Ketchikan Public Utilities; 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, 67468-67469 [2022-24347]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 67468 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 215 / Tuesday, November 8, 2022 / Notices 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 the docket number P–201–033. Comments emailed to Commission staff are not considered part of the Commission record. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person whose name appears on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. k. Description of Request: The licensee proposes to replace and refurbish project equipment which would require an amendment to the license to update the project description (Exhibit A), Exhibit F drawings, and the Article 404 Flow Continuation Plan to reflect the proposed project modifications and describe the method for delivering water to the Crystal Lake Hatchery during an extended project outage. The licensee proposes to replace generating equipment (Unit 3) and to decommission Units 1 and 2. The project currently consists of two powerhouses containing generating units with rated capacities of 1,600 kilowatts (kW) and 400 kW. The upgraded project generating equipment would consist of a new turbine generator with a rated capacity of 1,822 kW and the generating unit would be housed in a single powerhouse (Unit 3). The second powerhouse and its generating equipment (Unit 1 and 2) would be decommissioned. The applicant states the major generating equipment (turbine, generator, and governor) is reaching the end of its service life and needs replacement. Additionally, the penstock leading to the primary powerhouse that would be used to house the upgraded generating equipment requires repairs to provide extended service life. The proposed changes to the generating equipment would result in an increase in the maximum hydraulic capacity of less than 15 percent and an increase in VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:56 Nov 07, 2022 Jkt 259001 name-plate capacity of less than 2 megawatts. l. Locations of the Application: This filing 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. 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, call 1–866–208–3676 or email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission’s mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, respectively. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission’s Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application. o. Filing and Service of Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in all capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person commenting, protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their evidentiary basis. Any filing made by an intervenor must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2010. Dated: November 1, 2022. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–24277 Filed 11–7–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1922–052] Ketchikan Public Utilities; 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.: 1922–052. c. Date filed: October 27, 2022. d. Applicant: Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU). e. Name of Project: Beaver Falls Hydroelectric Project (project). f. Location: On Beaver Falls Creek in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. The project occupies 478.4 acres 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: Jennifer Holstrom, Senior Project Engineer, Ketchikan Public Utilities, 1065 Fair Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901; (907) 228–4733; or email at jenniferh@ktnak.us. i. FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair at (202) 502–6587, or kristen.sinclair@ 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 E:\FR\FM\08NON1.SGM 08NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 215 / Tuesday, November 8, 2022 / Notices serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: December 26, 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:// ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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, Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Beaver Falls Hydroelectric Project (P– 1922–052). m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. Project Description: The existing Beaver Falls Project consists of two developments: Silvis and Beaver Falls. The Silvis development consists of: (1) a 60-foot-high, 135-foot-long concreteface, rock-filled Upper Silvis Lake dam; (2) an 800-foot-long excavated rock spillway channel leading from Upper Silvis Lake to Lower Silvis Lake; (3) a 300-acre reservoir (Upper Silvis Lake) with gross storage capacity of approximately 38,000 acre-feet; (4) a 980-foot-long underground power tunnel connecting to a 342-foot-long, 36inch-diameter steel penstock that conveys water to the Silvis Powerhouse; (5) a 30-feet by 40-feet by 25-feet-high Silvis powerhouse containing a single Francis-type turbine with a rated capacity of 2.1 megawatts; (6) a 150foot-long trapezoidal shaped channel tailrace discharging into Lower Silvis Lake; (7) a 2,900-foot-long, 5-kilovolt submarine cable beneath Lower Silvis Lake; (8) a 7,000-foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt aerial transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The Beaver Falls development consists of: (1) a 32-foot-high, 140-footlong concrete-face, rock-filled Lower Silvis dam; (2) a spillway with an ungated control weir and unlined rock discharge channel; (3) a 67.5-acre reservoir (Lower Silvis Lake) with gross storage capacity of approximately 8,052 acre-feet; (4) a 3-foot-high, 40-foot-long concrete diversion dam on Beaver Falls Creek; (5) a 3,800-foot-long underground power tunnel connecting to a 3,610-footlong above ground steel penstock that conveys water from Lower Silvis Lake to the Beaver Falls powerhouse and supplies water to Units 3 and 4 in the powerhouse; (6) a 225-foot-long adit that taps the 3,800-foot-long underground power tunnel and discharges water into Beaver Falls Creek approximately 500feet upstream of the Beaver Falls diversion dam; (7) a 4,170-foot-long above ground steel penstock that conveys water from the Beaver Falls Creek diversion dam to the Beaver Falls powerhouse and supplies Unit 1 in the powerhouse; (8) a 30-feet by 147-feet by 25-feet-high Beaver Falls powerhouse containing three horizontal Pelton generating units with a total installed capacity of 5 MW (Units 1, 3 and 4; Unit 2 is decommissioned); (9) a Beaver Falls substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project generates an annual average of 54,711,280 megawatthours. o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (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 (P–1922). 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://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline. aspx 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 .............................................................................................................................................................................. Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) .................................................................................................................................................................... Request Additional Information (if needed) ............................................................................................................................................................ Issue Notice of Acceptance .................................................................................................................................................................................... Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments ............................................................................................................................................................. Issue Scoping Document 2 .................................................................................................................................................................................... Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ................................................................................................................................................ 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: November 2, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 [FR Doc. 2022–24347 Filed 11–7–22; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 4784–106] Topsham Hydro Partners Limited Partnership (L.P.); Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment BILLING CODE 6717–01–P In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for license for the Pejepscot VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:33 Nov 07, 2022 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 67469 December 2022. December 2022. December 2022. March 2023. April 2023. June 2023. June 2023. Hydroelectric Project, located on the Androscoggin River in Sagadahoc, Cumberland, and Androscoggin Counties in the village of Pejepscot and the town of Topsham, Maine and has prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) for the project. No federal land is occupied by project works or located within the project boundary. The FEA contains staff’s analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the project and concludes that licensing the project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment. E:\FR\FM\08NON1.SGM 08NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1922-052]


