Notice2022-00690
Hydro Technology Systems, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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January 14, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2428-2429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00690]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2544-052]
Hydro Technology Systems, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Minor License.
b. Project No.: 2544-052.
c. Date Filed: December 27, 2021.
d. Applicant: Hydro Technology Systems, Inc. (HTS).
e. Name of Project: Meyers Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Colville River
near the city of Kettle Falls, Stevens County, Washington. The project
does not affect federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Benjamin Hendrickson, President, Hydro
Technology Systems, Inc., 897 Greenwood Loop Rd., P.O. Box 245, Kettle
Falls, WA 99141; Telephone (509) 933-7629.
i. FERC Contact: Maryam Zavareh, (202) 502-8474 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#771a16050e161a590d16011605121f371112051459101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670a06151e060a491d06110615020f270102150449000811">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: February 25, 2022. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and
requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission's eFiling
system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#296f6c7b6a66474540474c7a5c5959465b5d694f4c5b4a074e465f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4f2f1e6f7fbdad8dddad1e7c1c4c4dbc6c0f4d2d1c6d79ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>, (866)
208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Meyers Falls Project consists
of a 10-acre impoundment at normal maximum elevation of 1,515.4 feet
above mean sea level (msl); a 306-foot-long, 24.5-foot-long concrete
dam with a spillway section in the middle containing five spillway
bays, each 18 feet, 10 inches wide with 2-foot-high wooden flashboards
on top; a fish bypass on the right side of the spillway; a 360-foot-
long, 20-foot-deep intake channel; a 323-foot-long, 4-foot-diameter,
concrete penstock; a 31.5-foot-wide, 55.5-foot-long, 15.5-foot-high
steel reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two generating units
with a total installed capacity of 1.2 megawatts; a 3,500-foot-long,
3.8-kilovolt transmission line; and appurtenant facilities. The project
generates an annual average of 7,883 megawatt-hours.
HTS proposes to continue to operate the project in a run-of-river
mode. The project operates within a flow range of
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22 cubic feet per second (cfs) (minimum hydraulic capacity of the
turbine) and 140 cfs (maximum hydraulic capacity of the turbine).
o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>)
using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last
three digits in the docket number field to access the document (P-
2544). A copy of the application is typically available to be viewed at
the Commission in the Public Reference Room. At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference
Room due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) issued by the President on
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#42040710010d2c2e2b2c27113732322d303602242730216c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85c3c0d7c6caebe9ecebe0d6f0f5f5eaf7f1c5e3e0f7e6abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
p. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be
made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).... January 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments..... May 2022.
Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due........ July 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 2.................. August 2022.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental August 2022.
Analysis.
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q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: January 10, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-00690 Filed 1-13-22; 8:45 am]
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