Ketchikan Public Utilities; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, 26297-26298 [2023-09028]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 82 / Friday, April 28, 2023 / Notices Dated: April 24, 2023. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–09040 Filed 4–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1922–052] ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Ketchikan Public Utilities; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests 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.: 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 currently 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. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: June 23, 2023. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file motions to intervene and protests 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:44 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 259001 must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Beaver Falls Hydroelectric Project (P– 1922–052). The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervener 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. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The existing Beaver Falls Project consists of two developments: Silvis and Beaver Falls. The Silvis development consists of: (1) a 60-foothigh, 135-foot-long concrete-face, rockfilled Upper Silvis Lake dam; (2) an 800foot-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 375-foot-long, 36-inch-diameter steel penstock that conveys water to the Silvis Powerhouse; (5) a 30-feet by 40feet 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, 5kilovolt submarine cable beneath Lower Silvis Lake; (8) a 7,000-foot-long, 34.5kilovolt 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 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26297 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. m. A copy of the application is available for review 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. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY (202) 502–8659. 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. n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests 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 protests or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular application. When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions. All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each E:\FR\FM\28APN1.SGM 28APN1 26298 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 82 / Friday, April 28, 2023 / Notices representative of the applicant specified in the particular application. o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments—May 2023 Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due—June 2023 Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)—July 2023 Request Additional Information (if necessary)—July 2023 Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis—August 2023 Dated: April 24, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–09028 Filed 4–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this Commission issues EA .... December 2023.1 time, the Commission has suspended Comments on EA ............ January 2024. access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the 1 The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) regulations under 40 CFR proclamation declaring a National 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed Emergency concerning the Novel within 1 year of the federal action agency’s Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued decision to prepare an EA. This notice establishes the Commission’s intent to prepare an by the President on March 13, 2020. For EA for the Alice Falls Project. Therefore, in ac- assistance, contact FERC at cordance with CEQ’s regulations, the EA must FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call be issued within 1 year of the issuance date of toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) this notice. 502–8659. Any questions regarding this notice The Commission strongly encourages may be directed to Nicholas Tackett at electronic filings of comments, protests (202) 502–6783 or nicholas.tackett@ and interventions in lieu of paper using ferc.gov. the ‘‘eFile’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. In lieu of electronic filing, you may Dated: April 24, 2023. submit a paper copy. Submissions sent Kimberly D. Bose, via the U.S. Postal Service must be Secretary. addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, [FR Doc. 2023–09027 Filed 4–27–23; 8:45 am] Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Commission Rockville, Maryland 20852. Milestone Target date [Docket No. EL23–52–000] [Project No. 5867–054] ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Alice Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment On September 29, 2021, Alice Falls Hydro, LLC filed an application for a new major license for the 2.1-megawatt Alice Falls Hydroelectric Project (Alice Falls Project or project; FERC No. 5867). The Alice Falls Project is located on the Ausable River, in the Town of Chesterfield, Clinton and Essex counties, New York. In accordance with the Commission’s regulations, on February 16, 2023, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for environmental analysis (REA notice). Based on the information in the record, including comments filed on the REA notice, staff does not anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Therefore, staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the application to license the Alice Falls Project. The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and considered in the Commission’s final licensing decision. The application will be processed according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:44 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 259001 MD Solar 2, LLC; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date On April 24, 2023, the Commission issued an order in Docket No. EL23–52– 000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e, instituting an investigation into whether MD Solar 2, LLC’s Rate Schedule is unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential, or otherwise unlawful. MD Solar 2, LLC, 183 FERC ¶ 61,053 (2023). The refund effective date in Docket No. EL23–52–000, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Any interested person desiring to be heard in Docket No. EL23–52–000 must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in accordance with Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2022), within 21 days of the date of issuance of the order. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: April 24, 2023. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–09037 Filed 4–27–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Western Area Power Administration Recommendation for the Western Area Power Administration’s Rocky Mountain Region and Colorado River Storage Project Management Center To Pursue Final Negotiations Regarding Membership in the Southwest Power Pool Regional Transmission Organization, and for the Upper Great Plains Region To Expand Its Participation Western Area Power Administration, DOE. ACTION: Notice of recommendation to pursue final negotiations regarding SPP RTO membership. AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Power Marketing Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), recommends the Rocky Mountain Region (WAPA–RM) with its Loveland Area Projects Transmission System and the Colorado River Storage Project Management Center (WAPA–CRSP) with its Colorado River Storage Project Transmission System pursue final negotiations regarding transmission SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\28APN1.SGM 28APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09028]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1922-052]


Ketchikan Public Utilities; Notice of Application Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    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.: 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 currently 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. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: June 23, 
2023.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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).
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener 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. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. 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 375-
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.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review 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. 
At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's 
Public Reference Room. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY 
(202) 502-8659.
    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.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests 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 protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each

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representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--May 2023
Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due--June 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--July 2023
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--July 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2023

    Dated: April 24, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-09028 Filed 4-27-23; 8:45 am]
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