Idaho Aviation Foundation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 13645 [2020-04740]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 46 (Monday, March 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 13645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04740]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-10721-031]


Idaho Aviation Foundation; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: P-10721-031.
    c. Date filed: February 28, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Aviation Foundation.
    e. Name of Project: Big Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On McCorkle Creek near the town of Yellow Pine in 
Valley County, Idaho. The project would occupy 0.43 acre of United 
States lands administered by U.S. Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Vic Jaro, Idaho Aviation Foundation, P.O. Box 
2016, Eagle, Idaho 83616; (208) 404-9627; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Suzanne Novak (202) 502-6665; or email at 
[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: April 28, 2020.
    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-10721-xxx.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Big Creek Project consists of the following facilities: (1) 
A 2 foot-high, 2-foot-wide, 3-foot-long diversion structure with a 
check gate; (2) a 1,340-foot long, 4-inch diameter, PVC buried penstock 
with a screened inlet; (3) a 10-foot wide by 10-foot-long log generator 
house containing a single unit with an estimated installed capacity of 
5 kilowatts and a maximum hydraulic capacity of 0.5 cfs, (4) an 18-inch 
diameter tailrace that returns all withdrawn water back to McCorkle 
Creek, (5) 350 feet of electrical cable buried in 2-inch-diameter PVC 
conduit leading to Big Creek Lodge, and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
project operates in a run-of-river mode between mid-May and late 
October; it does not operate the remainder of the year. During the off-
season, the diversion check gate is removed and 100 percent of 
streamflow returns to the creek and the penstock inlet is sealed. No 
changes to project operation or facilities are proposed.
    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: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary hydro licensing schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Notice of Acceptance..........  April 2020.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for          May 2020.
 comments.
Comments on Scoping Document 1 due..  June 2020.
Issue notice of ready for             July 2020.
 environmental analysis.
Commission issues EA................  February 2021.
Comments on EA due..................  March 2021.
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    Dated: March 3, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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