[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2984-2985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00647]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3030-019]


Antrim County; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the 
Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing 
Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of 
Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed

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with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent license.
    b. Project No.: P-3030-019.
    c. Date filed: December 21, 2012.
    d. Applicant: Antrim County.
    e. Name of Project: Elk Rapids Hydroelectric Project
    f. Location: On the Elk River in the village of Elk Rapids in 
Antrim, Grand Traverse, and Kalkaskia counties, Michigan. The project 
does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: William Stockhausen, Elk Rapids Hydroelectric 
Power, LLC, 218 West Dunlap Street, Northville, MI 48167; or at (248) 
349-2833.
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery at (202) 502-8379 or by 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 19, 2013.
    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:[sol][sol]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:[sol][sol]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 existing Elk Rapids Hydroelectric Project is located on the 
Elk River in Antrim, Grand Traverse, and Kalkaskia counties, Michigan. 
The project consists of: (1) 2,560-acre Skegemog Lake; (2) 7,730-acre 
Elk Lake; (3) a 121-foot-long, 52-foot-high, 26-foot-wide existing 
powerhouse that spans the main channel of the Elk River, with an 
operating head of 10.5 feet, (4) four 22-foot-wide bays with a trash 
rack having a 1[frac34]-inch clear bar spacing; (5) two turbine-
generator units for a combined installed capacity of 0.700 megawatt; 
(6) two turbine gates used to spill excess water; (7) a 14-foot-wide 
overflow spillway equipped with stoplogs; (8) a 20-foot by 30-foot 
substation enclosure; (9) a 50-foot-long underground 12.5-kilovolt 
transmission line to connect the project substation to the local 
utility distribution lines; and (10) other appurtenant facilities.
    The project operates in a run-of-river mode and the water surface 
elevation is maintained at 590.8 feet Elk Rapids dam gage datum from 
April 15 through November 1 and at 590.2 feet Elk Rapids dam gage datum 
from November 1 through April 15. The average annual generation is 
about 2,422 megawatt-hours.
    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:[sol][sol]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:[sol][sol]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 
Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Notice of Acceptance--March 2013
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--April 2013
Comments due on Scoping Document 1--June 2013
Issue Scoping Document 2--June 2013
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--September 2013
Issue Environmental Assessment (EA)--March 2014
Comments on due on EA--April 2014

    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: January 9, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-00647 Filed 1-14-13; 8:45 am]
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