[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65203-65204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25988]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13704-002]


FFP Missouri 2, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    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--Existing Dam.
    b. Project No.: 13704-002.
    c. Date filed: November 13, 2013.
    d. Applicant: FFP Missouri 2, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Arkabutla Lake Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) existing Arkabutla Lake dam, on the 
Coldwater River in Tate and DeSoto Counties, Mississippi. The proposed 
project would occupy approximately 48.2 acres of federal lands 
administered by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas M. Feldman, Rye Development, LLC, 
P.O. Box 390691, Cambridge, MA 02139, (617) 433-8140.
    i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502-6181, jeanne.edwards@

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ferc.gov; or Patti Leppert at (202) 502-6034, 
ferc.gov">patricia.leppert@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the issuance 
date of this notice.
    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 
ferc.gov">FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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-13704-002.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice 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 Arkabutla Lake Project would utilize the following 
existing Corps' Arkabutla Lake dam facilities: (1) A 10,000-foot-long, 
65-foot-high earth fill embankment dam; (2) a reservoir; and (3) outlet 
works consisting of a concrete intake tower, three gated inlets that 
combine to a 355-foot-long and 16.0-foot by 18.25-foot ovoid concrete 
outlet tunnel, and a stilling basin.
    The proposed Arkabutla Lake Project would consist of the following 
new facilities: (1) A 325-foot-long, 15.5-foot-diameter steel liner 
installed within the existing concrete outlet tunnel; (2) a 50-foot-
long, 25-foot-high steel-lined, reinforced concrete gated bifurcation 
structure at the end of the existing concrete outlet tunnel to divide 
the flows between the existing stilling basin and new powerhouse; (3) a 
272-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstock from the bifurcation 
structure to the forebay; (4) a 60-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 83-foot-
high forebay; (5) an 80-foot-long, 46-foot-wide, 80-foot-high concrete 
powerhouse containing two vertical Kaplan generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 5.1 megawatts; (6) a 200-foot-long, 85-foot-wide 
tailrace channel; (7) a substation; (8) a 4,286-foot-long transmission 
line consisting of a 1,574-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV) buried cable 
from the powerhouse to the substation, and a 2,712-foot-long, 12.5-kV 
overhead line from the substation to an existing utility-owned 
distribution line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The average annual 
generation would be 19,000 megawatt-hours.
    m. A copy of the application is available for electronic 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 available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may 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 staff intends to prepare an environmental assessment 
(EA) for 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.
    The Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site 
scoping meetings at this time. Instead, staff is soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information on Scoping Document (SD1) issued on 
October 27, 2014.
    Copies of the 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 may be viewed on the Web 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, call 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 
502-8659.

     Dated: October 27, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25988 Filed 10-31-14; 8:45 am]
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