[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45142-45143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18537]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10674-017]
Kaukauna Utilities; 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: New License.
b. Project No.: P-10674-017.
c. Date filed: February 14, 2019.
d. Applicant: Kaukauna Utilities.
e. Name of Project: Kimberly Hydroelectric Project (Kimberly
Project).
f. Location: The existing project is located at the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers' (Corps) Cedars Dam on the Lower Fox River in the Village
of Kimberly, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. The project does not occupy
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mike Pedersen, Manager of Generation and
Operations, Kaukauna Utilities, 777 Island Street, P.O. Box 1777,
Kaukauna, WI 54130-7077, (902) 766-5721.
i. FERC Contact: Colleen Corballis at (202) 502-8598; or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: September 21, 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-10674-017.
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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. Project Description: The Kimberly Project consists of: (1) A
161-foot-long, 43-foot-wide, 61-foot-high reinforced concrete and brick
masonry powerhouse located at the south abutment of Cedars Dam and
containing three turbine-generator units each rated at 723 kilowatts
for a total installed capacity of 2.170 megawatts; (2) a 2.4 kilovolts
(kV) to 34.5 kV step-up transformer; and (3) appurtenant facilities.
The project is directly connected to a 34.5 kV local distribution line
which is not part of the project. The average annual generation was
12,324,827 kilowatt-hours for the period 2011 to 2017.
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 a single Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the project in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and
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reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
At this time, we do not anticipate holding on-site public or agency
scoping meetings. Instead, we are soliciting your comments and
suggestions on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be
addressed in the EA, as described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued
August 22, 2019.
Copies of the SD1 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 SD1 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: August 22, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-18537 Filed 8-27-19; 8:45 am]
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