[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17653-17654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07356]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1510-018]


City of Kaukauna-Kaukauna Utilities; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    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.: 1510-018.
    c. Date Filed: March 24, 2017.
    d. Applicant: City of Kaukauna-Kaukauna Utilities (Kaukauna 
Utilities).
    e. Name of Project: Kaukauna City Plant Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Fox River in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. There 
are no federal or tribal lands within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mike Pedersen, Kaukauna Utilities, 777 
Island Street, P.O. Box 1777, Kaukauna, WI 54130; (920) 766-5721.
    i. FERC Contact: Erin Kimsey, (202) 502-8621 or 
[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: May 23, 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-1510-018.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Kaukauna City Plant Hydroelectric Project consists 
of: (1) A 3,527-foot-long, 14-foot-high dam that includes: (a) A 930-
foot-long, 14-foot-high rubble masonry retaining wall section (left 
forebay dam) with a remnant concrete headwall structure and a trash 
sluice; (b) a 92-foot-long, 47.5-foot-high concrete intake and 
powerhouse section; (c) a 365-foot-long, 20-foot-high rubble masonry 
retaining wall section (right forebay dam) with a masonry abutment 
section and a concrete gravity section with a trash sluice; (d) a 66-
foot-long gated spillway section with two 30-foot-wide, 8.8-foot-high 
spillway gates; and (e) a 2,074-foot-long, 10-foot-high overflow 
spillway section that includes a 1,305-foot-long concrete ogee section, 
a 75-foot-long natural rock section, a 125-foot-long concrete gravity 
section, and a 569-foot-long concrete gravity section; (2) a 19-
acre,1.5-mile-long impoundment with a normal maximum elevation of 629.0 
above mean seal level; (3) an intake structure with two head gates and 
two 25-foot-high, 88-foot-long trashracks with 5 inch clear-bar 
spacing; (4) a 92-foot-long, 47.5-foot-high concrete and brick 
powerhouse containing two 2.4-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units for 
a total capacity of 4.8 MW; (5) a 440-foot-wide, 49-foot-deep, 1,200-
foot-long excavated tailrace; (6) two 68-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt 
generator leads that connect the turbine-generator units to the 
regional distribution line; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    Kaukauna Utilities operates the project in a run-of-river mode with 
an annual average generation of approximately 29,704 megawatt-hours. 
Kaukauna Utilities is not proposing any new project facilities or 
changes in project operation.
    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 and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Deficiency Letter (if           June 2017.
 necessary).
Request Additional Information......  June 2017.
Issue Acceptance Letter.............  September 2017.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for          September 2017.
 comments.
Request Additional Information (if    November 2017.
 necessary).

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Issue Scoping Document 2............  January 2018.
Issue notice of ready for             February 2018.
 environmental analysis.
Commission issues EA or draft EA....  August 2018.
Comments on EA or draft EA..........  September 2018.
Commission issues final EA..........  December 2018.
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    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of application ready for environmental analysis.

     Dated: April 6, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-07356 Filed 4-11-17; 8:45 am]
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