Midwest Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 56640-56641 [2022-19980]

Download as PDF 56640 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2022 / Notices elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search) select ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field (i.e., CP19–502). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The final EIS is not a decision document. It presents Commission staff’s independent analysis of the environmental issues for the Commission to consider when addressing the merits of all issues in this proceeding. 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 eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription that 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 notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ ferc-online/overview to register for eSubscription. Dated: September 9, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–19983 Filed 9–14–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2373–016] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Midwest Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests 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: Subsequent License. b. Project No.: 2373–016. c. Date filed: August 30, 2022. d. Applicant: Midwest Hydro, LLC (Midwest Hydro). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:56 Sep 14, 2022 Jkt 256001 e. Name of Project: Rockton Hydroelectric Project (Rockton Project). f. Location: The project is located on the Rock River in the town of Rockton in Winnebago County, Illinois. The project does not include any federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. David Fox, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Eagle Creek RE Management, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, (240) 724– 8765, david.fox@eaglecreekre.com. i. FERC Contact: Laura Washington (202) 502–6072, Laura.Washington@ 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: October 29, 2022. 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, 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 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–2373– 016. m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The Rockton Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a 40.67acre reservoir; (2) a 1000-foot-long the concrete overflow dam; (3) a 1600-footlong earthen dike; (4) power canal headworks; (5) transmission equipment consisting of the generators connected through two oil filled, three phase, 400 Ampere-rated, 7.5-kilovolt (kV) circuit breakers to the 4.1-kV bus and three 4.1kV/12.4-kV, 500-kilovolt amperes single phase transformers connected to the non-project 12.4-kV distribution system; (6) a tailrace; and (7) a powerhouse containing two generating units with a total installed capacity of 1.1 megawatts. The Rockton Project is currently operated in a run-of-river mode and generates an annual average of approximately 5,076 megawatt hours. Midwest Hydro proposes to continue operating the project as a run-of-river facility and does not propose any new construction to the project. o. A copy of the application can 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. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19) issued on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 8659 (TTY). 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 schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Milestone Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary). Request Additional Information. Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments. E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1 Target date December 2022. December 2022. June 2023. Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 178 / Thursday, September 15, 2022 / Notices Milestone Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis. Target date October 2023. October 2023. 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: September 9, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–19980 Filed 9–14–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2490–030] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Green Mountain Power Corporation; 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: Subsequent Minor License. b. Project No.: 2490–030. c. Date filed: August 30, 2022. d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation. e. Name of Project: Taftsville Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Ottauquechee River in the Village of Taftsville, in Windsor County, Vermont. 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: John Greenan, Green Mountain Power Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; (802) 770–2195; email at John.Greenan@ greenmountainpower.com. i. FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar at (202) 502–6035; or email at monte.terhaar@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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:56 Sep 14, 2022 Jkt 256001 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: October 31, 2022. 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, 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 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Taftsville Project (P–2490– 030). m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The Taftsville Project consists of: (1) an existing 220-foot-long by 16-foothigh concrete gravity dam; (2) a 194foot-long spillway section with a crest elevation of 637.12 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29), topped with 18-inch wooden flashboards; (3) an existing 4,600-footlong, 20.5-acre reservoir at normal water surface elevation 638.6 feet NGVD 29; (4) a powerhouse containing one 0.5megawatt vertical Kaplan generating unit, with a minimum hydraulic capacity of 95 cubic feet per second (cfs) and maximum hydraulic capacity of 370 cfs; (5) a 200-foot-long tailrace section; (6) three 75-foot-long transmission lines connecting the powerhouse to the Distribution Substation, Transmission PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 56641 West Substation, and Transmission East Substation; and (7) appurtenant facilities. Approximately 290 feet of the Ottauquechee River, between the dam and tailrace channel, are bypassed during normal operations. The project generates 1,038 megawatt-hours annually. No changes in the project are proposed. o. A copy of the application may be viewed on the Commission’s website, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field, to access the document (P–2490). For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). 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. Additional Study Requests due— October 31, 2022 Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)— October 2022 Request Additional Information— October 2022 Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments—January 2023 Comments on Scoping Document 1— February 2023 Issue Acceptance Notice and Letter— March 2023 Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)—March 2023 Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis March 2023 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: September 9, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–19987 Filed 9–14–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P E:\FR\FM\15SEN1.SGM 15SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56640-56641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19980]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2373-016]


Midwest Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests 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: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 2373-016.
    c. Date filed: August 30, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Midwest Hydro, LLC (Midwest Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Rockton Hydroelectric Project (Rockton 
Project).
    f. Location: The project is located on the Rock River in the town 
of Rockton in Winnebago County, Illinois. The project does not include 
any federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. David Fox, Senior Director of Regulatory 
Affairs, Eagle Creek RE Management, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 
1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, (240) 724-8765, 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Laura Washington (202) 502-6072, 
[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: October 29, 2022.
    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, 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 Wilkins Avenue, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-2373-016.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Rockton Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 40.67-acre reservoir; (2) a 1000-foot-long the 
concrete overflow dam; (3) a 1600-foot-long earthen dike; (4) power 
canal headworks; (5) transmission equipment consisting of the 
generators connected through two oil filled, three phase, 400 Ampere-
rated, 7.5-kilovolt (kV) circuit breakers to the 4.1-kV bus and three 
4.1-kV/12.4-kV, 500-kilovolt amperes single phase transformers 
connected to the non-project 12.4-kV distribution system; (6) a 
tailrace; and (7) a powerhouse containing two generating units with a 
total installed capacity of 1.1 megawatts.
    The Rockton Project is currently operated in a run-of-river mode 
and generates an annual average of approximately 5,076 megawatt hours. 
Midwest Hydro proposes to continue operating the project as a run-of-
river facility and does not propose any new construction to the 
project.
    o. A copy of the application can 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. At this time, the Commission has 
suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference Room due to the 
proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) issued on March 13, 2020. For 
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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 schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)....  December 2022.
Request Additional Information............  December 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  June 2023.

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Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)...  October 2023.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental     October 2023.
 Analysis.
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    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: September 9, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-19980 Filed 9-14-22; 8:45 am]
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