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of the Commission staff’s Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the Project. This
instant notice identifies the FERC staff’s
planned schedule for the completion of
the EA for the Project.
Schedule for Environmental Review
Issuance of EA June 5, 2020
90-day Federal Authorization Decision
Deadline September 3, 2020
If a schedule change becomes
necessary, additional notice will be
provided so that the relevant agencies
are kept informed of the Project’s
progress.
Project Description
The Lilly Compressor Units
Replacement Project would comprise
replacing the four existing gas turbine
units totaling 34,800 horsepower (hp)
with two new, more efficient, 18,100 hp
gas turbine units. Software controls
would be installed on the two new units
to limit the total station hp to 34,800 hp,
keeping the delivery capacity at the
station the same. The Project also
involves the construction of a new
compressor building to house the two
new compressor units. All facilities are
located in Cambria County,
Pennsylvania.
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Background
On February 25, 2020, the
Commission issued a Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
for the Proposed Lilly Compressor Units
Replacement Project and Request for
Comments on Environmental Issues
(NOI). The NOI was sent to affected
landowners; federal, state, and local
government agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes; other
interested parties; and local libraries
and newspapers. In response to the NOI,
the Commission received no comments
to date. All substantive comments will
be addressed in the EA.
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issuance of the EA and to keep track of
all formal issuances and submittals in
specific dockets, the Commission offers
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can reduce the amount of time you
spend researching proceedings by
automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document
summaries, and direct links to the
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp.
Additional information about the
Project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs
at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC
website (www.ferc.gov). Using the
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excluding the last three digits (i.e.,
CP20–37), and follow the instructions.
For assistance with access to eLibrary,
the helpline can be reached at (866)
208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, or at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The
eLibrary link on the FERC website also
provides access to the texts of formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and rule
makings.
Dated: March 11, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2221–041]
Empire District Electric 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.: 2221–041.
c. Date Filed: February 28, 2020.
d. Applicant: Empire District Electric
Company (Empire District).
e. Name of Project: Ozark Beach
Hydroelectric Project (Ozark Beach
Project).
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the White River in Taney
County, Missouri. The project occupies
5.1 acres of United States lands
administered by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps).
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Tim Wilson,
Strategic Projects and Energy Supply,
Empire District Electric Company, 602
South Joplin Avenue, P.O. Box 127,
Joplin, MO 64802, (913) 458–6437 or
timpedccccc@by.com; and Randy
Richardson, Plant Manager, Empire
District Electric Company, 2537 Fir
Road, Sarcoxie, MO 64862, (417) 625–
6138 or RRichardson@
libertyutilities.com.
i. FERC Contact: Colleen Corballis at
(202) 502–8598 or email at
colleen.corballis@ferc.gov.
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j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. The Ozark Beach Project consists of
the following existing facilities: (1) 2,200
acre Lake Taneycomo with a gross
storage capacity of 22,000 acre-feet and
a usable storage capacity of 6,500 acrefeet at a water surface elevation of
701.35 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929; (2) a 1,273-foot-long, 53foot-high dam consisting of, from west
to east: (a) A 420-foot-long earth fill
embankment, (b) a 575-foot-long
concrete overflow spillway topped with
32 Obermeyer gates, (c) an 18-foot-long
concrete overflow spillway, (d) an
integral 210-foot-long reinforced
concrete powerhouse, and (e) a 50-footlong concrete non-overflow section; (3)
a 210-foot-long, 80-foot-wide, 92-foothigh reinforced concrete integral
powerhouse with an operating head of
50 feet; (4) trash racks at the entrance to
intakes; (5) four 7,250 horsepower
vertical-shaft Francis-type turbines with
a total capacity of 29,000 horsepower,
each couple to a 4.0 megawatt (MW)
generator with a total capacity of 16.0
MW; (6) a 200-foot-long, 4,600-volt
overhead transmission line connected to
a three phase 22,400-kilovolt ampere
4,600 to 161,000-volt step-up
transformer that connects to Empire
District Electric Company’s 161,000-volt
transmission system; and (7)
appurtenant facilities.
