[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9732-9733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03651]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13755-002]


FFP Missouri 12, LLC; 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: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 13755-002.
    c. Date Filed: February 3, 2014.
    d. Applicant: FFP Missouri 12, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Allegheny Lock and Dam No. 2.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Allegheny Lock and Dam No. 2 on the 
Allegheny River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The project would 
occupy 3.23 acres of federal land managed by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Thomas M. Feldman, 239 Causeway Street, Suite 
300, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. Phone: (978) 252-7361.
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 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: April 4, 2014.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-13577-002.

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    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would utilize the existing U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' Allegheny Lock and Dam No. 2, and would consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) A 170-foot-wide, 120-foot-long, 70-foot-
high intake structure with two 5-inch clear bar spacing trash racks; 
(2) two 45-foot-wide, 40-foot-high spillway bays; (3) an 1,100-foot-
long, 2.5-foot-high adjustable crest gate on top of the existing dam 
crest; (4) a 170-foot-wide by 180-foot-long powerhouse along the east 
side of the river; (5) three Kaplan turbine-generator units with a 
combined installed capacity of 17,000 kilowatts; (6) a 50-foot-wide by 
60-foot-long substation; (7) a 1,265-foot-long, single overhead, 69-
kilovolt transmission line to connect the project substation to an 
existing distribution line owned by Duquesne Light Company; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to generate an average 
of 81,950 megawatt-hours annually.
    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 
Pennsylvania 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: 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--April 2014
Issue Scoping Document--May 2014
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2014
Commission Issues EA--December 2014

    Dated: February 7, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-03651 Filed 2-19-14; 8:45 am]
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