[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 41 (Thursday, March 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12680-12681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04466]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 539-015]


Lock 7 Hydro Partners, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

    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 Partners).
    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 Partners, 
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 comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, 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 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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).
    k. This application has been accepted and is now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on 
July 15, 2020, revising the regulations under 40 CFR parts 1500-1518 
that federal agencies use to implement NEPA (see Update to the 
Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National 
Environmental Policy Act, 85 FR 43,304). The Final Rule became 
effective on and applies to any NEPA process begun after September 14, 
2020. An agency may also apply the regulations to ongoing activities 
and environmental documents begun before September 14, 2020, which 
includes the proposed Mother Ann Lee Project. Commission staff intends 
to conduct its NEPA review in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
    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 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (2) a 250-foot-long, 15.3-foot-high,

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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 turbine-generating units with a total installed capacity of 2,210 
kilowatts; (6) a 30-foot-long, 15.3-foot-high concrete spillway section 
that extends 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.
    Lock 7 Partners proposes to continue operating the project in a 
run-of-river mode. In addition, the applicant proposes to construct, 
operate, and maintain a canoe portage, fishing access, and parking area 
at the Mother Ann Lee Project.
    m. A copy of the application can 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.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``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 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    n. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Deadline for Filing Comments,               April 2021.
 Recommendations, and Agency Terms and
 Conditions/Prescriptions.
Deadline for Filing Reply Comments........  June 2021.
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    Dated: February 26, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-04466 Filed 3-3-21; 8:45 am]
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