Notice2022-10000
Tower Kleber Limited Partnership; 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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May 10, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28001-28002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10000]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10615-058]
Tower Kleber Limited Partnership; 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 Major License.
b. Project No.: 10615-058.
c. Date filed: April 28, 2022.
d. Applicant: Tower Kleber Limited Partnership.
e. Name of Project: Tower and Kleber Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Upper Black River in the Forest and Waverly
Townships of Cheboygan County, Michigan. The project does not occupy
any federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Nelson Turcotte, Tower Kleber Limited
Partnership, 764 Lexington Crescent Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
P7B 7B8; (807) 633-3362.
i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery (202) 502-8379, or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#48242d2d662d252d3a31082e2d3a2b662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e08c8585ce858d859299a086859283ce878f96">[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: June 27, 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="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c0868592838faeaca9aea593b5b0b0afb2b480a6a5b2a3eea7afb6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43050611000c2d2f2a2d26103633332c313703252631206d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper
copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-10615-058.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Tower and Kleber Hydroelectric Project consists of two
developments. The Tower Development includes the following existing
facilities: (1) An 83-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of
440 acre feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation of 722.1 feet
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29); (2) a spillway with
a Tainter gate; (3) a spillway with a vertical lift gate; (4) an
uncontrolled spillway; (5) a concrete gravity non-overflow dam; (6) an
earthen embankment with a concrete core wall; (7) a powerhouse with an
integral concrete intake; (8) two 280-kilowatt (kW) turbine/generator
units; (9) a 2.4-kilovolt (kV) transmission line; (10) a 2.4-kV to
12.5-kV step up transformer; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The
Kleber Development includes the following existing facilities: (1) A
267-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 3,000 acre feet at
a normal maximum water surface elevation of 701.1 feet NGVD29; (2) an
earthen embankment; (3) a spillway with a Tainter gate; (4) an
emergency spillway, (5) an integral concrete intake; (6) two penstocks;
(7) a powerhouse; (8) two 600-kW turbine/generator units; (9) a 2.4-kV
transmission line; (10) a 2.4-kV to 12.5-kV step up transformer; and
(11) appurtenant facilities. Both developments are operated in a run-
of-river mode. The project has a total rated capacity of 1.760
megawatts.
o. A copy of the application may be viewed on the Commission's
website at <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. 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 Online Support.
You may also register online at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</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 and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--July 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--July 2022
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Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--November 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--(if necessary) January 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--February 2023
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: May 4, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-10000 Filed 5-9-22; 8:45 am]
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