[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60394-60396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27332]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2684-010]
Flambeau Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing,
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 2684-010.
c. Date filed: April 26, 2017.
d. Applicant: Flambeau Hydro, LLC (Flambeau Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Arpin Dam Project.
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f. Location: On the Chippewa River, near the Village of Radisson,
Sawyer County, Wisconsin. There are no federal or tribal lands within
the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jason Kreuscher, Renewable World
Energies, LLC, 100 State Street, P.O. Box 264, Neshkoro, WI 54960;
(855) 994-9376, ext. 102.
i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang, 202-502-8250, or [email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, 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, recommendations, terms and
conditions, 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 (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-2684-010.
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. The existing Arpin Dam Project consists of: (1) An approximately
742.5-foot-long, 19-foot-high stone masonry dam (west dam section) that
includes two timber stoplog spillway bays and a 318.9-foot-long
overflow section; (2) an approximately 452.2-foot-long, 18-foot-high
masonry dam (middle dam section) that includes two steel vertical lift
gates and a 237.9-foot-long overflow section; (3) an approximately
319.8-foot-long, 16-foot-high masonry dam (east dam section) that
includes two tainter gates and a 108-foot-long overflow section; (4) an
approximately 294-acre impoundment at a normal full pond water surface
elevation of 1,227.32 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988; (5) a
37-foot-long, 11.5-foot-wide, 14-foot-high concrete, canal headworks
structure on the eastern side of the impoundment; (6) an approximately
3,200-foot-long, 56-foot-wide, 6-foot-deep power canal; (7) a 13.5-
foot-long, 48-foot-wide, 14.4-foot-high concrete intake structure that
includes two 9-foot-wide, 11-foot-high steel stop gates and a 44-foot-
wide, 14.4-foot-high trashrack with 1.5- to 1.75-inch clear bar
spacing; (8) three 79-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (9) a
52-foot-long, 24-foot-wide, 25-foot-high cement block powerhouse
containing two 600-kilowatt (kW), and one 250-kW vertical Francis
turbine-generator units, for a total capacity of 1,450 kW; (10) a 15-
foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV) underground generator lead line that
connects the turbine-generator units to a substation containing three
step-up transformers; (11) a 3,645-foot-long, 22.9-kV above-ground
transmission line; (12) an approximately 100-foot-long, 77-foot-wide
tailrace; (13) recreation facilities; and (14) appurtenant facilities.
Flambeau Hydro manually operates the project in a run-of-river
mode, with an average annual generation of 7,336 megawatt-hours.
Flambeau Hydro is not proposing any changes in project operation.
Flambeau Hydro proposes to continue releasing a year-round minimum flow
of 40 cubic feet per second to the bypassed reach to protect aquatic
resources; limiting fluctuations in the reservoir to one foot below the
maximum, except between April 1 and June 1, when fluctuations would be
limited to 0.5 foot; and operating and maintaining existing recreation
facilities. Flambeau Hydro also proposes to develop an Historic
Properties Management Plan to protect historic resources.
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 website 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.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's 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, 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.
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.
o. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following
revised schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of recommendations, preliminary February 2018.
terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental Assessment June 2018.
Comments on Environmental Assessment...... July 2018
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.Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no
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later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
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.
Dated: December 13, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27332 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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