[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33400-33401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13153]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[ Project No. 13346-003]
Free Flow Power Corporation; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: P-13346-003.
c. Date filed: December 3, 2012.
d. Applicant: Free Flow Power Corporation (Free Flow Power), on
behalf of its subsidiary PayneBridge, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Williams Dam Water Power Project.
f. Location: At the existing Williams dam owned by the Indiana
Department
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of Natural Resources on the East Fork White River in Lawrence County,
Indiana. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or located
within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r)
h. Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Chief Operating Officer,
Free Flow Power Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA
02114; or at (978) 283-2822.
Daniel Lissner, General Counsel, Free Flow Power Corporation, 239
Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114; or at (978) 283-2822.
Alan Topalian, Regulatory Attorney, Free Flow Power Corporation,
239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114; or at (978) 283-2822.
i. FERC Contact: Aaron Liberty at (202) 502-6862 or by email at
[email protected].
j. The Scoping Document (SD) issued on April 26, 2013, specified
May 27, 2013, as the deadline for filing scoping comments for the
Williams Dam Water Power Project. The deadline for filing SD comments
is being extended for a 30-day period from the issuance date of this
notice. Therefore, the revised deadline for filing SD comments is: June
28, 2013.
All documents 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 at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file,
mail an original and five copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures 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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The proposed Williams Dam Water Power Project would be located
in Lawrence County, Indiana at the existing Williams dam on the East
Fork White River. The 21.3-foot-high, 294-foot-long Williams dam is
currently owned by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and
impounds a 553-acre reservoir at a normal pool elevation of 472.2 North
American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). In addition to the dam,
proposed project facilities would include: (1) An 80-foot-long, 21.5-
foot-high, 100-foot-wide intake structure with trashracks having 3-inch
clear bar spacing; (2) a 126-foot-long, 81-foot-wide powerhouse
integral to the dam; (3) four turbine-generator units with a combined
installed capacity of 4.0 megawatts; (4) a 40-foot by 40-foot
substation; (5) a 265-foot-long, three-phase, 12.5-kilovolt overhead
transmission line connecting the project's substation to local utility
distribution lines; and (6) other appurtenant facilities.
The proposed project would operate in a run-of-river mode and the
water surface elevation of the impoundment would be maintained at the
existing normal pool elevation (crest of the dam spillway) or above.
The average annual generation would be about 17,850 megawatt-hours.
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. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
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. Scoping Process:
The Commission staff intends to prepare a single Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the Williams Dam Water Power Project in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will
consider both site-specific and cumulative 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 SD issued on April 26, 2013.
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. Enter the
docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document. For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Dated: May 29, 2013..
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-13153 Filed 6-3-13; 8:45 am]
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