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Dated: December 17, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Docket No. AD20–20–000]
Notice of Availability of Final
Engineering Guidelines for the
Evaluation of Hydropower Projects:
Chapter 15—Supporting Technical
Information Document and Digital
Project Archive
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final
‘‘Chapter 15—Supporting Technical
Information Document and Digital
Project Archive’’ of its Engineering
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Guidelines for the Evaluation of
Hydropower Projects (Guidelines). This
chapter supersedes the portions of
‘‘Chapter 14—Dam Safety Performance
Monitoring Program’’ that pertain to the
Supporting Technical Information
Document, and is one of four new
chapters of the Guidelines intended to
provide additional guidance related to
18 CFR part 12, Safety of Water Power
Projects and Project Works, Docket No.
RM20–9–000, Order No 880, issued by
the Commission on December 16, 2021.
On July 16, 2020, the Commission
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(NOPR) to revise its part 12 regulations.
On the same day, the Commission
solicited public review and comment on
four new draft chapters of its
Guidelines. Draft Chapter 15 was part of
that issuance.
The Commission received ten
comment letters in response to draft
Chapter 15. Most of the comments were
submitted by licensees and individuals
through trade associations, including
National Hydropower Association, Dam
Safety Interest Group of CEATI
International, and U.S. Society on Dams,
as well as the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Comments were also
received from individual licensees,
corporations, and individuals, including
David L. Mathews, McMillen Jacobs
Associates, City of North Little Rock
Electric, Alaska Electric Light and
Power Company, Central Nebraska
Public Power and Irrigation District, and
Copper Valley Electric Association.
In all, the ten comment letters
consisted of approximately 105 discrete
comments. The comments received
were varied. Most comments requested
clarification of the information to
include in the Supporting Technical
Information Document (STID), when
STID updates should be submitted, and
how the information should be stored
and filed. Commenters asked the
Commission to:
• Clarify the use of hyperlinks in the
STID;
• Clarify when STID updates are to be
submitted;
• Clarify the requirement for
providing searchable electronic
documents from original hard copies;
• Consider adding the use of secured
shared drives as a storage option;
• Reconsider the need for a hard copy
of the STID;
• Avoid the duplication of
information included in the Standard
Operating Procedures section that is
also included in other sections of the
STID;
• Provide additional guidance on the
type of information and reports to be
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included in each section of the
engineering analyses; and
• Clarify the information to be
included in the digital references.
Commission staff has considered all
comments in finalizing Chapter 15 of
the Engineering Guidelines. Based on
the comments received, Chapter 15 has
been revised to:
• Provide additional guidance on the
types of information to include in the
digital references, now termed the
Digital Project Archive (DPA);
• Clarify how to file the DPA;
• Clarify the purpose of the STID and
the DPA;
• Clarify the contents and format of
the STID;
• Provide a file structure and
organization for the DPA; and
• Clarify when updates of the STID
and DPA should be submitted.
All information related to ‘‘Chapter
15—Supporting Technical Information
Document and Digital Project Archive,’’
including the draft chapter, all
submitted comments, and the final
chapter, can be found on the FERC
website (www.ferc.gov) using the
eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link,
click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the
docket number, excluding the last three
digits in the Docket Number field (i.e.,
AD20–20). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. The Commission
also offers a free service called
eSubscription which allows you to keep
track of all formal issuances and
submittals in specific dockets. This can
reduce the amount of time you spend
researching proceedings by
automatically providing you with
electronic notification of these filings
and direct links to the documents. Go to
the Commission’s website
(www.ferc.gov), select the FERC Online
option from the left-hand column, and
click on eSubscription. Users must be
registered in order to use eSubscription.
The final version of Chapter 15 is also
available on the Commission’s Division
of Dam Safety and Inspections website
at: Engineering Guidelines for the
Evaluation of Hydropower Projects |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(ferc.gov).
