Yuba County Water Agency; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 83931-83932 [2023-26461]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 230 / Friday, December 1, 2023 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1403–068] Yuba County Water Agency; 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.: 1403–068. c. Date Filed: November 14, 2023. d. Applicant: Yuba County Water Agency. e. Name of Project: Narrows Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The existing project is located on the Yuba River in Nevada County, California, approximately 23 miles northeast of the City of Marysville. The project affects 0.55 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Willie Whittlesey, General Manager, Yuba County Water Agency, 1220 F Street, Marysville, CA 95901; Telephone (530) 741–5000 or email WWhittlesey@ yubawater.org. i. FERC Contact: Rebecca Kipp, (202) 502–8846 or rebecca.kipp@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 item1 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: January 13, 2024. 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, Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Narrows Hydroelectric Project (P–1403–068). m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The existing Narrows Hydroelectric Project consists of the following facilities: (1) a 1,077-foot-long gunitelined tunnel that connects a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tunnel to the project penstock; (2) a 266-foot-long steel penstock with a diameter varying between 7.6 and 8 feet that connects the project tunnel to the project’s powerhouse and includes a 277-footlong surge structure; (3) an 82.5-foot by 43.6-foot by 92-foot concrete powerhouse containing a 48-inchdiameter bypass pipe and a single Francis turbine with a generating capacity of 12 megawatts; and (4) a powerhouse access tram. Yuba County Water Agency is not proposing any changes to project facilities or operation. o. Copies of the application 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 (P–1403). 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. 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. The Commission’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@ ferc.gov. q. 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. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Milestone Target date Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) .............................................................................................................................................. Request Additional Information (if necessary) ................................................................................................................................. Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments ....................................................................................................................................... Issue Acceptance Letter ................................................................................................................................................................... Request Additional Information (if necessary) ................................................................................................................................. Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) ....................................................................................................................................... Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis .......................................................................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:47 Nov 30, 2023 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 83931 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01DEN1.SGM 01DEN1 January 2024. January 2024. March 2024. April 2024. May 2024. June 2024. June 2024. 83932 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 230 / Friday, December 1, 2023 / Notices r. 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 27, 2023. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–26461 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15328–000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SOLIA 1 Hydroelectric LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On October 18, 2023, SOLIA 1 Hydroelectric 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 hydropower project located to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) A.I. Selden Lock and Dam near the City of Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama. 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 A.I. Selden Hydroelectric Project would consist of the following: (1) a headrace channel and intake structure with four, 31-footwide, 39-foot-high trash racks with 8.3inch bar spacing; (2) a 93-foot-long, 158foot-wide, 83-foot-high concrete powerhouse located on the south west bank of the river at the existing Corps dam’s right abutment containing four Kaplan bulb turbine-generator units with a total capacity of 22.4 megawatts; (3) four, 70-foot-long, 198-foot-wide, 73foot-high draft tubes that would convey water from the turbines to the tailrace; (4) a 495-foot-long, 495-foot-wide riprap lined tailrace; (5) a 100-foot-long, 100foot-wide switchyard; and (6) a 2.2mile-long, 115 kilovolt transmission line. The proposed project would have an estimated annual generation of 145.5 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Douglas Spaulding, Nelson Energy, 1030 Tyrol VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:47 Nov 30, 2023 Jkt 262001 Trail, Suite 101, Minneapolis, MN 55416; phone: (612) 599–8493. 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/eFiling.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 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–15328–000. 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–15328) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: November 24, 2023. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–26386 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP24–17–000] Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline Take notice that on November 16, 2023, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed in the above referenced docket, a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208, and 157.216 of the Commission’s regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Columbia’s blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP83–76–000, for authorization to modify the existing Line D322 pipeline at various locations, including the installation of two bi-directional launching and receiving stations for inline inspection devices, and abandoning approximately 8 miles of its 12-inch diameter Line D322. All of the above facilities are located in Morrow, Marion, Hardin, and Allen Counties, Ohio (Line D322 West ILI Project). The project will allow Columbia to perform installations and activities to enable bi-directional inline inspection, or pigging, as well as abandon a section of its Line D322. The estimated cost for the project is 28.7 million, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. 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 (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 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FercOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY (202) 502–8659. Any questions concerning this request should be directed to David A. Alonzo, Manager, Project Authorizations, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, at (832) 320–5477 or david_alonzo@tcenergy.com. E:\FR\FM\01DEN1.SGM 01DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 230 (Friday, December 1, 2023)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1403-068]


Yuba County Water Agency; 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.: 1403-068.
    c. Date Filed: November 14, 2023.
    d. Applicant: Yuba County Water Agency.
    e. Name of Project: Narrows Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Yuba River in 
Nevada County, California, approximately 23 miles northeast of the City 
of Marysville. The project affects 0.55 acres of Federal land managed 
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Willie Whittlesey, General Manager, Yuba 
County Water Agency, 1220 F Street, Marysville, CA 95901; Telephone 
(530) 741-5000 or email [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Rebecca Kipp, (202) 502-8846 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 item1 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: January 13, 2024.
    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. All filings must clearly identify the 
project name and docket number on the first page: Narrows Hydroelectric 
Project (P-1403-068).
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Narrows Hydroelectric Project consists of the 
following facilities: (1) a 1,077-foot-long gunite-lined tunnel that 
connects a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tunnel to the project penstock; 
(2) a 266-foot-long steel penstock with a diameter varying between 7.6 
and 8 feet that connects the project tunnel to the project's powerhouse 
and includes a 277-foot-long surge structure; (3) an 82.5-foot by 43.6-
foot by 92-foot concrete powerhouse containing a 48-inch-diameter 
bypass pipe and a single Francis turbine with a generating capacity of 
12 megawatts; and (4) a powerhouse access tram. Yuba County Water 
Agency is not proposing any changes to project facilities or operation.
    o. Copies of the application 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 (P-1403). 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.
    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. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
    q. 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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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).  January 2024.
Request Additional Information (if       January 2024.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments..  March 2024.
Issue Acceptance Letter................  April 2024.
Request Additional Information (if       May 2024.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)  June 2024.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental  June 2024.
 Analysis.
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    r. 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 27, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-26461 Filed 11-30-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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