[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 38308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15182]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Project No. 2464-015]


Gresham Municipal Utilities; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 2464-015.
    c. Date filed: June 10, 2013.
    d. Applicant: Gresham Municipal Utilities.
    e. Name of Project: Weed Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Red River in Shawano County, Wisconsin. No federal 
lands are occupied by the project works or located within the project 
boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Gresham Municipal Utilities, Village of 
Gresham, Wisconsin, Attn: Art Bahr, Village Administrator, 1126 Main 
Street, PO Box 50, Gresham, WI 54128.
    i. FERC Contact: Lesley Kordella, (202) 502-6406 or 
[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: August 9, 2013.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR Sec.  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 five 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 Weed Dam Hydroelectric Project would consist of the 
following existing features: (1) A gated 64-foot-long concrete spillway 
with four bays, each containing a five-foot-high tainter gate; (2) two 
700-foot-long earth embankments on either side of the spillway; (3) a 
244-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 1,200 acre-feet; (4) two 
buried steel penstocks; and (5) a concrete powerhouse with one 500-kW 
turbine-generator unit and one 120-kW turbine-generator united having a 
total installed capacity of 620 kW; (6) a 100-foot-long transmission 
line; (7) a substation; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project is 
estimated to generate about 1.49 gigawatt hours annually. No new 
facilities or environmental measures are proposed.
    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: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate (e.g., if scoping is waived, the 
schedule would be shortened).

Issue Deficiency and/or Additional Information Request, August 2013
Issue Notice of Acceptance, October 2013
Issue Scoping Document, February 2014
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis, February 2014
Commission issues EA, June 2014

    Dated: June 19, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-15182 Filed 6-25-13; 8:45 am]
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