[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58768-58769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23218]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and 
Soliciting Scoping Comments

FFP Missouri 5, LLC--Project No. 13757-002.
FFP Missouri 6, LLC--Project No. 13761-002.
Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC--Project No. 13768-002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Applications: Original Major Licenses
    b. Project Nos.: 13757-002; 13761-002; 13768-002
    c. Dates Filed: March 14, 2014
    d. Applicants: FFP Missouri 5, LLC; FFP Missouri 6, LLC; Solia 6 
Hydroelectric, LLC.
    e. Names of Projects: Emsworth Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project, 
13757-002; Emsworth Back Channel Hydroelectric Project, 13761-002; 
Montgomery Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project, 13768-002.
    f. Locations: The proposed projects would be located at U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) dams on the Ohio River in Allegheny and 
Beaver counties, Pennsylvania (see table below for specific locations). 
The projects would occupy 16.95 acres of federal land managed by the 
Corps.

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                                                                                                  Federal land
     Project No.                  Projects              County and State        City/town       used by  project
                                                                                                     (acres)
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P-13757..............  Emsworth Locks and Dam.......  Allegheny, PA......  Emsworth...........              9.58
P-13761..............  Emsworth Back Channel Dam....  Allegheny, PA......  Emsworth...........              2.26
P-13768..............  Montgomery Locks & Dam.......  Beaver, PA.........  Borough of Industry              5.11
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    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: Brandi Sangunett, (202) 502-8393 or 
[email protected]
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 10, 2014
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at 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], (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 the 
docket number(s) for the project(s) (e.g., P-13757-002).
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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. The applications are not ready for environmental analysis at 
this time.
    l. The proposed Emsworth Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project would 
be the most upstream project at river mile (RM) 6.2 and would consist 
of the following new facilities: (1) A 205-foot-long, 180-foot-wide 
intake channel containing a

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30-foot-long, 63.5-foot-high, 180-foot-wide intake structure with 5-
inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 180-foot-long, 77-foot-high, 180-
foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse on the south bank of the 
river; (3) four turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 24 
megawatts (MW); (4) a 380-foot-long, 280-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-
foot-long by 60-foot-wide substation; (6) a 1,893-foot-long, 69-
kilovolt (kV), overhead transmission line to connect the project 
substation to an existing substation; and (7) appurtenant facilities. 
The average annual generation would be 101,300 megawatt-hours (MWh).
    The proposed Emsworth Back Channel Dam Hydroelectric Project would 
be located at RM 6.8 and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 
100-foot-long, 165-foot-wide intake channel containing a 32-foot-long, 
63.5-foot-high, 90-foot-wide intake structure with 5-inch bar spacing 
trashracks; (2) a 150-foot-long, 77-foot-high, 90-foot-wide reinforced 
concrete powerhouse on the north bank of the river; (3) two turbine-
generator units with a combined capacity of 12.0 MW; (4) a 190-foot-
long, 105-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long by 60-foot-wide 
substation; (6) a 3,758-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line to 
connect the project substation to an existing substation; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation would be 53,500 
MWh.
    The proposed Montgomery Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project would 
be located at RM 31.7 and consist of the following new facilities: (1) 
A 340-foot-long, 205-foot-wide intake channel containing a 150-foot-
long, 90-foot-high, 205-foot-wide intake structure with 5-inch bar 
spacing trashracks; (2) a 315-foot-long, 105-foot-high, 205-foot-wide 
reinforced concrete powerhouse on the north bank of the river; (3) 
three turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 42 MW; (4) a 
280-foot-long, 210-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long by 60-foot-
wide substation; (6) a 392-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line 
to connect the project substation to an existing distribution line; and 
(7) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation would be 
194,370 MWh.
    The applicants propose to operate all three projects in a ``run-of-
river'' mode using flows made available by the Corps. The proposed 
projects would not change existing flow releases or water surface 
elevations upstream or downstream of the proposed projects.
    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://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.
n. Scoping Process
    The Commission intends to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) 
on the projects 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 
actions.

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 EA 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://www.ferc.gov 
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).

Environmental Site Review

    The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct an Environmental Site 
Review for each project. The times and locations of these meetings are 
as follows:

Project: Montgomery Locks and Dam
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps' parking lot 100, Montgomery Dam Road, Monaca, PA 
15061-2221
Project: Emsworth Locks and Dam and Emsworth Back Channel Dam
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps' parking lot 0, Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202-
17085

    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, 
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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