[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10063-10064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05051]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10624-026]


French Paper Company; 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: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 10624-026.
    c. Date Filed: February 27, 2019.
    d. Applicant: French Paper Company.
    e. Name of Project: French Paper Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The French Paper Project is located on the St. Joseph 
River in the City of Niles, Michigan. The project does not occupy 
federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Shane Fenske, President, French Paper 
Company, 100 French Street, Niles, MI 49120; phone (269) 683-1100 or 
email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jay Summers, phone: (202) 502-8764 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The French Paper Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) An 80 acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 510 
acre-feet at a water surface elevation of 653.75 feet mean sea level; 
(2) a 321-foot-long, 13-foot-high concrete spillway structure, topped 
by 2.3-foot-high flashboards; (3) a 100-foot-wide, 600-foot-long intake 
channel; (4) a 115-foot-wide, 55-foot-long, 56-foot-high powerhouse, 
with an operating head of 14 feet; (5) trash racks at the entrance to 
the intake channel and at the entrance to the powerhouse; (6) two 
vertical shaft propeller turbines each coupled to a 400-kilowatt (kW) 
generator, one vertical shaft propeller turbine coupled to a 300-kW 
generator, and one vertical shaft Francis turbine coupled to a 200-kW 
generator, for a total installed capacity of 1.3 megawatts; (7) a 6-
foot-wide, 220-foot-long reinforced concrete fish ladder; (8) a 480-
volt to 12-kilovolt (kV) transformer located adjacent to the 
powerhouse, which is connected to Indiana Michigan Power Company's 3-
phase, 12-kV overhead transmission line; and (9) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The French Paper Project is operated in a run-of-river mode with an 
estimated annual energy production of approximately 8,442.8 megawatt 
hours. The French Paper Company proposes to continue to operate the 
project in a run-of-river mode and does not propose any new 
construction or modifications to the project.
    l. 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 at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll 
free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection 
and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

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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. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for  June 2019.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary    August 2019.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental           January 2020.
 Assessment (EA).
Comments on EA..........................  February 2020.
Modified terms and conditions...........  April 2020.
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    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: March 11, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-05051 Filed 3-18-19; 8:45 am]
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