[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 19 (Monday, February 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7721-7722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02062]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 539-015]
Lock 7 Hydro Partners, LLC; 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 Major License.
b. Project No.: 539-015.
c. Date Filed: April 30, 2020.
d. Applicant: Lock 7 Hydro Partners, LLC (Lock 7 Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Mother Ann Lee Hydroelectric Station Water
Power Project (Mother Ann Lee Project).
f. Location: The project is located on the Kentucky River in
Mercer, Jessamine, and Garrard Counties, Kentucky. 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: David Brown Kinloch, Lock 7 Hydro, 414 S
Wenzel St., Louisville, Kentucky 40204; (502) 589-0975 or
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Joshua Dub at (202) 502-8138 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: February 25, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and
docket number on the first page: Mother Ann Lee Project (P-539-015).
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners 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 intervener 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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The Mother Ann Lee Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) A reservoir with a surface area of 777 acres and a
storage capacity of 5,828 acre-feet at elevation 513.12 NGVD 29
(National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929); (2) a 250-foot-long, 15.3-
foot-high, timber crib dam with a concrete cap and an abandoned 62-
foot-long lock structure on the east side; (3) a 120-foot-long, 100-
foot-wide forebay; (4) a 24-foot-tall, 84-foot-wide trashrack; (5) a
93-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 16-foot-high powerhouse integral with the
dam containing three generating units with a total installed capacity
of 2,210 kilowatts; (6) a 30-foot-long, 15.3-foot-high concrete
spillway section from the powerhouse to the west shore; (7) an 85-foot-
long substation; and (8) a 34.5 kilovolt, 4,540-foot-long transmission
line. The project is estimated to generate an average of 9,200
megawatt-hours annually.
m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents via the internet through
the Commission's Home Page (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. At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference
Room,
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due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the
Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on March
13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or
call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
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: Commission staff will prepare either an
environmental assessment (EA) or an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) that describes and evaluates the probable effects, if any, of the
licensee's proposed action and alternatives. The EA or EIS will
consider environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the
proposed action. The Commission's scoping process will help determine
the required level of analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether the Commission prepares an EA or
an EIS. Due to restrictions on mass gatherings related to COVID-19, we
do not intend to conduct a public scoping meeting and site visit in
this case. Instead, we are soliciting written comments and suggestions
on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be addressed in
the NEPA document, as described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued
January 26, 2021.
Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in
the NEPA document 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: January 26, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-02062 Filed 1-29-21; 8:45 am]
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