[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71592-71593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28541]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13701-002]
Free Flow Power Missouri 2, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major.
b. Project No.: P-13701-002.
c. Date filed: November 13, 2013.
d. Applicant: Free Flow Power Missouri 2, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Sardis Lake Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) existing
Sardis Lake Dam, on the Little Tallahatchie River, near the Town of
Sardis, Panola County, Mississippi. The proposed project would occupy
approximately 59 acres of federal lands administered by the Corps.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas Feldman, Vice President of Project
Development, Free Flow Power Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Suite
300, Boston, MA 02114, (978) 283-2822.
i. FERC Contact: Patti Leppert, (202) 502-6034,
[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
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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 18 CFR section 4.32(b)(7) 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: January 13, 2014.
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, please send a paper copy
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-13701-002.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed project would utilize the existing Corps' Sardis
Lake Dam and Reservoir, and would consist of the following new
facilities: (1) A steel liner installed within the existing concrete
outlet tunnel; (2) a steel-lined, reinforced concrete bifurcation at
the end of the existing conduit dividing flows between the existing
stilling basin and the powerhouse; (3) a 15.5-foot-diameter, 250-foot-
long steel penstock; (4) a powerhouse with two generating units having
a total installed capacity of 14.6 megawatts; (5) a 200-foot-long
tailrace channel; (6) a 6,210-foot-long transmission line; and (7)
appurtenant facilities.
o. 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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
Mississippi State Historic Preservation Officer, 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 Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Notice of Acceptance--March 2014.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--April 2014.
Comments on Scoping Document 1--May 2014.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--July 2014.
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--July 2014.
Commission issues EA or draft EA--January 2015.
Comments on EA or draft EA--February 2015.
Commission issues final EA (if necessary) April 2015.
Dated: November 21, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-28541 Filed 11-27-13; 8:45 am]
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