Ketchikan Public Utilities; 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.: 1922-052.
    c. Date filed: October 27, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU).
    e. Name of Project: Beaver Falls Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On Beaver Falls Creek in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 
Alaska. The project occupies 478.4 acres 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: Jennifer Holstrom, Senior Project Engineer, 
Ketchikan Public Utilities, 1065 Fair Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901; 
(907) 228-4733; or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair at (202) 502-6587, or 
[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

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serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: December 26, 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://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and 
docket number on the first page: Beaver Falls Hydroelectric Project (P-
1922-052).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing Beaver Falls Project consists 
of two developments: Silvis and Beaver Falls. The Silvis development 
consists of: (1) a 60-foot-high, 135-foot-long concrete-face, rock-
filled Upper Silvis Lake dam; (2) an 800-foot-long excavated rock 
spillway channel leading from Upper Silvis Lake to Lower Silvis Lake; 
(3) a 300-acre reservoir (Upper Silvis Lake) with gross storage 
capacity of approximately 38,000 acre-feet; (4) a 980-foot-long 
underground power tunnel connecting to a 342-foot-long, 36-inch-
diameter steel penstock that conveys water to the Silvis Powerhouse; 
(5) a 30-feet by 40-feet by 25-feet-high Silvis powerhouse containing a 
single Francis-type turbine with a rated capacity of 2.1 megawatts; (6) 
a 150-foot-long trapezoidal shaped channel tailrace discharging into 
Lower Silvis Lake; (7) a 2,900-foot-long, 5-kilovolt submarine cable 
beneath Lower Silvis Lake; (8) a 7,000-foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt aerial 
transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The Beaver Falls development consists of: (1) a 32-foot-high, 140-
foot-long concrete-face, rock-filled Lower Silvis dam; (2) a spillway 
with an ungated control weir and unlined rock discharge channel; (3) a 
67.5-acre reservoir (Lower Silvis Lake) with gross storage capacity of 
approximately 8,052 acre-feet; (4) a 3-foot-high, 40-foot-long concrete 
diversion dam on Beaver Falls Creek; (5) a 3,800-foot-long underground 
power tunnel connecting to a 3,610-foot-long above ground steel 
penstock that conveys water from Lower Silvis Lake to the Beaver Falls 
powerhouse and supplies water to Units 3 and 4 in the powerhouse; (6) a 
225-foot-long adit that taps the 3,800-foot-long underground power 
tunnel and discharges water into Beaver Falls Creek approximately 500-
feet upstream of the Beaver Falls diversion dam; (7) a 4,170-foot-long 
above ground steel penstock that conveys water from the Beaver Falls 
Creek diversion dam to the Beaver Falls powerhouse and supplies Unit 1 
in the powerhouse; (8) a 30-feet by 147-feet by 25-feet-high Beaver 
Falls powerhouse containing three horizontal Pelton generating units 
with a total installed capacity of 5 MW (Units 1, 3 and 4; Unit 2 is 
decommissioned); (9) a Beaver Falls substation; and (10) appurtenant 
facilities. The project generates an annual average of 54,711,280 
megawatt-hours.
    o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via 
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 (P-
1922). 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://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx 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.

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Additional Study Requests due.........  December 2022.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)  December 2022.
Request Additional Information (if      December 2022.
 needed).
Issue Notice of Acceptance............  March 2023.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.  April 2023.
Issue Scoping Document 2..............  June 2023.
Issue Notice of Ready for               June 2023.
 Environmental 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: November 2, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24347 Filed 11-7-22; 8:45 am]
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