[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79878-79880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32272]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

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                                                                Project
                                                                  No.
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FFP Missouri 16, LLC........................................   13753-002
FFP Missouri 15, LLC........................................   13762-002
Solia 8 Hydroelectric, LLC..................................   13771-002
FFP Missouri 13, LLC........................................   13763-002
Solia 5 Hydroelectric, LLC..................................   13766-002
Solia 4 Hydroelectric, LLC..................................   13767-002
FFP Missouri 12, LLC........................................   13755-002
FFP Missouri 5, LLC.........................................   13757-002
FFP Missouri 6, LLC.........................................   13761-002
Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC..................................   13768-002
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    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project Nos.: 13753-002; 13762-002; 13771-002; 13763-002; 13766-
002; 13767-002; 13755-002; 13757-002; 13761-002; 13768-002.
    c. Date filed: P-13753, P-13762, P-13771, P-13763, and P-13766 were 
filed on February 27, 2014; P-13755 was filed on February 3, 2014; P-
13757, P-13761, and P-13768 were filed on March 14, 2014.
    d. Applicants: FFP Missouri 16, LLC; FFP Missouri 15, LLC; Solia 8 
Hydroelectric, LLC; FFP Missouri 13, LLC; Solia 5 Hydroelectric, LLC; 
Solia 4 Hydroelectric, LLC; FFP Missouri 12, LLC; FFP Missouri 5, LLC; 
FFP Missouri 6, LLC, and; Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC. All applicants 
are subsidiaries of FFP New Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Projects: Opekiska Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project; 
Morgantown Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project; Point Marion Lock and 
Dam Hydroelectric Project; Grays Landing Lock and Dam Hydroelectric 
Project; Maxwell Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project; Monongahela Lock 
and Dam Number Four Hydroelectric Project; Allegheny Lock and Dam 
Number Two Hydroelectric Project; Emsworth Locks and Dam Hydroelectric 
Project; Emsworth Back Channel Hydroelectric Project; Montgomery 
Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed projects would be located at U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) dams on the Monongahela, Allegheny, and 
Ohio rivers as described in the table below. The projects would occupy 
approximately 41.2 acres of federal land managed by the Corps.

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                                                                                                   Federal land
                                                                                                      used by
        Project No.                 Projects           County and state          City/town            project
                                                                                                      (acres)
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P-13753....................  Opekiska Lock and Dam  Monongalia, WV.......  Between Fairmont and            * 4.5
                                                                            Morgantown.
P-13762....................  Morgantown Lock and    Monongalia, WV.......  Morgantown...........             1.0
                              Dam.
P-13771....................  Point Marion Lock and  Fayette, PA..........  Point Marion.........             1.4
                              Dam.
P-13763....................  Grays Landing Lock     Greene, PA...........  Near Masontown.......          * 12.0
                              and Dam.
P-13766....................  Maxwell Lock and Dam.  Washington, PA.......  Downstream of                   * 1.0
                                                                            Fredericktown.
P-13767....................  Monongahela Lock and   Washington, PA.......  Charleroi............           * 1.0
                              Dam Number Four.

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P-13755....................  Allegheny Lock and     Allegheny, PA........  Borough of Sharpsburg             3.2
                              Dam Number Two.
P-13757....................  Emsworth Locks and     Allegheny, PA........  Neville Township.....             9.7
                              Dam.
P-13761....................  Emsworth Back Channel  Allegheny, PA........  Neville Township.....             2.3
                              Dam.
P-13768....................  Montgomery Locks &     Beaver, PA...........  Borough of Industry..             5.1
                              Dam.
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* Value is estimated from exhibit G.

