[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 121-122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31339]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14537-001]
Antrim Treatment Trust; 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: Original Minor License.
b. Project No.: 14537-001.
c. Date filed: December 12, 2013.
d. Applicant: Antrim Treatment Trust.
e. Name of Project: Antrim Micro-Hydropower Project.
f. Location: The project would utilize diverted water from an
existing pond that collects acidic mine discharge from abandoned mines
located in Duncan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The project
would be located on lands owned by the applicant and would not occupy
any federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Margaret H. Dunn, Biomost, Inc., 434 Spring
Street Ext., Mars, PA 16046. Phone: (724) 776-0161.
i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury, (202) 502-6736 or
[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 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 section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR 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: February 10, 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-14537-001.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Antrim Micro-Hydropower Project would consist of the
following existing features: (1) A 0.25-acre-foot collection pond; (2)
a 12-inch-diameter, 435-foot-long polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe that
conveys raw water from the collection pond to a 60-foot-diameter
concrete clarifier with a capacity of 33,500 cubic feet in a treatment
plant,\1\ (3) a 12-inch-diameter, 143-foot-long high-density
polyethylene (HDPE) pipe to convey treated water from the treatment
plant to a forebay; (4) a 12-inch-diameter, 155-foot-long HDPE pipe
connected to the 12-inch-diameter PVC pipe to bypass raw water to the
forebay during high flow conditions or plant maintenance; (5) a forebay
with a net storage capacity of 6,000 cubic feet; (6) an 18-inch-
diameter, 972-foot-long penstock from the forebay to the powerhouse;
(7) a powerhouse with two identical impulse turbine-generator units
with a combined rated capacity of 40 kilowatts; (8) a 75-foot-long
tailrace to convey flows from the powerhouse to an unnamed tributary to
Bridge Run; (9) a 1,300-foot-long, 460-volt buried transmission line;
and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to generate
an average of 250 megawatt-hours annually.
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\1\ There are various other facilities in the treatment plant,
but they are not necessary for the hydropower purposes.
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The applicant currently operates one turbine as an off-grid
project, and proposes to bring the other turbine (currently in place
but non-operational) online by additional indoor wiring within the
existing powerhouse and the
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treatment plant, and operate both turbines as a grid-connected project.
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
Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), 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 (e.g., if scoping is waived, the
schedule would be shortened).
Issue Notice of Acceptance................ March 2014.
Issue Scoping Document.................... April 2014.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental May 2014.
Analysis.
Commission issues EA...................... October 2014.
Dated: December 24, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-31339 Filed 12-31-13; 8:45 am]
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