[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60394-60396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27332]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2684-010]


Flambeau Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, 
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, 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: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2684-010.
    c. Date filed: April 26, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Flambeau Hydro, LLC (Flambeau Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Arpin Dam Project.

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    f. Location: On the Chippewa River, near the Village of Radisson, 
Sawyer 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. Jason Kreuscher, Renewable World 
Energies, LLC, 100 State Street, P.O. Box 264, Neshkoro, WI 54960; 
(855) 994-9376, ext. 102.
    i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang, 202-502-8250, or [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, 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 
motions to intervene and protests, 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-2684-010.
    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 Arpin Dam Project consists of: (1) An approximately 
742.5-foot-long, 19-foot-high stone masonry dam (west dam section) that 
includes two timber stoplog spillway bays and a 318.9-foot-long 
overflow section; (2) an approximately 452.2-foot-long, 18-foot-high 
masonry dam (middle dam section) that includes two steel vertical lift 
gates and a 237.9-foot-long overflow section; (3) an approximately 
319.8-foot-long, 16-foot-high masonry dam (east dam section) that 
includes two tainter gates and a 108-foot-long overflow section; (4) an 
approximately 294-acre impoundment at a normal full pond water surface 
elevation of 1,227.32 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988; (5) a 
37-foot-long, 11.5-foot-wide, 14-foot-high concrete, canal headworks 
structure on the eastern side of the impoundment; (6) an approximately 
3,200-foot-long, 56-foot-wide, 6-foot-deep power canal; (7) a 13.5-
foot-long, 48-foot-wide, 14.4-foot-high concrete intake structure that 
includes two 9-foot-wide, 11-foot-high steel stop gates and a 44-foot-
wide, 14.4-foot-high trashrack with 1.5- to 1.75-inch clear bar 
spacing; (8) three 79-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (9) a 
52-foot-long, 24-foot-wide, 25-foot-high cement block powerhouse 
containing two 600-kilowatt (kW), and one 250-kW vertical Francis 
turbine-generator units, for a total capacity of 1,450 kW; (10) a 15-
foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV) underground generator lead line that 
connects the turbine-generator units to a substation containing three 
step-up transformers; (11) a 3,645-foot-long, 22.9-kV above-ground 
transmission line; (12) an approximately 100-foot-long, 77-foot-wide 
tailrace; (13) recreation facilities; and (14) appurtenant facilities.
    Flambeau Hydro manually operates the project in a run-of-river 
mode, with an average annual generation of 7,336 megawatt-hours. 
Flambeau Hydro is not proposing any changes in project operation. 
Flambeau Hydro proposes to continue releasing a year-round minimum flow 
of 40 cubic feet per second to the bypassed reach to protect aquatic 
resources; limiting fluctuations in the reservoir to one foot below the 
maximum, except between April 1 and June 1, when fluctuations would be 
limited to 0.5 foot; and operating and maintaining existing recreation 
facilities. Flambeau Hydro also proposes to develop an Historic 
Properties Management Plan to protect historic resources.
    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 website 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.
    n. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene 
in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's 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, 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 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.
    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.
    o. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
revised schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of recommendations, preliminary      February 2018.
 terms and conditions, and preliminary
 fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental Assessment  June 2018.
Comments on Environmental Assessment......  July 2018
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    .Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no

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later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    p. 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 13, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27332 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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