two 5-foot-wide, 5-foot-high outlet
gates; (c) a 60-foot-long outlet channel; and (d) two 36-inch-diameter,
150-foot-long concrete conduits that empty into a 190-foot-long, 20-
foot-wide channel that discharges into the Blackstone River downstream
from the tailrace channel; (7) a 90-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line, a 3,000 kV-amperes step-up transformer, and a 1,300-
foot-long, 13.8-kV transmission line connecting the project generators
to the regional electric grid; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The project bypasses approximately 1 mile of the Blackstone River,
and there is currently no required minimum instream flow for the
bypassed reach. Blackstone Hydro operates the project in a run-of-river
(ROR) mode with an annual average generation of approximately 4,027
megawatt-hours.
Blackstone Hydro proposes to: (1) continue operating the project in
a ROR mode; (2) provide a year-round minimum flow of 35 cubic feet per
second into the bypassed reach; (3) provide upstream eel passage at the
project, following installation of an upstream eel passage facility at
the downstream Woonsocket Falls Project No. 2972; (4) implement
nighttime turbine shutdowns to facilitate downstream eel passage; and
(5) develop procedures for operating the outlet gates to address water
quality in the power canal.
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)............... December 2018.
Request Additional Information....................... December 2018.
Issue Acceptance Letter.............................. March 2019.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments................ April 2019.
Request Additional Information (if necessary)........ June 2019.
Issue Scoping Document 2............................. July 2019.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis..... July 2019.
Commission issues Environmental Assessment........... January 2020.
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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: October 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-22728 Filed 10-17-18; 8:45 am]
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