[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 50 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14676-14677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05154]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14799-002]
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To
Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and
Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and
Prescriptions; Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC
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.: P-14799-002.
c. Date filed: July 1, 2019.
d. Applicant: Lock 13 Hydro Partners, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Evelyn Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Kentucky River, in Lee and Estill Counties,
Kentucky. The project would be located at the Commonwealth of
Kentucky's existing Lock and Dam No. 13. No federal land would be
occupied by the project works or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: David Brown Kinloch, Lock 13 Hydro Partners,
LLC, 414 S Wenzel Street, Louisville, KY 40204; (502) 589-0975; email_
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar, (202) 502-6863 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 (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-14799-002.
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 proposed Evelyn Project would be operated in a run-of-river
mode and would consist of: (1) An existing estimated 223-acre
impoundment at a pool elevation of 617.38 feet mean sea level (North
American Vertical Datum of 1988); (2) an existing concrete dam with a
246-foot-long, 34-foot-wide, and 38.2-foot-high spillway and a 148-
foot-long, 38.2-foot-high, and 52-foot-wide lock chamber; (3) a new 64-
foot-long by 52-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse that would be
submerged in the existing lock chamber, with five horizontal turbine
generator units each rated at 560-kilowatts (kW), for a total installed
capacity of 2.8 megawatts (MW); (4) a new 110-foot-long buried cable
transmitting power from the submerged powerhouse to a new two story,
30-foot-long by 20-foot-wide Control Building onshore which would house
the project controls; (5) a new 600-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt overhead
transmission line that would connect to an existing Jackson Energy
Cooperative line of the same voltage; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
The estimated average annual generation would be 12,161 megawatt-hours.
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.
You may 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. 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
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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.
o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Commission issues EA November 2020
Comments on EA December 2020
Dated: March 9, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-05154 Filed 3-12-20; 8:45 am]
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