[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99-100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33638]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13022-003]


Barren River Lake Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a 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: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 13022-003.
    c. Date Filed: December 9, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Barren River Lake Hydro LLC (Barren Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Barren River Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Barren River, in Allen County, Kentucky. The 
project would occupy 18.65 acres of land, the majority of which are 
United States lands administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(Corps).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent Smith, Symbiotics LLC, 371 Upper 
Terrace, Suite 2, Bend, Oregon 97702; (541) 330-8779; email_
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer, (202) 502-8365 or via email at 
[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: February 7, 2012.
    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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would utilize the existing Corps' Barren 
River Lake

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Dam and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) Lining the 
existing outlet structure with a 280-foot-long, 14-foot-diameter steel 
penstock; (2) a new gate and bifurcation where the penstock exits the 
dam; (3) a powerhouse containing one vertical Kaplan turbine unit with 
a total capacity of 6.8 megawatts (MW); (4) a 110-foot-long, 80-foot-
wide tailrace; (5) a proposed 0.83-mile-long, 12.5 kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line; (6) a switchyard; and (7) appurtenant facilities. 
The proposed project would have an average annual generation of 24.2 
gigawatt-hours (GWh), and operate run-of-river utilizing surplus water 
from the Barren River Lake Dam, as directed by the Corps.
    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. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

 
 
 
Issue Deficiency Letter.................  March 2012.
Issue Acceptance letter.................  July 2012.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...  August 2012.
Request Additional Information (if        October 2012.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).  October 2012.
Notice of application is ready for        February 2013.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft   October 2013.
 EA.
Notice of the availability of the final   April 2014.
 EA.
 

    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: December 23, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-33638 Filed 12-30-11; 8:45 am]
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