[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15209-15210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06525]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13703-002]
FFP Missouri 2, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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.: 13703-002.
c. Date filed: November 13, 2013.
d. Applicant: FFP Missouri 2, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Enid Lake Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) existing Enid Lake Dam, on the Yocona
River, near the town of Oakland, in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The
proposed project would occupy approximately 30 acres of federal land
administered by the Corps.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Rye Development, 745
Atlantic Avenue, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02111; telephone (617) 804-1326.
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards, telephone (202) 502-6181 and email
[email protected]; or Patti Leppert, telephone (202) 502-6034 and
email [email protected].
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j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of
this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of
this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
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
docket number P-13703-002.
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 has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. The proposed Enid Lake Project would utilize the following
existing Corps' Enid Lake Dam facilities: (1) An 8,400-foot-long, 85-
foot-high earth fill embankment dam; (2) a reservoir; and (3) outlet
works consisting of a concrete intake tower, two gated inlets that
combine to direct flow through two 370-foot-long, 11-foot-diameter
concrete outlet conduits, and a stilling basin.
The proposed Enid Lake Project would consist of the following new
facilities: (1) A 320-foot-long, 10.25-foot-diameter steel liner
installed within one of the two existing outlet conduits; (2) a 50-
foot-long, 20-foot-wide (varies) steel-lined, concrete bifurcation
chamber containing two hydraulically-operated gates used to control the
amount of flow diverted from the existing stilling basin to the
powerhouse; (3) a 240-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter steel penstock; (4) a
55-foot wide, 50-foot-long, 100-foot-high steel and reinforced concrete
forebay housing trashracks and a fish bypass gate; (5) an 80-foot-long,
50-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing two vertical Kaplan
turbine-generator units having a combined installed capacity of 4.6
megawatts; (6) a 150-foot-long, 75-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a 181-foot-
long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV) buried cable; (8) a substation; and (9) a
2,036-foot-long, 12.5-kV overhead transmission line extending from the
substation to a utility-owned distribution line. The average annual
generation would be 17,700 megawatt-hours.
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 available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
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.
All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS''; (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
n. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following
revised hydro licensing schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of recommendations, terms and May 2015.
conditions, and prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA................ December 2015.
Comments on Draft EA Due.................. January 2016.
Commission Issues Final EA................ May 2016.
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o. Public notice of the filing of the initial development
application, which has already been given, established the due date for
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the
initial development application. No competing applications or notices
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
Dated: March 16, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-06525 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
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