[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58770-58771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23217]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13755-002]


FFP Missouri 12, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings and 
Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comment

    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 Number 2
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Allegheny Lock and Dam Number 2 on the 
Allegheny River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The project would 
occupy 37.5 acres of federal land managed by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r)
    h. Applicant Contact: Thomas Feldman, Rye Development, LLC., PO Box 
390691, Cambridge, MA 02139; or at (617) 433-8140; or 
[email protected]
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or 
[email protected]
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 10, 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:[sol][sol]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-13755-002.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.

    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The proposed project would utilize the existing Corps' Allegheny 
Lock and Dam Number 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.

    The applicant proposes to operate the project in a ``run-of-river'' 
mode using flows made available by the Corps. The proposed project 
would not change existing flow releases or water surface elevations 
upstream or downstream of the proposed project.

    m. 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.

    n. Scoping Process

    The Commission intends to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) 
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.

Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public 
meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and 
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping 
meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the 
meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and 
locations of these meetings are as follows:

Public Scoping Meeting

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh--Green Tree
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, (412) 922-8400.

Agency Scoping Meeting

Date: Friday, October 10, 2014
Time: 9:30 a.m. (EDT)
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh--Green Tree
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, (412) 922-8400.

    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to 
be addressed in the EIS were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the 
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the web at 
http:[sol][sol]www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m 
above).

Environmental Site Review

    The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project Environmental 
Site Review. The time and location of this meeting is as follows:

Project: Allegheny Lock and Dam Number Two
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps' parking lot,
    7451 Lockway West,
    Pittsburgh, PA 15206.

    All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited 
to attend. All participants should meet at the time and location 
specified above. All participants are responsible for their own 
transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the 
Environmental Site Review should contact Mr. Thomas Feldman of Rye 
Development, LLC at (617) 433-8140 on or before October 3, 2014.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
solicit from the meeting participants all available information,

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especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that 
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not 
require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the 
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to 
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed 
in the EA.

    Dated: September 22, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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