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Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to 1st Revised ISA No.
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Filed Date: 12/6/19.
Dated: December 6, 2019.
Accession Number: 20191206–5124.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/19.
Deputy Secretary.
Docket Numbers: ER20–538–000.
[FR Doc. 2019–26761 Filed 12–11–19; 8:45 am]
Applicants: Southwestern Electric
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Federal Energy Regulatory
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Docket Numbers: ER11–47–010;
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Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: BPA
[Project No. 10853–022]
NITSA (SE Idaho Area) Rev 5 to be
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Otter Tail Power Company; Notice of
Filed Date: 12/6/19.
Application Tendered for Filing With
Accession Number: 20191206–5093.
the Commission and Establishing
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/19.
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and
Docket Numbers: ER20–536–000.
Deadline for Submission of Final
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Amendments
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Take notice that the following
2019–12–06 EIM Implementation
hydroelectric application has been filed
Agreement with Bonneville Power
with the Commission and is available
Administration to be effective 3/2/2020. for public inspection.
Filed Date: 12/6/19.
a. Type of Application: New Major
Accession Number: 20191206–5110.
License.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/19.
b. Project No.: 10853–022.
Docket Numbers: ER20–537–000.
c. Date Filed: November 27, 2019.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
d. Applicant: Otter Tail Power
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e. Name of Project: Otter Tail River
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The Otter Tail River
Hydroelectric Project consists of five
developments on the Otter Tail River
that starts in the Township of Friberg,
Minnesota and extends downstream
(south) of the City of Fergus Falls,
Minnesota. The project does not occupy
federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Michael Olson,
Natural Gas Turbine Operations and
NERC Compliance, Otter Tail Power
Company, 215 South Cascade Street,
Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56537; (218)
739–8411; mjolson@otpco.com.
i. FERC Contact: Patrick Ely at (202)
502–8570 or email at patrick.ely@
ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. The Otter Tail River Project
consists of the following five existing
developments listed upstream to
downstream: (1) Friberg development;
(2) Hoot development; (3) Central
development; (4) Pisgah development;
and (5) Dayton Hollow development.
The Friberg development consists of:
(1) A reservoir with a surface area of 340
acres, and negligible storage capacity, at
a normal water surface elevation of
1,299 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a
341-foot-long dam which contains a 31foot-high and 61-foot-long spillway with
seven bays, an 80-foot-long and 36-foothigh east earthfill dike, and a 200-footlong and 36-foot-high west earthfill
dike; (3) a power canal; (4) a 194-footlong, 9-foot-diameter penstock; (5) a 27foot-wide and 27-foot-long reinforced
concrete powerhouse; (6) a vertical
turbine rated at 900 horsepower (hp)
under a head of 35 feet, connected to a
560-kilowatt (kW) generator; (7) a
tailrace; (8) a 75-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt
(kV) transmission line; and (9)
appurtenant facilities.
The Hoot development facilities
include: (1) A reservoir with a negligible
surface area and storage capacity (dam
diverts river flow) at a normal water
surface elevation of 1,256 feet msl; (2)
a 150-foot-long, 9-foot-high dam which
contains a concrete spillway with six
stoplogged openings with the two outer
openings 5 feet 4 inches wide and the
other four openings 11 feet 4 inches
wide; (3) a 500-foot-long, 90-inchdiameter concrete tunnel (Hoot Lake);
(4) a 20-foot-wide, 700-foot-long
channel between Hoot Lake and Wright
Lake; (5) a 20-foot-wide, 300-foot-long
channel leading to the intake structure;
(6) a 1,050-foot-long, 8-foot-square
concrete tube; (7) a surge tank; (8) an 89foot-long, 6-foot-diameter steel
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penstock; (9) a reinforced concrete
powerhouse; (10) a horizontal turbine
rated at 1,260 hp under a head of 68 feet
connected to a 1,000-kw generator; (11)
a tailrace; (12) a 200-foot-long, 2.4-kV
transmission line; (13) a nature-like
fishway; and (14) appurtenant facilities.