Information Collection Statement
Chapter 15 includes information
collection activities for which the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501–3521, requires approval by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The Commission has included
the burden and cost estimates for
information collection activities related
to this chapter in the rulemaking
document (Docket No. RM20–9–000,
Order No. 880. The Commission has
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designated the information collection
activities in the rule as FERC–517. Upon
final approval of FERC–517, OMB will
assign an OMB Control Number and
expiration date.
Send written comments on FERC–517
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) through www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain, Attention: Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Desk Officer.
Please identify the OMB control number
(1902–TBD) in the subject line. Your
comments should be sent within 30
days of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. OMB submissions
must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines
at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Using the search function under the
‘‘Currently Under Review field,’’ select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
click ‘‘submit’’ and select ‘‘comment’’ to
the right of the subject collection.
For assistance with any of the
Commission’s online systems, please
contact FERC Online Support at
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free
at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact
(202) 502–8258.
Dated: December 16, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Project No. 15249–000]
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Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing
Applications; Lewis Ridge Pumped
Storage, LLC
On November 22, 2021, Lewis Ridge
Pumped Storage, LLC., filed an
application for a preliminary permit,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the
feasibility of a pumped storage
hydropower project located in Bell
County, Kentucky. The sole purpose of
a preliminary permit, if issued, is to
grant the permit holder priority to file
a license application during the permit
term. A preliminary permit does not
authorize the permit holder to perform
any land-disturbing activities or
otherwise enter upon lands or waters
owned by others without the owners’
express permission.
The proposed Lewis Ridge Pumped
Storage Hydroelectric Project would
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consist of the following: (1) A 5,700foot-long, 77-foot-high zoned rockfill
embankment ring dike; (2) an upper
reservoir with a surface area of 30 acres
and a storage capacity of 2,300 acre-feet;
(3) a 4,987-foot-long, 20-foot-diameter
power tunnel; (4) a 120-foot-high, 30foot-diameter steel surge tower; (5) a
420-foot-long, 80-foot-wide powerhouse
containing four 54-megawatt (MW)
reversible pump-turbines with a total
capacity of 216 MW; (6) a 1,700-footlong, 3.5-foot-diameter pipeline from a
concrete pump station on the
Cumberland River for fill/refill water;
(7) a 1,400-foot-long, 100-foot-high
zoned rockfill dam with a 5,900-footlong, 10-foot-high zoned rockfill
embankment ring dike surrounding (8) a
23 acre lower reservoir with a storage
capacity of 2,300 acre-feet; and (9) a 1.3mile-long, 161 kilovolt overhead
transmission line. The proposed project
would have an estimated annual
generation of 605,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Nate Sandvig,
Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage, LLC., 220
NW 8th Ave., Portland, OR 97209;
phone: (503) 309–2496, email: nathan@
ryedevelopment.com.
FERC Contact: Michael Spencer;
phone: (202) 502–6093, or by email at
michael.spencer@ferc.gov.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a
paper copy. Submissions sent via the
U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington,
DC 20426. Submissions sent via any
other carrier must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225
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20852.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s website at
https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search.
Enter the docket number (P–15249) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: December 16, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Notice of Scoping
Period Requesting Comments on
Environmental Issues for the Planned
Southside Reliability Enhancement
Project and Notice of Public Virtual
Scoping Session
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental document that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the Southside Reliability Enhancement
Project involving construction and
operation of facilities by
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC (Transco) in
Mecklenburg and Pittsylvania Counties,
Virginia, and Davidson, Hertford, and
Iredell Counties, North Carolina. The
Commission will use this environmental
document in its decision-making
process to determine whether the
project is in the public convenience and
necessity.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies regarding the
project. As part of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
review process, the Commission takes
into account concerns the public may
have about proposals and the
environmental impacts that could result
from its action whenever it considers
the issuance of a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity. This
gathering of public input is referred to
as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the
scoping process is to focus the analysis
in the environmental document on the
important environmental issues.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD20-20-000]
Notice of Availability of Final Engineering Guidelines for the
Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: Chapter 15--Supporting Technical
Information Document and Digital Project Archive
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a final ``Chapter 15--Supporting Technical
Information Document and Digital Project Archive'' of its Engineering
Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects (Guidelines). This
chapter supersedes the portions of ``Chapter 14--Dam Safety Performance
Monitoring Program'' that pertain to the Supporting Technical
Information Document, and is one of four new chapters of the Guidelines
intended to provide additional guidance related to 18 CFR part 12,
Safety of Water Power Projects and Project Works, Docket No. RM20-9-
000, Order No 880, issued by the Commission on December 16, 2021.
