[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49462-49463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20269]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13160-002]
Red River Hydro LLC; Notice of Application Tendered For Filing
With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing
and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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.: 13160-002.
c. Date Filed: July 29, 2011.
d. Applicant: Red River Hydro LLC (Red River), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Symbiotics LLC.
e. Name of Project: Overton Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project would be located on the Red River in
Rapides Parish, Louisiana at an existing lock and dam owned and
operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers (Corps). The project would
occupy 42.5 acres of federal lands managed by the Corps.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L. Smith, Chief Operating Officer,
Symbiotics LLC 371 Upper Terrace, Suite 2, Bend, OR 97702; Telephone
(541)-330-8779.
i. FERC Contact: Lesley Kordella, (202) 502-6406 or
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Project Description: The project would be located at an
existing lock and dam owned and operated by the Corps-Vicksburg
District. The existing lock and dam are part of the J. Bennett Johnston
Waterway, which was authorized by Congress in 1968 to stabilize river
banks, straighten river bends, and maintain a 9-foot-deep, 200-foot-
wide channel for boat traffic. The waterway consists of five locks and
dams and a number of cutoffs to shorten the river.
The existing Overton dam is a concrete gravity structure that is
104 feet in height and 914 feet in length. The spillway consists of
five 60-foot-wide Tainter gates. The navigation lock is 84 feet wide by
685 feet long. The purpose of the lock and dam system is navigation and
not storage. The upper pool above the dam is commonly referred to as
``Pool 2''. The Corps maintains the upper pool at an elevation of 64
feet. Pool 2 has a surface area of approximately 3,750 acres and a
storage capacity of approximately 67,500 acre-feet.
The proposed Overton Lock and Dam Project would consist of: (1) A
powerhouse located on the southwest bank of the river at the existing
dam's right abutment; (2) a headrace; (3) a tailrace; (4) a new
switchyard; (5) 3.9 miles of 138-kilovolt (kV) above-ground
transmission line; (6) three turbine-generator units for a combined
installed capacity of 78 megawatts; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The
projected annual energy generation would be 255.7 gigawatt hours.
The project would operate in a run-of-release mode utilizing
releases from Pool 2 as they are dictated by the Corps, with no
proposed change to the Corps' facility operation. In addition, no
changes to the reservoir pool elevations or downstream river flows are
proposed. The project would generate power using flows between 2,700
cfs (cubic feet per second) and 49,800 cfs. If flows are less than
2,700 cfs, all flow would go through the Corps' gates and the project
would then be offline. When flows are greater than 49,800 cfs, the
excess flow would be directed through the Corps gates.
l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or
may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 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 at [email protected]
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item
(h) above.
m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and
issuances
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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 preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for October 2011.
Environmental Analysis (when FERC
approved studies are complete).
Filing of recommendations, preliminary December 2011.
terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Commission issues Non-Draft EA............ April 2012.
Comments on EA............................ May 2012.
Modified terms and conditions............. July 2012.
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o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: August 4, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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