[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 55 (Thursday, March 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14885-14887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05780]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2337-077]


PacifiCorp; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting 
Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, 
and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and 
Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2337-077.
    c. Date filed: December 30, 2016.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
    e. Name of Project: Prospect No. 3 Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the South Fork Rogue River, in Jackson County, 
Oregon. The project occupies 38.1 acres of United States lands within 
the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest under the jurisdiction of the 
U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steve Albertelli, Relicensing Project 
Manager, PacifiCorp, 925 South Grape Street, Building 5, Medford, OR 
97501; (541) 776-6676 or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman at (202) 502-6077 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary 
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 
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary 
terms

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and conditions, and preliminary fishway 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-2337-077.
    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 existing project consists of: (1) A 24-foot-high, 172-foot-
long concrete diversion dam with an integrated 98-foot-long ungated, 
uncontrolled ogee spillway section; (2) a 1-acre reservoir that extends 
550 feet upstream from the dam with a gross storage capacity of 19 
acre-feet at normal full pool elevation of 3,375 feet above sea level; 
(3) an 18-foot-wide intake structure at the north end of the dam on the 
right bank with trash rack; (4) a 15,894-foot-long flow conveyance 
system (project waterway) consisting of: A 273-foot-long concrete-lined 
canal fitted with a 25-foot-long, 9.75-foot-wide fish screen; a 66-
inch-diameter, 5,448-foot-long woodstave pipe; a 5,805-foot-long 
concrete-lined canal; a 5-foot-wide, 6.5-foot-high, 698-foot-long 
concrete-lined horseshoe-shaped tunnel; a 416-foot-long canal to the 
forebay with a 2,486-foot-long side channel spillway discharging to 
Daniel Creek; and a 66-inch- to 48-inch-diameter, 3,254-foot-long 
riveted steel penstock; (5) a powerhouse containing one vertical-shaft 
Francis-type turbine with an installed capacity of 7.2 megawatts; (6) a 
20-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 5-foot-deep concrete tailrace; (7) a 66-
inch-diameter, 887-foot-long wood-stave inverted siphon that routes 
flow from the tailrace to the non-project Middle Fork Canal; (8) a 
6.97-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line interconnecting at the 
Prospect Central substation; (9) an 86-foot-long, 15-pool concrete 
pool-and-weir ladder to provide upstream fish passage past the dam; and 
(10) appurtenant facilities. The project produces an average of 35.05 
gigawatt-hours annually.
    PacifiCorp proposes to: Improve fish ladder function by 
constructing an auxiliary bypass flow system, realigning and extending 
the existing fish bypass return pipe, and narrowing the weir notches; 
replace the existing woodstave pipe and inverted wooden siphon with 
steel structures to eliminate leakage; rehabilitate the temporary 
vehicle-access bridge over the new steel pipe to meet current Forest 
Service standards; construct a road spur to facilitate pass-through of 
materials dredged from the reservoir to the bypassed reach; upgrade the 
six existing wildlife crossings of the project waterway's canal by 
widening the crossings and constructing five new wildlife crossings; 
and install a communications link on the U.S. Geological Survey's South 
Fork Rogue gage.
    PacifiCorp also proposes to increase the project's minimum flow 
releases and ramping rates limits, as well as extending the project 
boundary to include the inverted siphon and access roads.
    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.
    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. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene 
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action 
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' 
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or 
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 protesting or intervening; 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. A copy of any protest or 
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the 
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other 
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof 
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 
385.2010.
    o. 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 2017
 conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues EA...................  October 2017
Comments on EA.........................  November 2017
Modified terms and conditions..........  January 2018
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    p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for 
environmental analysis provided for in 5.22: (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.


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    Dated: March 15, 2017.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary .
[FR Doc. 2017-05780 Filed 3-22-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P