[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-23227]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project No. 1888-030]


York Haven Power Company, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Establishing 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.: 1888-030.
    c. Date Filed: August 30, 2012.
    d. Applicant: York Haven Power Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: York Haven Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Susquehanna River, in Dauphin, Lancaster, and 
York Counties, Pennsylvania. The project does not occupy any federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: David R. David, York Haven Power Company, 
York Haven Hydro Station, P.O. Box 67, York Haven, PA 17370, at (717) 
266-9470 or email at [email protected] and Dennis T. O'Donnell, 
Olympus Power, LLC, 67 Park Place East, Morristown, NJ 07960.
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512 or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The Project Description: The York Haven Project consists of a 
headrace wall, main dam, east channel dam, powerhouse, and forebay 
bulkhead. The stone masonry headrace wall extends 3,000 feet upstream 
from the north end of the powerhouse and, with an average height of 20 
feet, directs flow to the powerhouse. The main dam is attached to the 
north end of the headrace where it runs diagonally across the main 
channel of the river approximately 4,970 feet to the west shore of 
Three Mile Island. The main dam is constructed of concrete fill, and 
has a maximum height at the crest of 17 feet and an average height of 
10 feet. The east channel dam consists of a concrete gravity dam that 
extends approximately 950 feet east from the east shore of Three Mile 
Island to the east bank of the river. The east channel dam has an 
average height of 10 feet. The stone masonry forebay bulkhead wall, 155 
feet long, extends west from the south end of the powerhouse to the 
transformer building, perpendicular to the shoreline. From the 
transformer building, the forebay bulkhead wall extends 475 feet north 
along the property line to the west bank of the river. A 14-foot-wide 
by 10.5-foot-tall trash sluice gate and associated spillway are located 
adjacent to the southern end of the powerhouse at the eastern end of 
the forebay wall.
    York Haven's main dam and east channel dam impound the Susquehanna 
River, forming Lake Frederic that extends 3.5 miles upstream from the 
dam. Total storage in the 1,849-acre reservoir is approximately 8,000 
acre-feet, and total useable storage is approximately 1,980 acre-feet. 
The current FERC license allows a 1.1-foot fluctuation in the project 
impoundment, but is not used under normal run-of-river operation. The 
normal water surface elevation of the project impoundment is 276.5 
feet. The elevation of the normal river surface below the dam is 
approximately 251.40 feet. The impoundment provides approximately 22.5 
feet of net head for power generation purposes.
    The brick and stone masonry powerhouse has approximate dimensions 
of 470 feet by 48 feet and is located at the southern end of the 
headrace wall and at the eastern end of the forebay bulkhead wall. The 
powerhouse includes 20 turbine-generator units and appurtenant 
equipment. The hydraulic equipment for units 1-3 are vertical-shaft, 
fixed-blade, Kaplan turbines; unit 4 is a vertical-shaft, manually 
adjustable blade, Kaplan turbine; units 5 and 6 are vertical-shaft, 
fixed-blade, propeller-type turbines; units 7, 8, 10-13, and 15-20 each 
consist of two vertical-shaft, Francis turbines connected through bevel 
gears to a single horizontal shaft; unit 9 is a two vertical-shaft, 
Francis turbine connected through a gearbox to a single horizontal 
shaft; and unit 14 is a vertical-shaft, Francis turbine. Units 1-5 have 
1.6-MW generators; unit 6 has a 1.32-MW generator; unit 14 has a 1.2-MW 
generator; and units 7-13 and 15-20 have 0.7-MW generators. Water 
flowing through the turbines is discharged into the tailrace 
immediately downstream of the dam.
    Electricity generated at the project is transmitted by 115-kilovolt 
(kV) transmission lines extending from the project substation to the 
grid.
    The York Haven Project has an authorized nameplate generating 
capacity of 19.65 MW and generates an average of 130,812 MWh annually. 
York Haven Power is currently studying the feasibility of providing a 
nature-like fishway to enhance fish passage facilities at the project.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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 at [email protected] 
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item 
(h) above.
    m. 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.
    n. Procedural Schedule: A preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule will 
be provided in a subsequent notice.
    o. 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: September 13, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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