The Central development consists of:
(1) A reservoir having a surface area of
15 acres and a storage capacity of 400
acre-feet, at a normal water surface
elevation of 1,181 feet msl; (2) a 107foot-long and 25-foot-high dam which
contains a 70-foot-long and 25-foot-high
spillway; (3) an intake structure; (4) a
30-foot-wide and 40-foot-long brick
masonry powerhouse; (5) a vertical
turbine rated at 720 hp under a head of
22 feet, connected to a 400-kW
generator; (6) a tailrace; (7) a 40-footlong, 2.4-kV transmission line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
The Pisgah development consists of:
(1) A reservoir having a surface area of
70 acres and storage capacity of 250
acre-feet at a normal water surface
elevation of 1,156 feet msl; (2) a 493foot-long concrete gravity and earthfill
dam ranging in height from 21 feet to 38
feet which has (a) an earthfill dike, (b)
a 123-foot-long and 38-foot-high
concrete wing wall, (c) six spillway
bays, (d) a 150-foot-long and 21-foothigh south earthfill embankment, and
(e) a 220-foot-long and 38-foot-high
north earthfill embankment; (3) an
intake; (4) a 22-foot-wide and 32-footlong reinforced concrete and brick
masonry powerhouse; (5) a vertical
turbine rated at 850 hp under a head of
25 feet, connected to a 520-kW
generator; (6) a tailrace; (7) a 330-footlong, 2.4-kV transmission line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
The Dayton Hollow development
consists of: (1) A reservoir having a
surface area of 230 acres and a storage
capacity of 5,000 acre-feet at a normal
water surface elevation of 1,107 feet
msl; (2) a 265-foot-long concrete and
earthfill dam varying in height from 11
feet to 40 feet which contains (a) an 80foot-long and 40-foot-high concrete
spillway section, (b) a 95-foot-long and
11-foot-high east earthfill embankment,
and (c) a 90-foot-long and 22-foot-high
west earthfill embankment; (3) an intake
structure; (4) a 22-foot-wide and 32-footlong reinforced concrete and masonry
powerhouse; (5) a vertical turbine rated
at 800 hp under a head of 35 feet,
connected to a 520-kW generator and a
horizontal 650 hp turbine connected to
a 450-kW generator; (6) a tailrace; (7) an
80-foot-long, 2.4-kV transmission line;
and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The Otter Tail River Project is
operated in a run-of-river mode with an
estimated annual energy production of
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approximately 22,323 megawatt hours.
Otter Tail Power Company proposes to
continue operating the project as a runof-river facility and does not propose
any new construction or modifications
to the project.
l. 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h
above.
m. You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
n. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations,
preliminary terms and
conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental Assessment
(EA).
Comments on EA ...............
Modified terms and conditions.
Target date
April 2020.
June 2020.
November
2020.
December
2020.
February 2021.
o. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of the notice of ready
for environmental analysis.
Dated: December 6, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10853-022]
Otter Tail Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and 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.: 10853-022.
c. Date Filed: November 27, 2019.
d. Applicant: Otter Tail Power Company.
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e. Name of Project: Otter Tail River Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The Otter Tail River Hydroelectric Project consists of
five developments on the Otter Tail River that starts in the Township
of Friberg, Minnesota and extends downstream (south) of the City of
Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The project does not occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Michael Olson, Natural Gas Turbine Operations
and NERC Compliance, Otter Tail Power Company, 215 South Cascade
Street, Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56537; (218) 739-8411;
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Patrick Ely at (202) 502-8570 or email at
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Otter Tail River Project consists of the following five
existing developments listed upstream to downstream: (1) Friberg
development; (2) Hoot development; (3) Central development; (4) Pisgah
development; and (5) Dayton Hollow development.
