Notice2022-16713

Kaukauna Utilities; 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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August 4, 2022

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47738-47739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16713]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2715-026]


Kaukauna Utilities; 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.: 2715-026.
    c. Date filed: July 22, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Kaukauna Utilities.
    e. Name of Project: Combined Locks Hydroelectric Project (Combined 
Locks Project).
    f. Location: On the Lower Fox River in the Village of Combined 
Locks and the Village of Little Chute, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. The 
project does not include any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Zachary Moureau, Environmental & Compliance 
Manager, Kaukauna Utilities, 777 Island Street, Kaukauna, WI 54130-
7077; (920) 462-0238; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e79d8a889295828692a78c92cadb86c78f958281da" http: wi.org">wi.org</a>">zmoureau@ku-<a href="http://wi.org">wi.org</a></a>.
    i. FERC Contact: Patrick Ely at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#04746570766d676f2a61687d44626176672a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="34445540465d575f1a51584d74525146571a535b42">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or (202) 502-
8570.
    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: September 20, 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#a9efecfbeae6c7c5c0c7ccfadcd9d9c6dbdde9cfccdbca87cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="195f5c4b5a56777570777c4a6c6969766b6d597f7c6b7a377e766f">[email&#160;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-2715-026.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Combined Locks Project consists of: (1) a concrete and 
cyclopean stone dam approximately 654 feet long and 27 feet high with 
additional 24 inch nominal flashboards mounted upon the

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spillway crest at elevation 674.6 feet International Great Lakes Datum 
of 1985 (IGLD85); (2) a 126.9-acre reservoir at normal full pool 
elevation 676.7 feet IGLD85; (3) a powerhouse approximately 65 feet 
wide by 130 feet long housing two 3.1-megawatt (MW) generators, for a 
total authorized capacity of 6.2 MW; (4) a tailrace channel; (5) a 265-
foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV) interconnection line from the powerhouse 
to transformer and 1,442-foot-long, 12.47-kV interconnection line from 
the transformer to the substation; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
    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)--September 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--September 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--March 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--July 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--July 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: July 29, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16713 Filed 8-3-22; 8:45 am]
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