[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26339-26340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10617]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2355-018]
Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted
for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway
Prescriptions, and Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
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.: 2355-018.
c. Date Filed: August 29, 2012.
d. Applicant: Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Muddy Run Pumped Storage Project.
f. Location: On Muddy Run, a tributary to the Susquehanna River, in
Lancaster and York Counties, Pennsylvania. The project does not occupy
any federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Colleen Hicks, Manager, Regulatory and
Licensing, Hydro, Exelon Power, 300 Exelon Way, Kennett Square, PA
19348, at (610) 765-6791 or email at [email protected] and
Kathleen Barr[ograve]n, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs and
Wholesale Market Policy, Exelon Corporation, 101 Constitution Avenue,
Washington, DC 20001, at (202) 347-7500 or email at
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions is September 30, 2013; reply comments are due
November 14, 2013.
Motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions
may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration,
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing,
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors 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
intervenor 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. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. The existing Muddy Run Pumped Storage Project consists of four
dams. The main dam is a rock-filled structure across the Muddy Run
ravine with a central impervious core, a maximum height of
approximately 260 feet and a total length of 4,800 feet. The east dike
is a zoned-earth and rock-filled embankment with a maximum height of
approximately 12 feet and a total length of 800 feet. The recreation
pond dike is a zoned-earth and rock-filled embankment with a maximum
height of approximately 90 feet and a total length of 750 feet. The
canal embankment has a maximum height of approximately 35 feet. Total
storage in the 900-acre Muddy Run reservoir (upper reservoir) is
approximately 60,000 acre-feet and the total useable storage is
approximately 35,500 acre-feet at the maximum pool elevation of 520
feet.\1\ The maximum pool elevation is approximately 411 feet above the
normal elevation of Conowingo pond. Conowingo pond (lower reservoir)
has a surface area of 9,000 acres and design storage of approximately
310,000 acre-feet at the normal full pool elevation of 109.2 feet.
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\1\ All elevations are referenced to National Geodetic Vertical
Datum (NGVD) 1929.
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The main spillway is a non-gated concrete ogee-type structure that
is 200 feet long, 20 feet high and with a crest elevation of 521 feet,
which is directed to a vegetated natural ravine. The recreation pond
spillway is a rock-cut channel approximately 140 feet wide and with a
crest elevation of 520 feet.
The power intake facilities consist of four cylinder gates with
trash racks in a cylindrical tower. Each intake supplies two units.
Each intake leads to a 430-foot-deep vertical shaft then to a
horizontal power tunnel, which divides into two sections. The power
tunnel sections transition to a penstock that
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leads to one of the eight reversible pump-turbine units in the
powerhouse. The power plant is constructed of concrete and is 133 feet
wide and 600 feet long. It houses eight Francis turbines each equipped
with a 100-megawatt (MW) generator. The powerhouse turbines each have a
hydraulic capacity of 4,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), for a total
discharge capacity from the powerhouse of 32,000 cfs. The pumping
capacity of the pump turbines is 3,500 cfs each for a total powerhouse
pumping capability of 28,000 cfs. Water flowing through the turbines is
discharged via the draft tubes into the Susquehanna River adjacent to
the powerhouse. The units are equipped with trash racks between the
draft tube outlet and the river.
Electricity generated at the project is transmitted by two
individual 220-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines extending from the
project switching station approximately 4.25 miles to the Peach Bottom
Atomic Power Station (PBAPS) North Substation located in York County.
The Muddy Run Project has an authorized nameplate generating
capacity of 800 MW and generates an average of 1,610,611 megawatt hours
annually. Exelon is not proposing any new or upgraded facilities or
structural changes to the project at this time. Also, Exelon has
engaged interested stakeholders to participate in the development of a
comprehensive settlement agreement based on collaborative negotiation
of specific terms and conditions for the new Muddy Run license.
m. 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.
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. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 protesting or intervening; 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. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in 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.
o. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of recommendations, September 30, 2013.
preliminary terms and conditions,
and preliminary fishway
prescriptions.
Reply comments due.................. November 14, 2013.
Commission issues draft EIS......... March 29, 2014.
Comments on draft EIS............... May 28, 2014.
Modified terms and conditions....... July 27, 2014.
Commission issues Final EIS......... October 25, 2014.
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p. 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.
q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice of acceptance and ready for
environmental analysis as provided for in 5.22: (1) A copy of the water
quality certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification,
including proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the
request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
Dated: April 29, 2013.
Kimberly D. Rose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10617 Filed 5-3-13; 8:45 am]
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