[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 236 (Thursday, December 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76704-76705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31516]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13953-002]


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: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 13953-002.
    c. Date filed: November 22, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Mahoning Hydropower, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Lake Milton Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project would be located on the Mahoning River, in 
Mahoning County, Ohio at an existing dam owned by the Ohio 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: Mahoning Hydropower, LLC, c/o Anthony J. 
Marra III, General Manager, 11365 Normandy Lane, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 
44023, Phone (440) 804-6627.
    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 requests for cooperating agency status: 
December 22, 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 the existing Lake Milton Dam, 
currently owned by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Lake 
Milton Dam is a concrete gravity dam approximately 54 feet high and 760 
feet long, with a 650-foot-long spillway and four, 60-inch-diameter 
gate valves. The project would also consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) A tubular S-Type propeller, 650-kilowatt turbine-
generating unit; (2) a trash rack with a 1-inch clear bar spacing over 
the existing trashrack; and (3) a 25-foot by 35-foot powerhouse at the 
base of the dam, over the existing discharge pipe. No new penstock or 
tailrace are proposed as the turbine would utilize the existing 70-
foot-long 60-inch diameter cast iron conduit through the dam, and the 
flows exiting the turbine would be discharged directly into an existing 
concrete stilling basin. The proposed project would also include a new 
12.5-kilovolt transmission line approximately 320 feet in length that 
would be constructed and interconnect with an existing distribution 
line to the west.
    The two-mile-long reservoir has a surface area of 1,685 acres at a 
normal pool elevation of 948 feet above mean sea level. The project 
would operate in a run-of-river mode and generate power using flows 
between 25 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 250 cfs. Flows above 250 cfs 
can be discharged through the three remaining 60-inch discharge pipes. 
The estimated annual generation of the Lake Milton Project would be 
3,659 megawatt-hours at a head range of 26-40 feet.

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    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 Ohio 
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......................  January 2011.
Scoping Document 1 issued for comments....  March 2012.
Comments on Scoping Document 1............  April 2012.
Scoping Document 2 and additional           May 2012.
 information request, if necessary.
Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis  July 2012.
Commission issues a single EA.............  February 2013.
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    Dated: December 2, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-31516 Filed 12-7-11; 8:45 am]
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