[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 11217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03322]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14751-002]


Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study 
Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 14751-002.
    c. Date filed: February 1, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Alpine Pacific Utilities Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Fresno Dam Site Water Power Project.
    f. Location: On the Milk River, in Hill County, Montana, near the 
town of Kremlin. The project would be located at the Bureau of 
Reclamation's Fresno Dam.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Justin Ahmann, Alpine Pacific Utilities 
Hydro, LLC, 75 Somers Road, Somers, Montana, 59932, (406) 755-1333.
    i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: April 3, 2017.
    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://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-14751-002.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would utilize head from the existing Fresno 
Dam, intake with trashrack, and outlet structure owned and operated by 
the Bureau of Reclamation and consist of the following new facilities: 
(1) Two 150-foot-long penstocks consisting of (i) two 72-inch-diameter 
steel penstocks bifurcating into (ii) two 60-inch-diameter steel 
penstocks; (2) an underground powerhouse containing four 375-kilowatt 
Natel Energy turbines with a total rated capacity of 1.5 megawatts; (3) 
four discharge pipes diverting flows into the existing dam spillway; 
(4) a 25-square-foot switchyard; (5) an approximately 3.35-mile-long, 
12.74-kilovolt partially underground transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an average 
annual generation of 5,590 megawatt-hours.
    o. 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.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency and/or Additional Information Letter--March 2017
Issue Notice of Acceptance--May 2017
Issue Scoping Document--June 2017
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2017
Commission Issues EA--January 2018

    Dated: February 14, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-03322 Filed 2-17-17; 8:45 am]
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