[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11094-11095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04276]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14537-001]
Antrim Treatment Trust; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing
With the Commission, Intent To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To
Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and
Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and
Prescriptions, and Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Processing
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. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
terms and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions: 60 days from
the issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests, comments, terms and conditions,
recommendations, and prescriptions using the Commission's eFiling
system at 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502-8659
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(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.
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. Project Description: 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 a 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 treatment plant, and operate both turbines
as a grid-connected project.
m. Due to the project works already existing and the limited scope
of new work described above, the applicant's close coordination with
federal and state agencies during the preparation of the application,
and agency comments, we intend to waive scoping and expedite the
licensing process. Based on a review of the application, resource
agency consultation letters, and agency comments, Commission staff
intends to prepare a single environmental assessment (EA). Commission
staff determined that the issues that need to be addressed in its EA
have been adequately identified during the pre-filing period, and no
new issues are likely to be identified through additional scoping. The
EA will consider assessing the potential effects of project
construction and operation on geology and soils, aquatic, terrestrial,
threatened and endangered species, and cultural and historic resources.
n. 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.
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. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be
accepted in response to this notice.
A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address,
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this
public notice.
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, and .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,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,''
``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``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.
p. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (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.
q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following procedural schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be
made as appropriate.
MILESTONE: Notice of the availability of the EA.
TARGET DATE: August 2014.
Dated: February 20, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-04276 Filed 2-26-14; 8:45 am]
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