[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17194-17195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06333]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2744-043]


North East Wisconsin Hydro, LLC: 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 with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New license.
    b. Project No.: P-2744-043.
    c. Date filed: February 28, 2013.
    d. Applicant: North East Wisconsin Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Menominee--Park Mill Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Menominee River in Marinette County, Wisconsin 
and in Menominee County, Michigan. The project does not affect federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Scott Klabunde, North American Hydro 
Holdings, LLC, P.O. Box 167, 116 North State Street, Neshkoro, WI 
54960-0167; or at (920) 293-4628.
    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

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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: April 29, 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://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 existing Menominee--Park Mill Hydroelectric Project consists 
of two existing developments: Menominee and Park Mill. The Park Mill 
Development is located about 1 mile upstream of the Menominee 
Development.
    The Menominee Development consists of: (1) A 466.5-foot-long, 24-
foot-high existing concrete gravity dam with a normal operating head of 
12 feet; (2) an impoundment with a normal operating elevation of 594.0 
feet mean sea level (msl) and a surface area of 143 acres; (3) a 204-
foot-long concrete and brick powerhouse integral with the dam and 
located on the Michigan side of the river; (4) two Kaplan turbine units 
each connected to a 0.458-megawatt (MW) generator and two Kaplan 
turbine units each connected to a 0.662-MW generator for a combined 
installed capacity of 2.240 MW; (5) an above ground 24.9-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line that connects the project substation to the local 
utility distribution lines; and (6) other appurtenant facilities.
    The Park Mill Development consists of: (1) A 538.58-foot-long, 22-
foot-high existing concrete gravity dam with a normal operating head of 
16 feet; (2) an impoundment with a normal operating elevation of 610.0 
feet msl and a surface area of 539 acres; (3) a 2,400-foot long intake 
headrace canal; (4) a 138-foot-long stone and brick powerhouse located 
on the Wisconsin side of the river; (5) one Kaplan turbine unit 
connected to a 0.225-MW generator, two Francis turbine units each 
connected to a 0.420-MW generator, two Kaplan turbine units each 
connected to a 0.430-MW generator, and one Kaplan turbine unit 
connected to a 0.450-MW generator for a combined installed capacity of 
2.375 MW; (6) an above ground 24.9-kV transmission line that connects 
the project substation to the local utility distribution lines; and (7) 
other appurtenant facilities.
    The project operates in a run-of-river mode. The average annual 
generation for the project is about 30,455 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://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 
Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, 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 May 2013
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments June 2013
Comments due on Scoping Document 1 July 2013
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis September 2013
Issue Environmental Assessment (EA) April 2014
Comments due on EA May 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: March 13, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-06333 Filed 3-19-13; 8:45 am]
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