Kram Hydro 4, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 44665-44666 [2024-11148]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 21, 2024 / Notices Hampshire DES received the requests for certifications on April 19, 2024. Pursuant to section 5.23(b) of the Commission’s regulations,1 we hereby notify New Hampshire DES of the following: Date of Receipt of the Certification Requests: April 19, 2024. Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Requests: One year, April 19, 2025. If New Hampshire DES fails or refuses to act on the water quality certification requests on or before the above date, then the certifying authority is deemed waived pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). Dated: May 15, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–11151 Filed 5–20–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. OR24–8–000] ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Hess North Dakota Pipelines LLC; Notice of Request for Temporary Waiver Take notice that on May 13, 2024, Hess North Dakota Pipelines LLC filed a petition seeking a temporary waiver of the tariff filing and reporting requirements of sections 6 and 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act and parts 341 and 357 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s regulations (Commission), all as more fully explained in the petition. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene, or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Petitioner. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to 1 18 view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// www.ferc.gov). From the Commission’s Home Page on the internet, this information is available on eLibrary. The full text of this document is available on eLibrary in PDF and Microsoft Word format for viewing, printing, and/or downloading. To access this document in eLibrary, type the docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in the docket number field. 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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. Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on June 12, 2024. Dated: May 15, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–11153 Filed 5–20–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P CFR 5.23(b). VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 May 20, 2024 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 44665 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15344–000] Kram Hydro 4, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On February 15, 2024, Kram Hydro 4, 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 hydropower project proposed to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Saylorville Locks and Dam near the City of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 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 Saylorville Hydroelectric Project would consist of the following: (1) a proposed 90-footlong, 30-foot-wide intake channel near the west bank of the existing Corps’ dam; (2) a proposed 2,100-foot-long and 20-foot-diameter steel penstock extending from the intake to a proposed powerhouse; (3) a proposed 70-footlong, 120-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse, located downstream of the existing Corps’ dam, containing two Kaplan pit turbine-generators with a total capacity of 10.0 megawatts; (4) an existing tailrace channel used to convey flows back to the Des Moines River downstream of the Corps dam’s discharge channel; (5) a proposed 13.8 kilovolt-ampere substation located adjacent to the proposed powerhouse; and (6) a proposed 13.8 kilovolt, 7,000foot-long 3-phase overhead transmission line connecting the substation to the grid. The proposed project would have an estimated annual generation of 52,000 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Pamela Niditch, Kram Hydro 4 LLC, 12333 Sowden Rd., Ste. B, PMB 50808, Houston, Texas 77080–2059; phone: (570) 560–0205. FERC Contact: Shivani Khetani; phone: (212) 273–5917, or by email at shivani.khetani@ferc.gov. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications: 60 E:\FR\FM\21MYN1.SGM 21MYN1 44666 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 21, 2024 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 days from the issuance of this notice.1 Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36. 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. 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–15334–000. 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–15334) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. 1 The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure provide that if a filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other day when the Commission is closed for business, the filing deadline does not end until the close of business on the next business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2). Because the 60-day filing deadline falls on a Sunday (i.e., July 14, 2024), the filing deadline is extended until the close of business on Monday, July 15, 2024. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 May 20, 2024 Jkt 262001 Dated: May 15, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–11148 Filed 5–20–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2310–260] Pacific Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Application for Temporary Flow Modification Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Comments, 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. Application Type: Request for a temporary minimum instream flow variance of Article 39. b. Project No: 2310–260. c. Date Filed: April 12, 2024. d. Applicant: Pacific Gas & Electric Company. e. Name of Project: Drum-Spaulding Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The project is located on the upper reaches of the South Yuba and Bear Rivers in Nevada and Placer Counties, California, near the cities of Auburn, Colfax, Grass Valley and Nevada City. The project occupies Federal lands within the Tahoe National Forest managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. h. Applicant Contact: Trevor Moore, P.O. Box 28209, Oakland, California 94604, TQMI@pge.com, (530) 205–7345. i. FERC Contact: Katherine Schmidt, katherine.schmidt@ferc.gov, (415) 369– 3348. j. Cooperating agencies: With this notice, the Commission is inviting Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues affected by the proposal, that wish to cooperate in the preparation of any environmental document, if applicable, to follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item k below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission’s policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of any environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). k. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests: June 17, 2024. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 motions to intervene, and protests using the Commission’s eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include the docket number P–2310–260. 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. l. Description of Request: The purpose of the project is to restore the Lower Feeley Lake Dam (Carr Lake) Crest to its original design elevation and associated upstream toe along with enhanced protection to the upstream slope. A variance in the minimum flows required by Article 39 is necessary to facilitate the work. Approving the variance would allow the licensee to reduce flows released from the Lower Feeley Dam from the required flow of 0.5 cubic-feetper-second (cfs) target to a 0.4 cfs target and reduce the allowable minimum flow from 0.2 cfs to 0.1 cfs. The described reduction in flows would be permitted from the onset of variance approval by the Commission, if approved, until November 30, 2024. m. 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:// E:\FR\FM\21MYN1.SGM 21MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44665-44666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11148]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15344-000]


Kram Hydro 4, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On February 15, 2024, Kram Hydro 4, 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 hydropower project 
proposed to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) 
Saylorville Locks and Dam near the City of Des Moines, Polk County, 
Iowa. 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 Saylorville Hydroelectric Project would consist of the 
following: (1) a proposed 90-foot-long, 30-foot-wide intake channel 
near the west bank of the existing Corps' dam; (2) a proposed 2,100-
foot-long and 20-foot-diameter steel penstock extending from the intake 
to a proposed powerhouse; (3) a proposed 70-foot-long, 120-foot-wide 
reinforced concrete powerhouse, located downstream of the existing 
Corps' dam, containing two Kaplan pit turbine-generators with a total 
capacity of 10.0 megawatts; (4) an existing tailrace channel used to 
convey flows back to the Des Moines River downstream of the Corps dam's 
discharge channel; (5) a proposed 13.8 kilovolt-ampere substation 
located adjacent to the proposed powerhouse; and (6) a proposed 13.8 
kilovolt, 7,000-foot-long 3-phase overhead transmission line connecting 
the substation to the grid. The proposed project would have an 
estimated annual generation of 52,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Pamela Niditch, Kram Hydro 4 LLC, 12333 Sowden 
Rd., Ste. B, PMB 50808, Houston, Texas 77080-2059; phone: (570) 560-
0205.
    FERC Contact: Shivani Khetani; phone: (212) 273-5917, or by email 
at [email protected].
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60

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days from the issuance of this notice.\1\ Competing applications and 
notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36.
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    \1\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide 
that if a filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or 
other day when the Commission is closed for business, the filing 
deadline does not end until the close of business on the next 
business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2). Because the 60-day filing 
deadline falls on a Sunday (i.e., July 14, 2024), the filing 
deadline is extended until the close of business on Monday, July 15, 
2024.
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    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].
    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 
[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: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any 
filing should include docket number P-15334-000.
    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-15334) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 15, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-11148 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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