[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 76605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30038]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12486-008]
Franklin County Idaho; 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: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: 12486-008.
c. Date Filed: November 27, 2013.
d. Applicant: Twin Lakes Canal Company (Twin Lakes).
e. Name of Project: Bear River Narrows Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The proposed project would be located on the Bear
River, near the city of Preston, in Franklin County, Idaho. The project
would occupy 243 acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Nick E. Josten, Geosense, 2742 Saint Charles
Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83404, (208) 528-6152.
i. FERC Contact: Shana Murray at [email protected] or (202)
502-8333.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Project Description: The proposed project facilities
include: (1) A new 109-foot-high roller compacted concrete dam and
spillway creating a reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 12,467
acre-foot; (2) a 48-foot-long, 16-foot-wide, and 20-foot-high concrete
intake structure near the upstream toe of the dam; (3) a 14-foot-
diameter, 600-foot-long steel penstock; (3) an 80-foot-long, 52-foot-
wide, and 24-foot-high powerhouse containing two, 5-megawatt vertical
Francis turbines with a combined maximum hydraulic capacity of 1,400
cubic feet per second (cfs); (4) a 0.74-mile, 46-kilovolt transmission
line connecting a proposed substation near the base of the powerhouse
to an existing, PacifiCorp-owned transmission line; and (5) appurtenant
facilities.
Except for irrigation withdrawals during dry years, Twin Lakes
proposes to operate in the project run-of-river, with daily releases
from the new reservoir matching releases from the upstream Oneida
Project (FERC No. 20). During dry water year irrigation releases, Twin
Lakes proposes to release additional water for irrigation purposes but
maintain a minimum flow downstream of the proposed project.
As an alternative, Twin Lakes is considering using the new
reservoir to re-regulate discharge from upstream Oneida Reservoir,
providing potential benefits to downstream aquatic habitat. In this
mode the reservoir elevation would vary each day over a range of
several feet.
Twin Lakes estimates that the average annual generation would be
about 48,531 megawatt-hours.
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 email of new filings and issuances
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 March 7, 2014.
for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, May 6, 2014.
preliminary terms and conditions,
and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EIS......... November 3, 2014.
Comments on Draft EIS............... January 12, 2015.
Modified Terms and Conditions....... March 3, 2015.
Commission Issues Final EIS......... June 1, 2015.
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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: December 11, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-30038 Filed 12-17-13; 8:45 am]
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