The Friberg development consists of: (1) A reservoir with a surface
area of 340 acres, and negligible storage capacity, at a normal water
surface elevation of 1,299 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a 341-foot-
long dam which contains a 31-foot-high and 61-foot-long spillway with
seven bays, an 80-foot-long and 36-foot-high east earthfill dike, and a
200-foot-long and 36-foot-high west earthfill dike; (3) a power canal;
(4) a 194-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter penstock; (5) a 27-foot-wide and
27-foot-long reinforced concrete powerhouse; (6) a vertical turbine
rated at 900 horsepower (hp) under a head of 35 feet, connected to a
560-kilowatt (kW) generator; (7) a tailrace; (8) a 75-foot-long, 2.4-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The Hoot development facilities include: (1) A reservoir with a
negligible surface area and storage capacity (dam diverts river flow)
at a normal water surface elevation of 1,256 feet msl; (2) a 150-foot-
long, 9-foot-high dam which contains a concrete spillway with six
stoplogged openings with the two outer openings 5 feet 4 inches wide
and the other four openings 11 feet 4 inches wide; (3) a 500-foot-long,
90-inch-diameter concrete tunnel (Hoot Lake); (4) a 20-foot-wide, 700-
foot-long channel between Hoot Lake and Wright Lake; (5) a 20-foot-
wide, 300-foot-long channel leading to the intake structure; (6) a
1,050-foot-long, 8-foot-square concrete tube; (7) a surge tank; (8) an
89-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter steel penstock; (9) a reinforced concrete
powerhouse; (10) a horizontal turbine rated at 1,260 hp under a head of
68 feet connected to a 1,000-kw generator; (11) a tailrace; (12) a 200-
foot-long, 2.4-kV transmission line; (13) a nature-like fishway; and
(14) appurtenant facilities.
The Central development consists of: (1) A reservoir having a
surface area of 15 acres and a storage capacity of 400 acre-feet, at a
normal water surface elevation of 1,181 feet msl; (2) a 107-foot-long
and 25-foot-high dam which contains a 70-foot-long and 25-foot-high
spillway; (3) an intake structure; (4) a 30-foot-wide and 40-foot-long
brick masonry powerhouse; (5) a vertical turbine rated at 720 hp under
a head of 22 feet, connected to a 400-kW generator; (6) a tailrace; (7)
a 40-foot-long, 2.4-kV transmission line; and (8) appurtenant
facilities.
The Pisgah development consists of: (1) A reservoir having a
surface area of 70 acres and storage capacity of 250 acre-feet at a
normal water surface elevation of 1,156 feet msl; (2) a 493-foot-long
concrete gravity and earthfill dam ranging in height from 21 feet to 38
feet which has (a) an earthfill dike, (b) a 123-foot-long and 38-foot-
high concrete wing wall, (c) six spillway bays, (d) a 150-foot-long and
21-foot-high south earthfill embankment, and (e) a 220-foot-long and
38-foot-high north earthfill embankment; (3) an intake; (4) a 22-foot-
wide and 32-foot-long reinforced concrete and brick masonry powerhouse;
(5) a vertical turbine rated at 850 hp under a head of 25 feet,
connected to a 520-kW generator; (6) a tailrace; (7) a 330-foot-long,
2.4-kV transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The Dayton Hollow development consists of: (1) A reservoir having a
surface area of 230 acres and a storage capacity of 5,000 acre-feet at
a normal water surface elevation of 1,107 feet msl; (2) a 265-foot-long
concrete and earthfill dam varying in height from 11 feet to 40 feet
which contains (a) an 80-foot-long and 40-foot-high concrete spillway
section, (b) a 95-foot-long and 11-foot-high east earthfill embankment,
and (c) a 90-foot-long and 22-foot-high west earthfill embankment; (3)
an intake structure; (4) a 22-foot-wide and 32-foot-long reinforced
concrete and masonry powerhouse; (5) a vertical turbine rated at 800 hp
under a head of 35 feet, connected to a 520-kW generator and a
horizontal 650 hp turbine connected to a 450-kW generator; (6) a
tailrace; (7) an 80-foot-long, 2.4-kV transmission line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
The Otter Tail River Project is operated in a run-of-river mode
with an estimated annual energy production of approximately 22,323
megawatt hours. Otter Tail Power Company proposes to continue operating
the project as a run-of-river facility and does not propose any new
construction or modifications to the project.
l. 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 at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll
free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection
and reproduction at the address in item h above.
m. You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for April 2020.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary June 2020.
terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental November 2020.
Assessment (EA).
Comments on EA.......................... December 2020.
Modified terms and conditions........... February 2021.
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o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: December 6, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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