[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5072-5073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02710]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 190-105]


Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.; Notice Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor, new license.
    b. Project No.: P-190-105.
    c. Date filed: January 31, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Uintah Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located near the Town of Neola, 
Duchesne County, Utah and diverts water from primarily the Uintah River 
as well as Big Springs Creek and Pole Creek. All project features, with 
the exception of a 0.4-acre portion of transmission line, are located 
entirely on the tribal lands of the Uintah and Ouray Native American 
Reservation and federal lands managed by Ashley National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Patrick Corun, Engineering Manager, Moon Lake 
Electric Association, Inc., 800 West U.S. Hwy. 40, Roosevelt, Utah 
84066, (435) 722-5406, [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, (202) 502-6382, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: March 14, 2019.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments 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-190-105.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The Uintah Hydroelectric Project operates as a run-of-river 
facility

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delivering water to the project facilities from three sources: The 
Uintah River, Big Springs Creek, and Pole Creek. The existing project 
facilities include: (1) The 8-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep, 1,100-foot-long 
earthen Big Springs canal that conveys flow from Big Springs Creek; (2) 
a stop-log diversion structure on the Big Springs canal that conveys 
flow to a 916-foot-long, 28-inch diameter, steel pipeline that connects 
to the point of diversion on the Uintah River; (3) an 80-foot-long, 4-
foot-wide, 3-foot-high overflow-type concrete diversion structure with 
a 10-foot-high, 6.5-foot-wide steel slide gate on the Uintah River; (4) 
a concrete structure with manual slide gates for dewatering the main 
supply canal and returning water to the Uintah River immediately 
downstream of the Uintah diversion; (5) an emergency slide gate about 
midway along the main supply canal; (6) a 16-foot-wide, 8-foot-deep, 
25,614-foot-long, clay-lined main supply canal which conveys water from 
Big Springs Creek and the Uintah River; (7) a stop-log diversion 
structure with non-functional control gates which diverts water from 
Pole Creek; (8) a 6-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep, 6,200-foot-long Pole Creek 
canal that collects water from the Pole Creek diversion; (9) an 86-
inch-wide, 80-inch-long, 43-inch-high transition bay and a 140-foot-
long, 14-inch diameter steel penstock collects water from the Pole 
Creek supply canal; (10) a 23-foot by 13-foot concrete forebay 
structure containing trashracks with 2.5-inch spacing, a headgate that 
is located at the termination of the main supply canal and the Pole 
Creek penstock, and an overflow channel; (11) a single 5,238-foot-long, 
36-inch diameter polyurethane and steel penstock which delivers water 
to a concrete powerhouse with two Pelton turbines driving two 600-
kilowatt generators; (12) a 600-foot-long tailrace; (13) a 4.75-mile-
long, 24.9-kilovolt single wood pole distribution line; and (14) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation is 
about 6,073 megawatt-hours. The licensee proposes to modify the project 
boundary to account for an update to the project transmission line that 
reduced its total length from 8.5 miles to 4.75 miles.
    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 address the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in Item H above.
    n. 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. Scoping Process: The Commission staff intends to prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Uintah Hydroelectric Project in 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 
consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document (SD) issued 
on February 11, 2019.
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and 
the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the SD may be viewed on 
the web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or 
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: February 11, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-02710 Filed 2-19-19; 8:45 am]
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