[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58768-58769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23218]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and
Soliciting Scoping Comments
FFP Missouri 5, LLC--Project No. 13757-002.
FFP Missouri 6, LLC--Project No. 13761-002.
Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC--Project No. 13768-002.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
a. Type of Applications: Original Major Licenses
b. Project Nos.: 13757-002; 13761-002; 13768-002
c. Dates Filed: March 14, 2014
d. Applicants: FFP Missouri 5, LLC; FFP Missouri 6, LLC; Solia 6
Hydroelectric, LLC.
e. Names of Projects: Emsworth Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project,
13757-002; Emsworth Back Channel Hydroelectric Project, 13761-002;
Montgomery Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project, 13768-002.
f. Locations: The proposed projects would be located at U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) dams on the Ohio River in Allegheny and
Beaver counties, Pennsylvania (see table below for specific locations).
The projects would occupy 16.95 acres of federal land managed by the
Corps.
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Federal land
Project No. Projects County and State City/town used by project
(acres)
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P-13757.............. Emsworth Locks and Dam....... Allegheny, PA...... Emsworth........... 9.58
P-13761.............. Emsworth Back Channel Dam.... Allegheny, PA...... Emsworth........... 2.26
P-13768.............. Montgomery Locks & Dam....... Beaver, PA......... Borough of Industry 5.11
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas Feldman, Rye Development, LLC, PO Box
390691 Cambridge, MA 02139; or at (617) 433-8140; or
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett, (202) 502-8393 or
[email protected]
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 10, 2014
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments 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 (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 the
docket number(s) for the project(s) (e.g., P-13757-002).
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners 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 intervener 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. The applications are not ready for environmental analysis at
this time.
l. The proposed Emsworth Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be the most upstream project at river mile (RM) 6.2 and would consist
of the following new facilities: (1) A 205-foot-long, 180-foot-wide
intake channel containing a
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30-foot-long, 63.5-foot-high, 180-foot-wide intake structure with 5-
inch bar spacing trashracks; (2) a 180-foot-long, 77-foot-high, 180-
foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse on the south bank of the
river; (3) four turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 24
megawatts (MW); (4) a 380-foot-long, 280-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-
foot-long by 60-foot-wide substation; (6) a 1,893-foot-long, 69-
kilovolt (kV), overhead transmission line to connect the project
substation to an existing substation; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The average annual generation would be 101,300 megawatt-hours (MWh).
The proposed Emsworth Back Channel Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be located at RM 6.8 and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A
100-foot-long, 165-foot-wide intake channel containing a 32-foot-long,
63.5-foot-high, 90-foot-wide intake structure with 5-inch bar spacing
trashracks; (2) a 150-foot-long, 77-foot-high, 90-foot-wide reinforced
concrete powerhouse on the north bank of the river; (3) two turbine-
generator units with a combined capacity of 12.0 MW; (4) a 190-foot-
long, 105-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long by 60-foot-wide
substation; (6) a 3,758-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line to
connect the project substation to an existing substation; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation would be 53,500
MWh.
The proposed Montgomery Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project would
be located at RM 31.7 and consist of the following new facilities: (1)
A 340-foot-long, 205-foot-wide intake channel containing a 150-foot-
long, 90-foot-high, 205-foot-wide intake structure with 5-inch bar
spacing trashracks; (2) a 315-foot-long, 105-foot-high, 205-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse on the north bank of the river; (3)
three turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 42 MW; (4) a
280-foot-long, 210-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot-long by 60-foot-
wide substation; (6) a 392-foot-long, 69-kV, overhead transmission line
to connect the project substation to an existing distribution line; and
(7) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation would be
194,370 MWh.
The applicants propose to operate all three projects in a ``run-of-
river'' mode using flows made available by the Corps. The proposed
projects would not change existing flow releases or water surface
elevations upstream or downstream of the proposed projects.
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 intends to prepare an environmental assessment (EA)
on the projects 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
actions.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public
meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping
meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the
meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and
locations of these meetings are as follows:
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh--Green Tree
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 922-8400
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Friday, October 10, 2014
Time: 9:30 a.m. (EDT)
Place: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh--Green Tree
Address: 500 Mansfield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 922-8400
Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to
be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).
Environmental Site Review
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct an Environmental Site
Review for each project. The times and locations of these meetings are
as follows:
Project: Montgomery Locks and Dam
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps' parking lot 100, Montgomery Dam Road, Monaca, PA
15061-2221
Project: Emsworth Locks and Dam and Emsworth Back Channel Dam
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Time: 1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location: Corps' parking lot 0, Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202-
17085
All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend. All participants should meet at the time and location
specified above. All participants are responsible for their own
transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the
Environmental Site Review should contact Mr. Thomas Feldman of Rye
Development, LLC at (617) 433-8140 on or before October 3, 2014.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2)
solicit from the meeting participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not
require a detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Dated: September 22, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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