[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 215 (Monday, November 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68743-68745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28692]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13417-002]


Western Technical College; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 13417-002.
    c. Date filed: October 21, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Western Technical College.
    e. Name of Project: Angelo Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project would be located on the La Crosse River in 
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Township of Angelo, Monroe County, Wisconsin at an existing dam owned 
by Monroe County and regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural 
Resources. The project would not occupy Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Western Technical College, c/o Mr. Michael 
Pieper, Vice President, Finance and Operations, 400 Seventh Street 
North, P.O. Box C-0908, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54602-0908; Phone: (608) 
785-9120.
    i. FERC Contact: Isis Johnson, (202) 502-6346, 
[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: December 20, 2011.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-(866) 208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The project would be located at an existing dam currently owned 
by Monroe County. The dam was built in 1854, and acquired in the 1920s 
by Northern States Power who rebuilt, owned, and operated a 
hydroelectric project at that location until it was abandoned and the 
generating equipment was removed, in 1969. In 1998, Monroe County 
rehabilitated the dam and installed new Tainter gates with cable drum 
hoists.
    The existing Angelo dam is an earthen embankment with a maximum 
height of 14 feet and a total length of 507 feet. The spillway is 
constructed of reinforced concrete and consists of four, 13.5-foot-wide 
by 11.4-foot-high bays with 13.5-foot-wide by approximately 7-foot-high 
steel tainter gates. The proposed project would consist of: (1) A 20-
foot by 20-foot by 20-foot forebay; (2) restoration of the intake 
structure; (3) new trash racks; (4) a 20-foot by 40-foot by 28-foot 
powerhouse located at the right abutment of the dam; and (5) a 205-kW 
vertical double regulated Kaplan turbine. The projected annual energy 
generation would be 948,760 kilowatt-hours. The project would 
interconnect to an existing 2.7kV distribution line owned by Northern 
States Power, at a point adjacent to the powerhouse.
    The existing reservoir has a surface area of 52 acres, normally 
stores approximately 140 acre-feet at the spillway crest elevation, and 
has a normal operating range from 793 to 793.6 feet above mean sea 
level (msl). The maximum storage capacity is 450 acre-feet (based on an 
elevation of 796 feet msl at the top of the dam). The project would 
operate in a run-of-river mode and generate power using flows between 
168 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 64 cfs. Flows greater than 168 cfs 
would be spilled.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://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. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://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. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec.  106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Notice of Acceptance...................  December 2011.
Scoping Document 1 issued for comments.  February 2012.
Comments on Scoping Document 1.........  March 2012.
Scoping Document 2 and additional        April 2012.
 information request, if necessary.
Notice of Ready for Environmental        June 2012.
 Analysis.
Commission issues a single EA..........  January 2013.
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    Dated: October 28, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-28692 Filed 11-4-11; 8:45 am]
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