[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 23511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08463]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1858-023]


Beaver City Corporation; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    Take notice that the following application has been filed with the 
Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-1858-023.
    c. Date filed: July 30, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Beaver City Corporation (Beaver City).
    e. Name of Project: Beaver City Canyon Plant No. 2 Hydroelectric 
Project.
    f. Location: The existing hydroelectric project is located on the 
Beaver River, in Beaver County, Utah, about 5 miles east of the city of 
Beaver. The project currently occupies 10.2 acres of federal land 
administered by the U.S. Forest Service and 2.4 acres of federal land 
managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. As proposed, the project 
would occupy 10.5 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. Forest 
Service and 2.4 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. Bureau 
of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jason Brown, Beaver City Manager, 30 West 
300 North, Beaver, UT 84713; (435)-438-2451.
    i. FERC Contact: Evan Williams, (202) 502-8462, or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: May 14, 2022.\1\
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    \1\ 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) of the Commission's regulations 
provide that if a filing date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or 
federal legal public holiday, then the deadline for filing becomes 
the next business day.
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    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
all documents 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, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
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: Beaver City Canyon Plant No. 2 Hydroelectric Project (P-
1858-023).
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing project consists of: (1) A 15.5-foot-high by 65-
foot-wide diversion dam that impounds a small reservoir with a surface 
area of approximately 0.15 acre and a storage capacity of approximately 
1-acre-foot; (2) a 30-inch-diameter, 11,632-foot-long black steel 
penstock; (3) a 34-foot-long by 41-foot-wide stone powerhouse 
containing an impulse turbine and one generating unit with an installed 
capacity of 625 kilowatts; (4) a 4-foot-wide by 150-foot-long tailrace 
channel; (5) a 12.5-kilovolt, approximately 21,000-foot-long 
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
average annual generation (2012 to 2017) is 2,602.6 megawatt-hours.
    Beaver City proposes to abandon the existing: (1) Powerhouse; (2) 
portion of penstock between the existing powerhouse and proposed new 
powerhouse; (3) buried line from the turbine generator to the 
transformer on the west side of the existing powerhouse; (4) old 
transformer; (5) overhead line from the old transformer to the start of 
the transmission line on the west bank of the Beaver River; and (6) 
tailrace. As such, Beaver City proposes to remove approximately 50-feet 
of the existing penstock, increase the existing project boundary, and 
construct: (1) A new 40-foot-long by 27-foot-wide metal-walled 
powerhouse, with a reinforced concrete foundation, to contain one new 
turbine-generator with an installed capacity of 720 kilowatts; (2) a 
new approximately 35-foot-long buried line from the new turbine-
generator to the new transformer; (3) a new approximately 33-foot-long 
buried line from the new transformer to a 40-foot-tall intermediate 
pole of wood and metal construction; (4) a new 120-foot-long overhead 
line from the intermediate pole to the start of the existing 
transmission line; and (5) a new 43-foot-long tailrace that tailrace 
varies from 7.5 feet wide adjacent to powerhouse to 19 feet wide at 
point of discharge. The new powerhouse, power distribution facilities, 
and tailrace would be constructed approximately 50 feet upstream 
(south) of the existing powerhouse, enclosed by new approximately 240 
feet of 8-foot-tall chain-link perimeter fence, and the existing 
powerhouse would be retained within the project boundary as an historic 
structure.
    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 of this document 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, 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 Online 
Support at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 
or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    n. Register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx 
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 an Environmental Assessment 
(EA) for the Canyon Plant No. 2 Hydroelectric Project in accordance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider site-
specific environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the 
proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document (SD) issued 
on April 14, 2022.
    Copies of the SD 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 the SD may be viewed on 
the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the 
directions for accessing information in paragraph m. Based on all 
written comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may 
include a revised schedule, as well as a list of issues, identified 
through the scoping process.

    Dated: April 14, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08463 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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