[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 76 (Monday, April 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21843-21845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08260]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10721-032]
Idaho Aviation Foundation; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Intent To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and
Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed
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with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
b. Project No.: 10721-032.
c. Date Filed: February 28, 2020.
d. Applicant: Idaho Aviation Foundation.
e. Name of Project: Big Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On McCorkle Creek, near the town of Yellow Pine in
Valley County, Idaho. The project would occupy 0.43 acre of federal
land managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Applicant Contact: Vic Jaro, Idaho Aviation Foundation, P.O. Box
2016, Eagle, ID 83616, (208) 404-9627;
[email protected].
h. FERC Contact: Suzanne Novak, (202) 502-6665, or
[email protected].
i. Deadline for filing requests for cooperating agency status,
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, 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-10721-032.
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.
j. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
k. The Big Creek Project consists of the following facilities: (1)
A 2-foot-wide, 7-foot-long diversion structure with a check gate; (2) a
1,321-foot-long, 4-inch-diameter, buried PVC penstock with a screened
inlet; (3) a 12-foot-wide, 14-foot-long generator house containing a
Pelton turbine with an installed capacity of 5 kilowatts; (4) an 18-
inch-diameter tailrace that discharges to McCorkle Creek; (5) a 257-
foot-long transmission line buried in 2-inch-diameter PVC conduit; and
(6) appurtenant facilities. The project operates in a run-of-river mode
between mid-May and late October; it does not operate the remainder of
the year. The project generates an average of 1.2 to 1.6 megawatt-hours
annually. No changes to project operation or facilities are proposed.
l. Due to the small size and location of this project, the
applicant's close coordination with federal and state agencies during
preparation of the application and the studies completed during pre-
filing consultation, and the lack of any study requests submitted in
response to the Commission's tendering notice, we intend to waive
scoping. Due to the small size and location of this project, the
applicant's close coordination with federal and state agencies during
preparation of the application, the studies completed during pre-filing
consultation, and the lack of any study requests in response to the
Commission's tendering notice, we intend to waive scoping. Based on a
review of the application and resource agency consultation letters
including comments filed to date, 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 operation on geology and
soils, aquatic, terrestrial, threatened and endangered species,
recreation, and cultural and historic resources.
m. A copy of the application 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.
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.
o. 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 in which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
p. 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 due: December 2020
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
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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.
Dated: April 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08260 Filed 4-17-20; 8:45 am]
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