On July 16, 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NOPR) to revise its part 12 regulations. On the same day,
the Commission solicited public review and comment on four new draft
chapters of its Guidelines. Draft Chapter 15 was part of that issuance.
The Commission received ten comment letters in response to draft
Chapter 15. Most of the comments were submitted by licensees and
individuals through trade associations, including National Hydropower
Association, Dam Safety Interest Group of CEATI International, and U.S.
Society on Dams, as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Comments
were also received from individual licensees, corporations, and
individuals, including David L. Mathews, McMillen Jacobs Associates,
City of North Little Rock Electric, Alaska Electric Light and Power
Company, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, and
Copper Valley Electric Association.
In all, the ten comment letters consisted of approximately 105
discrete comments. The comments received were varied. Most comments
requested clarification of the information to include in the Supporting
Technical Information Document (STID), when STID updates should be
submitted, and how the information should be stored and filed.
Commenters asked the Commission to:
Clarify the use of hyperlinks in the STID;
Clarify when STID updates are to be submitted;
Clarify the requirement for providing searchable
electronic documents from original hard copies;
Consider adding the use of secured shared drives as a
storage option;
Reconsider the need for a hard copy of the STID;
Avoid the duplication of information included in the
Standard Operating Procedures section that is also included in other
sections of the STID;
Provide additional guidance on the type of information and
reports to be included in each section of the engineering analyses; and
Clarify the information to be included in the digital
references.
Commission staff has considered all comments in finalizing Chapter
15 of the Engineering Guidelines. Based on the comments received,
Chapter 15 has been revised to:
Provide additional guidance on the types of information to
include in the digital references, now termed the Digital Project
Archive (DPA);
Clarify how to file the DPA;
Clarify the purpose of the STID and the DPA;
Clarify the contents and format of the STID;
Provide a file structure and organization for the DPA; and
Clarify when updates of the STID and DPA should be
submitted.
All information related to ``Chapter 15--Supporting Technical
Information Document and Digital Project Archive,'' including the draft
chapter, all submitted comments, and the final chapter, can be found on
the FERC website (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. Click on the
eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., AD20-
20). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. The
Commission also offers a free service called eSubscription which allows
you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific
dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching
proceedings by automatically providing you with electronic notification
of these filings and direct links to the documents. Go to the
Commission's website (www.ferc.gov), select the FERC Online option from
the left-hand column, and click on eSubscription. Users must be
registered in order to use eSubscription.
The final version of Chapter 15 is also available on the
Commission's Division of Dam Safety and Inspections website at:
Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects [bond]
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (ferc.gov).
Information Collection Statement
Chapter 15 includes information collection activities for which the
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, requires approval by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission has included the
burden and cost estimates for information collection activities related
to this chapter in the rulemaking document (Docket No. RM20-9-000,
Order No. 880. The Commission has
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designated the information collection activities in the rule as FERC-
517. Upon final approval of FERC-517, OMB will assign an OMB Control
Number and expiration date.
Send written comments on FERC-517 to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) through www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, Attention:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. Please identify the
OMB control number (1902-TBD) in the subject line. Your comments should
be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. OMB submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance
with submission guidelines at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Using
the search function under the ``Currently Under Review field,'' select
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; click ``submit'' and select
``comment'' to the right of the subject collection.
For assistance with any of the Commission's online systems, please
contact FERC Online Support at ferc.gov">[email protected]ferc.gov or toll free
at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8258.
Dated: December 16, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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