[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 76 (Monday, April 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21843-21845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08260]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10721-032]


Idaho Aviation Foundation; Notice of Application Accepted for 
Filing, Intent To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 
Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 
Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed

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with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 10721-032.
    c. Date Filed: February 28, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Aviation Foundation.
    e. Name of Project: Big Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On McCorkle Creek, near the town of Yellow Pine in 
Valley County, Idaho. The project would occupy 0.43 acre of federal 
land managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
    g. Applicant Contact: Vic Jaro, Idaho Aviation Foundation, P.O. Box 
2016, Eagle, ID 83616, (208) 404-9627; 
[email protected].
    h. FERC Contact: Suzanne Novak, (202) 502-6665, or 
[email protected].
    i. Deadline for filing requests for cooperating agency status, 
motions to intervene and protests, comments, terms and conditions, 
recommendations, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of 
this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of 
this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene, protests, comments, terms and conditions, 
recommendations, and prescriptions 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-10721-032.
    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.
    j. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    k. The Big Creek Project consists of the following facilities: (1) 
A 2-foot-wide, 7-foot-long diversion structure with a check gate; (2) a 
1,321-foot-long, 4-inch-diameter, buried PVC penstock with a screened 
inlet; (3) a 12-foot-wide, 14-foot-long generator house containing a 
Pelton turbine with an installed capacity of 5 kilowatts; (4) an 18-
inch-diameter tailrace that discharges to McCorkle Creek; (5) a 257-
foot-long transmission line buried in 2-inch-diameter PVC conduit; and 
(6) appurtenant facilities. The project operates in a run-of-river mode 
between mid-May and late October; it does not operate the remainder of 
the year. The project generates an average of 1.2 to 1.6 megawatt-hours 
annually. No changes to project operation or facilities are proposed.
    l. Due to the small size and location of this project, the 
applicant's close coordination with federal and state agencies during 
preparation of the application and the studies completed during pre-
filing consultation, and the lack of any study requests submitted in 
response to the Commission's tendering notice, we intend to waive 
scoping. Due to the small size and location of this project, the 
applicant's close coordination with federal and state agencies during 
preparation of the application, the studies completed during pre-filing 
consultation, and the lack of any study requests in response to the 
Commission's tendering notice, we intend to waive scoping. Based on a 
review of the application and resource agency consultation letters 
including comments filed to date, Commission staff intends to prepare a 
single environmental assessment (EA). Commission staff determined that 
the issues that need to be addressed in its EA have been adequately 
identified during the pre-filing period, and no new issues are likely 
to be identified through additional scoping. The EA will consider 
assessing the potential effects of project operation on geology and 
soils, aquatic, terrestrial, threatened and endangered species, 
recreation, and cultural and historic resources.
    m. A copy of the application 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.
    You may 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.
    n. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    o. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date in which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

Commission issues EA: November 2020
Comments on EA due: December 2020

    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,'' 
``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or 
``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application to

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which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or 
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the 
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other 
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof 
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 
385.2010.

    Dated: April 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08260 Filed 4-17-20; 8:45 am]
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