The existing Ozark Beach Project is
situated between two multipurpose
projects that are owned by the Corps.
The Table Rock Project, which is
immediately upstream of the Ozark
Beach Project, is operated in a peaking
mode based on regional demand
requirements. The Ozark Beach Project
discharges directly into the Bull Shoals
Project reservoir, which is immediately
downstream. Using the storage in Lake
Taneycomo, the Ozark Beach Project is
operated based on various conditions
including closely matching the releases
of the upstream Table Rock Project,
market pricing, Lake Taneycomo water
level, Bull Shoals water level and
rainfall. The Ozark Beach Project has an
estimated annual energy production of
about 50,768 megawatt hours. Empire
District proposes to continue to operate
using the storage in Lake Taneycomo.
Empire District does not propose any
new construction.
Empire District proposes to modify
the project boundary by removing 6,021
acres from the existing area of 8,267
acres for a proposed project boundary of
2,246 acres. Empire District’s proposal
would reduce the existing area of
United States lands administered by the
Corps from 5.1 acres to 0.64 acres.
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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, please 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 may be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
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 ..............................................................................................................................................
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: March 10, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LaShan Haynes, Document Control
Officer, Office of Resource Conservation
and Recovery, (5305P), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460; 703–605–0516.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Access to Confidential Business
Information (CBI)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL—10006–57–OLEM]
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA); Contractor Access to
Confidential Business Information
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Contractor/
Subcontractor Access to Data and
Request for Comments.
AGENCY:
EPA intends to authorize its
contractors, Plateau, and their
subcontractor, Eastern Research Group
(ERG) as well as SRA International, Inc.
to access Confidential Business
Information (CBI) which has been
submitted to EPA under the authority of
all sections of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
of 1976, as amended. EPA has issued
regulations that outline business
confidentiality provisions for the
Agency and require all EPA offices that
receive information designated by the
submitter as CBI to abide by these
provisions.
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SUMMARY:
Comments on this notice are due
March 27, 2020. Comments may be sent
to LaShan Haynes, Document Control
Officer, Office of Resource Conservation
and Recovery, (5305P), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
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The EPA has issued regulations at 40
CFR part 2, subpart B that outline
business confidentiality provisions for
the Agency and require all EPA offices
that receive information designated by
the submitter as CBI to abide by these
provisions. Specifically, 40 CFR 2.305
governs information obtained under the
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended,
including amendments made by the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901
et seq. In accordance with the
provisions of 40 CFR part 2, subpart B,
policies and procedures for handling
information collected from industry,
under the authority of RCRA, have been
established, including the RCRA CBI
Security Manual.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 2.305(h)(2)-(3),
EPA is giving notice that it has entered
into a contract with Plateau, Contract
GS–35F–0166V, entitled ‘‘Smart Mobile
Tools for Field Inspectors’’, located in
Fairfax, Virginia. To assist in fulfilling
this contract, Plateau has entered into a
subcontract with the Eastern Research
Group (ERG), located in Lexington,
Massachusetts. Additionally, SRA
International, Inc. is the prime
contractor for the EPA Task Order
entitled ‘‘Infrastructure Support and
Applications Hosting’’, Task Order No.
GSQ0017AJ0037, which includes a
work scope for the Smart Tools project.
SRA International, Inc. is located in
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June 2020.
October 2020.
April 2021.
May 2021.
July 2021.
Chantilly, Virginia. Plateau/ERG and
SRA International, Inc. will assist the
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, as well as EPA regional
offices, in the electronic storage of
information gathered during inspections
conducted under the authority of RCRA;
some of which may contain RCRA CBI.
The Plateau/ERG contract period is from
April 30, 2019 to April 29, 2021. The
SRA International, Inc. contract period
is from March 29, 2017 to March 28,
2022. Plateau/ERG and SRA
International, Inc. shall protect from
unauthorized disclosure all information
designated as confidential and shall
abide by all RCRA CBI requirements,
including procedures outlined in the
RCRA CBI Security Manual.
