[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28830-28831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11659]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Project No. 12613-004]


Tygart, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the 
Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 
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.: 12613-004.
    c. Date Filed: April 30, 2013.
    d. Applicant: Tygart, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Tygart Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Tygart Dam on the Tygart River in Taylor 
County, West Virginia. The project would occupy 1 acre of federal land 
managed by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).

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    h. Applicant Contact: David Sinclair, President, Advanced Hydro 
Solutions, 3000 Auburn Drive, Suite 430, Beachwood, OH 44122-4340 or by 
email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or 
[email protected].
    j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The proposed project would utilize the Corps' existing Tygart 
Dam, and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 15-foot-
wide by 21-foot-high steel intake structure; (2) a 270-foot-long 
penstock which would bifurcate into a 110-foot-long and a 150-foot-long 
penstock; (3) a 121-foot-long by 99-foot-wide concrete powerhouse; (4) 
two unequal-sized turbines with a combined capacity of 30 megawatts; 
(5) an excavated 60-foot-wide by 160-foot-long tailrace; (6) a 1.54-
mile-long transmission line; and (7) a switchyard with appurtenant 
facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to be 108,600 
megawatt-hours.
    The proposed project would operate in a run-of-release mode using 
flows made available by the Corps.
    The proposed project boundary would enclose all of the generating 
facilities located on 1 acre of Corps' land as well as the transmission 
line located on 7 acres of privately owned land.
    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: 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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              Milestone                              Date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready  June 29, 2013.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations,            August 28, 2013.
 preliminary terms and conditions,
 and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Non-Draft EA......  December 26, 2013.
Comments on EA......................  January 25, 2014.
Modified Terms and Conditions.......  March 26, 2014.
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    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: May 10, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-11659 Filed 5-15-13; 8:45 am]
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