Notice2022-15164
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; 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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July 15, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42456-42457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15164]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2853-073]
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; 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.: 2853-073.
c. Date filed: June 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Montana Department of Natural Resources and
Conservation (Montana DNRC).
e. Name of Project: Broadwater Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Missouri River near the town of Toston in
Broadwater County, Montana. The project occupies approximately two
acres of federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management..
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: David Lofftus, Hydro Power Program Manager,
Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, 1424 9th
Avenue, P.O. Box 201601, Helena, Montana 59620; Phone at (406) 444-
6659; or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73171f1c1515070600331e075d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6929a999090828385b69b82d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Ingrid Brofman at (202) 502-8347, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fc95929b8e9598d29e8e939a919d92bc9a998e9fd29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94fdfaf3e6fdf0baf6e6fbf2f9f5fad4f2f1e6f7baf3fbe2">[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
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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: August 29, 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#2f696a7d6c60414346414a7c5a5f5f405d5b6f494a5d4c01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="55131007161a3b393c3b30062025253a272115333027367b323a23">[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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and
docket number on the first page: Broadwater Hydroelectric Project (P-
2853-073).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Broadwater Hydroelectric
Project consists of: (1) a 705-foot-long, 24-foot-high concrete gravity
dam with a 360-foot-long spillway containing seven inflatable rubber
gates capable of raising the dam's crest elevation by 11 feet; (2) a
275-acre, 9-mile-long reservoir; (3) a 160-foot long rock jetty that
extends upstream into the reservoir that serves to separate inflow to
the powerhouse from the headworks of the non-project irrigation canal
adjacent to the dam; (4) an intake integral with the powerhouse and
covered by two inclined trashracks, each 20 feet wide and 40 feet high,
with a clear bar spacing of 3 inches; (5) a 160-foot-long, 46-foot-
wide, 64-foot high powerhouse containing a single Kaplan turbine with a
rated capacity of 9.66 megawatts; (6) a 100-kilovolt, 2.8-mile-long
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
The project is operated in a run-of-river mode and generates an
estimated average of 40,669 megawatt-hours per year.
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-
2853). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#14525146575b7a787d7a71476164647b666054727166773a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c7a796e7f7352505552596f494c4c534e487c5a594e5f125b534a">[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 schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary): August 2022.
Request Additional Information (if needed): August 2022.
Issue Acceptance Letter and Notice: November 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: December 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 2: February 2023.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis: February 2023.
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: July 11, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-15164 Filed 7-14-22; 8:45 am]
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