All EPA contractor and subcontractor
personnel are bound by the
requirements and sanctions contained
in their contracts with EPA and in
EPA’s CBI regulations found at 40 CFR
part 2, subpart B. Plateau/ERG will
adhere to an EPA-approved security
plan which describes procedures to
protect CBI. Plateau/ERG will apply the
procedures in this plan to CBI
previously gathered by EPA and to CBI
that may be gathered in the future. The
security plan specifies that contractor
personnel are required to sign nondisclosure agreements and are briefed
on appropriate security procedures
before they are permitted access to CBI.
No person is automatically granted
access to CBI: A need to know must
exist.
Dated: February 28, 2020.
Kathleen Salyer,
Acting Office Director, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2221-041]
Empire District Electric 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.: 2221-041.
c. Date Filed: February 28, 2020.
d. Applicant: Empire District Electric Company (Empire District).
e. Name of Project: Ozark Beach Hydroelectric Project (Ozark Beach
Project).
f. Location: The existing project is located on the White River in
Taney County, Missouri. The project occupies 5.1 acres of United States
lands administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Tim Wilson, Strategic Projects and Energy
Supply, Empire District Electric Company, 602 South Joplin Avenue, P.O.
Box 127, Joplin, MO 64802, (913) 458-6437 or [email protected]; and
Randy Richardson, Plant Manager, Empire District Electric Company, 2537
Fir Road, Sarcoxie, MO 64862, (417) 625-6138 or
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Colleen Corballis at (202) 502-8598 or email at
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Ozark Beach Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) 2,200 acre Lake Taneycomo with a gross storage capacity
of 22,000 acre-feet and a usable storage capacity of 6,500 acre-feet at
a water surface elevation of 701.35 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929; (2) a 1,273-foot-long, 53-foot-high dam consisting of,
from west to east: (a) A 420-foot-long earth fill embankment, (b) a
575-foot-long concrete overflow spillway topped with 32 Obermeyer
gates, (c) an 18-foot-long concrete overflow spillway, (d) an integral
210-foot-long reinforced concrete powerhouse, and (e) a 50-foot-long
concrete non-overflow section; (3) a 210-foot-long, 80-foot-wide, 92-
foot-high reinforced concrete integral powerhouse with an operating
head of 50 feet; (4) trash racks at the entrance to intakes; (5) four
7,250 horsepower vertical-shaft Francis-type turbines with a total
capacity of 29,000 horsepower, each couple to a 4.0 megawatt (MW)
generator with a total capacity of 16.0 MW; (6) a 200-foot-long, 4,600-
volt overhead transmission line connected to a three phase 22,400-
kilovolt ampere 4,600 to 161,000-volt step-up transformer that connects
to Empire District Electric Company's 161,000-volt transmission system;
and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The existing Ozark Beach Project is situated between two
multipurpose projects that are owned by the Corps. The Table Rock
Project, which is immediately upstream of the Ozark Beach Project, is
operated in a peaking mode based on regional demand requirements. The
Ozark Beach Project discharges directly into the Bull Shoals Project
reservoir, which is immediately downstream. Using the storage in Lake
Taneycomo, the Ozark Beach Project is operated based on various
conditions including closely matching the releases of the upstream
Table Rock Project, market pricing, Lake Taneycomo water level, Bull
Shoals water level and rainfall. The Ozark Beach Project has an
estimated annual energy production of about 50,768 megawatt hours.
Empire District proposes to continue to operate using the storage in
Lake Taneycomo. Empire District does not propose any new construction.
Empire District proposes to modify the project boundary by removing
6,021 acres from the existing area of 8,267 acres for a proposed
project boundary of 2,246 acres. Empire District's proposal would
reduce the existing area of United States lands administered by the
Corps from 5.1 acres to 0.64 acres.
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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, please 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 may be
made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready June 2020.
for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, October 2020.
preliminary terms and conditions,
and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental April 2021.
Assessment (EA).
Comments on EA...................... May 2021.
Modified terms and conditions....... July 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: March 10, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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