[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21766-21767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09977]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
PB Energy, Inc.; Soliciting Notices of Intent To File a License
Application and Pre-Application Documents
The current license for PB Energy, Inc.'s (PB Energy) Dry Spruce
Bay Project No. 1432 was issued on June 11, 1990, for a term of 30
years, ending June 1, 2020.\1\ The 75-kilowatt (kW) project is located
on an unnamed creek near Port Bailey in the Kodiak Island Borough of
Alaska. The project occupies 44 acres of land administered by the
Bureau of Land Management.
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\1\ Wards Cove Packing Co., 51 FERC ] 62,228 (1990). The license
was transferred to PB Energy in 2010. Port Bailey Wild Enterprises,
LLC PB Energy, Inc., 133 FERC ] 62,214 (2010).
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The principal project works consist of: (1) A 920-foot-long, 50-
foot-wide ditch diverting water from an unnamed stream to an upper
pond; (2) a 12.59-acre upper pond created by a 200-foot-long, 50-foot-
wide, 5-foot-high earthen dam with a spillway and a 200-footlong
overflow ditch; (3) a short metal flume and a 275-foot-long, 12-inch-
diameter wood stave pipe conveying water from the upper pond to the
lower pond; (4) a 1000-foot-long, 50-foot-wide ditch diverting water
from an unnamed stream to the lower pond; (5) a 2.2-acre lower pond
created by a 200-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 5-foot-high earthen dam; (6)
a 6,772- foot-long PVC and steel penstock conveying water from the
lower pond to the powerhouse; (7) a steel powerhouse with a 75-kilowatt
Pelton turbine; (8) a short transmission line; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
At least 24 months before the expiration of a license for a minor
water power project in which sections 14 and 15 of the Federal Power
Act were waived, the Commission's regulations require the licensee to
file with the Commission an application for a subsequent license.\2\
Accordingly, the licensee was required to file a subsequent license
application by June 1, 2018. On May 30, 2018, PB Energy filed an
application for a subsequent license for the Dry Spruce Bay Project.
However, on May, 1, 2019, Commission staff rejected PB Energy's license
application for failing to cure deficiencies and respond to additional
information requests.
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\2\ 18 CFR 16.20(c) (2018).
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If the Commission rejects or dismisses a subsequent license
application, the licensee may not refile the application after the
deadline to file (i.e., June 1, 2018).\3\ Because the only timely-filed
license application has been dismissed, the Commission is soliciting
applications from other potential applicants for the project.
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\3\ 18 CFR 16.9(b)(4) (2018.)
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Any party interested in filing a license application for the Dry
Spruce Bay Project No. 1432 must first file a notice of intent (NOI)
\4\ and pre-application document (PAD) \5\ pursuant to Part 5 of the
Commission's regulations. Although the integrated licensing process
(ILP) is the default pre-filing process, section 5.3(b) of the
Commission's regulations allows a potential license applicant to
request to use the traditional licensing process or alternative
procedures when it files its NOI.\6\
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\4\ 18 CFR 5.5 (2018).
\5\ 18 CFR 5.6 (2018).
\6\ 18 CFR 5.3(b) (2018).
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This notice sets a deadline of 120 days from the date of this
notice for interested applicants, other than the existing licensee, to
file NOIs, PADs, and requests to use the traditional licensing process
or alternative procedures. A potential applicant that timely files an
NOI and PAD must file an application for a subsequent license no later
than 18 months after the date on which it filed its NOI.\7\
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\7\ 18 CFR 16.25(b)(1) (2018).
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Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Ryan Hansen
at (202) 502-8074 or [email protected].
Dated: May 3, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-09977 Filed 5-14-19; 8:45 am]
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