[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35110-35111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15466]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14799-001]
Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: P-14799-001.
c. Date filed: July 1, 2019.
d. Applicant: Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Evelyn Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Kentucky River, in Lee and Estill Counties,
Kentucky. The project would be located at the Commonwealth of
Kentucky's existing Lock and Dam No. 13. No federal land would be
occupied by the project works or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: David Brown Kinloch, Lock 13 Hydro Partners,
LLC, 414 S Wenzel Street, Louisville, KY 40204; (502) 589-0975; email_
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar, (202) 502-6863 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
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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: August 30, 2019.
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-14799-001.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed Evelyn Project would be operated in a run-of-river
mode and would consist of: (1) An existing estimated 223-acre
impoundment at a pool elevation of 617.38 feet mean sea level (North
American Vertical Datum of 1988); (2) an existing concrete dam with a
246-foot-long, 34-foot-wide, and 38.2-foot-high spillway and a 148-
foot-long, 38.2-foot-high, and 52-foot-wide lock chamber; (3) a new 73-
foot-long by 52-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse that would be
submerged in the existing lock chamber, with five Flygt axial-flow
propeller turbine generator units each rated at 560-kilowatts (kW), for
a total installed capacity of 2.8 MW; (4) a new 110-foot-long buried
cable transmitting power from the submerged powerhouse to a new two
story, 48-foot-long by 30-foot-wide Control Building onshore which
would house the project controls; (5) a new 600-foot-long, 12.47-
kilovolt overhead transmission line that would connect to an existing
Jackson Energy Cooperative line of the same voltage; and (6)
appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation would
be 11,274 megawatt-hours.
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 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.
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: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Notice of Acceptance--December 2019
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--December 2019
Commission issues EA--August 2020
Comments on EA--September 2020
Dated: July 15, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-15466 Filed 7-19-19; 8:45 am]
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