    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Kellie Doherty, Vice President--
Environmental, Rye Development, LLC, 745 Atlantic Ave, 8th Floor, 
Boston, MA 02111 or at (781)856-2030.
    i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, (202) 502-6565 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, 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 the 
applicable project name(s) and docket number(s) (e.g., Opekiska Lock 
and Dam P-13753-002).
    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. These applications have been accepted, and are ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The proposed Opekiska Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would 
be the most upstream project at river mile (RM) 115.4 on the 
Monongahela River and would consist of the following new facilities: 
(1) A 180-foot-long, 95-foot-wide intake channel directing flow to a 
30-foot-long, 50-foot-high, 70-foot-wide intake structure with 3-inch 
bar spacing trash racks; (2) a 120-foot-long, 60-foot-high, 70-foot-
wide reinforced concrete powerhouse on the west bank of the river; (3) 
two turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 6.0 megawatts 
(MW); (4) a 280-foot-long, 64-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 40-foot-long by 
40-foot-wide substation; (6) a 3,511-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV), 
overhead transmission line to connect the project substation to an 
existing distribution line; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    The proposed Morgantown Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would be 
located at RM 102.0 on the Monongahela River and consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) A 100-foot-long, 64-foot-wide intake 
channel located downstream of the Corps' 6th spillway gate on the east 
side of the river; (2) a pair of spill gates totaling 60 feet wide 
located within the intake channel; (3) a 30-foot-long, 50-foot-high, 
64-foot-wide intake structure with 3-inch bar spacing trash racks; (4) 
a 120-foot-long, 60-foot-high, 70-foot-wide reinforced concrete 
powerhouse; (5) two turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 
5.0 MW; (6) a 170-foot-long, 90-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a 40-foot-long 
by 40-foot-wide substation; (8) a 2,162-foot-long, 12.5-kV, overhead 
transmission line to connect the project substation to an existing 
distribution line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The proposed Point Marion Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would 
be located at RM 90.8 on the Monongahela River and consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) A 280-foot-long, 70-foot-wide intake 
channel directing flow to a 30-foot-long, 50-foot-high, 70-foot-wide 
intake structure with 3-inch bar spacing trash racks; (2) a 120-foot-
long, 60-foot-high, 70-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse on the 
east bank of the river; (3) two turbine-generator units with a combined 
capacity of 5.0 MW; (4) a 215-foot-long, 84-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 
40-foot-long by 40-foot-wide substation; (6) a 3,325-foot-long, 69-kV, 
overhead transmission line to connect the project substation to an 
existing substation; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    The proposed Grays Landing Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would 
be located at RM 82.0 on the Monongahela River and consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) A 300-foot-long, 130-foot-wide intake 
channel directing flow to a 100-foot-long, 84-foot-wide intake 
structure with 3-inch bar spacing trash racks; (2) a 576-foot-long, 
2.5-foot-high adjustable crest gate on top of the existing dam crest; 
(3) a 150-foot-long, 75-foot-high, 90-foot-wide reinforced concrete 
powerhouse on the west bank of the river; (4) two turbine-generator 
units with a combined capacity of 12.0 MW; (5) a 250-foot-long, 84-
foot-wide tailrace; (6) a 40-foot-long by 40-foot-wide substation; (7) 
a 9,965-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line to connect the 
project substation to an existing distribution line; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The proposed Maxwell Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project would be 
located at RM 61.2 on the Monongahela River and consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) A 130-foot-long, 85-foot-wide intake 
channel located immediately downstream of the Corps' 5th spillway gate 
on the east side of the river; (2) a pair of spill gates totaling 84 
feet wide located within the proposed intake channel; (3) a 100-foot-
long, 70-foot-high, 85-foot-wide intake structure with 3-inch bar 
spacing trash racks; (4) a 150-foot-long, 70-foot-high, 90-foot-wide 
reinforced concrete powerhouse; (5) two turbine-generator units with a 
combined capacity of 13.0 MW; (6) a 160-foot-long, 120-foot-wide 
tailrace; (7) a 40-foot-long by 40-foot-wide substation; (8) a 350-
foot-long, 69/138-kV, overhead transmission line to connect the project 
substation to an existing distribution line; and (9) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The proposed Monongahela Lock and Dam Number Four (Charleroi) 
Hydroelectric Project would be located at RM 41.5 on the Monongahela 
River

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and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 140-foot-long, 90-
foot-wide intake channel located immediately downstream of the Corps' 
5th spillway gate on the west side of the river; (2) a pair of spill 
gates totaling 84 feet wide located within the proposed intake channel; 
(3) a 100-foot-long, 65-foot-high, 90-foot-wide intake structure with 
3-inch bar spacing trash racks; (4) a 150-foot-long, 70-foot-high, 90-
foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse; (5) two turbine-generator 
units with a combined capacity of 12.0 MW; (6) a 210-foot-long, 130-
foot-wide tailrace; (7) a 40-foot-long by 40-foot-wide substation; (8) 
a 45-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line to connect the 
project substation to an existing distribution line; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The proposed Allegheny Lock and Dam Number Two Hydroelectric 
Project would be located at RM 6.7 on the Allegheny River and consist 
of the following new facilities: (1) A 170-foot-wide, 120-foot-long, 
70-foot-high intake structure with two 5-inch 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 17.0 MW; (6) a 50-foot-wide by 60-foot-
long substation; (7) a 1,265-foot-long, single overhead, 69-kV, 
overhead transmission line to connect the project substation to an 
existing distribution line owned by Duquesne Light Company; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation would be 81,950 
MWh annually.
    The proposed Emsworth Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project would be 
located at RM 6.2 on the Ohio River and would consist of the following 
new facilities: (1) A 205-foot-long, 180-foot-wide intake channel 
directing flow to a 30-foot-long, 63.5-foot-high, 180-foot-wide intake 
structure with 5-inch bar spacing trash racks; (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 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-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 MWh.
    The proposed Emsworth Back Channel Dam Hydroelectric Project would 
be located at RM 6.8 on the Ohio River and consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) A 100-foot-long, 165-foot-wide intake channel directing 
flow to a 32-foot-long, 63.5-foot-high, 90-foot-wide intake structure 
with 5-inch bar spacing trash racks; (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 on the Ohio River and consist of the following 
new facilities: (1) A 340-foot-long, 205-foot-wide intake channel 
directing flow to a 150-foot-long, 90-foot-high, 205-foot-wide intake 
structure with 5-inch bar spacing trash racks; (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 each of the ten 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 each 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. Copies are also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    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 these or other pending projects. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support.
    n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
applications, 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.
    o. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.

    Dated: December 17, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-32272 Filed 12-22-15; 8:45 am]
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