[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 111 (Friday, June 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31303-31304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12253]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15148-000]


North Loup River Public Power & Irrigation District; Notice of 
Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting 
Additional Study Requests

    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: Exemption From Licensing.
    b. Project No.: P-15148-000.
    c. Date filed: May 21, 2021.
    d. Applicant: North Loup River Public Power & Irrigation District 
(North Loup District).
    e. Name of Project: Ord Diversion Dam Hydroelectric Project 
(project).
    f. Location: On the North Loup River, in the Town of Ord, Valley 
County, Nebraska. No federal or tribal lands would be occupied by 
project works or located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Amos Lange, General Manager of North Loup 
River Public Power & Irrigation District, 128 North 16th Street, Ord, 
NE 68862, and 308-728-3851.
    i. FERC Contact: Shana Wiseman, 202-502-8736, and 
[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 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 2, 2021.
    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, 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. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-15148-000.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would consist of: (1) Five new concrete 
flumes placed directly at the base of the existing Ord Diversion dam 
(also known as the Hardenbrook Diversion Structure); (2) each flume 
would contain two vertical axis hydrokinetic turbines directly 
connected to a 480-volt, 3-phase generator for a 12 kilowatt (kW) 
capacity per flume, or 60 kW capacity for the project; (3) an existing 
irrigation canal; (4) a new turbine control and power conditioning 
cabinet; (5) an new array control cabinet; (6) a new 0.5-mile-long 
transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project is 
estimated to generate an average of 394 megawatt-hours annually. North 
Loup District proposes to operate the project in a run-of-river mode.
    o. A copy of the application may be viewed and/or printed on the 
Commission's website (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, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued on March 13, 2020. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], 
(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Nebraska State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate (e.g., if there are no deficiencies and/or 
scoping is waived, the schedule would be shortened).

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency/Additional             July 2021.
 Information Request (if necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter/Ready for       November 2021.
 Environmental Analysis.
Commission issues EA..................  February 2022.
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    Dated: June 3, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-12253 Filed 6-10-21; 8:45 am]
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