Notice2022-17256
Beaver Falls Municipal Authority; 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 11, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 49588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17256]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3451-047]
Beaver Falls Municipal Authority; 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.: 3451-047.
c. Date filed: August 1, 2022.
d. Applicant: Beaver Falls Municipal Authority (Beaver Falls).
e. Name of Project: Townsend Water Power Project.
f. Location: On the Beaver River, in the Borough of New Brighton in
Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The project does not occupy any federal
land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: James Riggio, General Manager, Beaver Falls
Municipal Authority, PO Box 400, Beaver Falls, PA 15010; (724) 846-
2400.
i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter at (202) 502-6512, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b7e5652574215785a494f5e497b5d5e4958155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97d2fafefbeeb9d4f6e5e3f2e5d7f1f2e5f4b9f0f8e1">[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: September 30, 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#561013041519383a3f383305232626392422163033243578313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1e7e4f3e2eecfcdc8cfc4f2d4d1d1ced3d5e1c7c4d3c28fc6ced7">[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: Townsend Water Power Project (P-3451-
047).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Townsend Water Power Project consists of the following
existing facilities: (1) a 450-foot-long and 13-foot-high dam,
constructed of rock-filled timber cribs encased in concrete, with a
crest elevation 699.3 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(NGVD29); (2) an approximately 25-acre reservoir with a gross storage
capacity of 200 acre-feet at normal water surface elevation of 698.62
feet NGVD29; (3) a short entrance channel excavated in rock near the
left dam abutment that directs water to an intake structure with
trashracks and fish deflector; (4) a 52-foot-long by 46-foot-wide
concrete powerhouse; (5) two double-regulated open-pit type turbine-
generator units each rated at 2,500 kilowatts (kW) for a total
installed capacity of 5,000 kW; (6) an approximately 230-foot-long
tailrace, excavated in rock at a normal tailwater elevation of 681.17
feet NGVD29; (7) a 500-foot-long, 23-kilovolt (kV) transmission line
owned by Duquesne Light Company; (8) 4.16-kV generator leads, a 60-
foot-long section of 5-kV underground cable leading to a 4.16/23-kV
transformer in an outdoor substation; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The average annual generation was 19,524 megawatt-hours for the period
from 2015 to 2019.
The Townsend Water Power Project operates in a run-of-river mode
with a continuous minimum flow of 304 cubic feet per second (cfs), or
inflow, whichever is less. The flow for operating a single unit is 600
cfs and minimum river flow for the project operation is 904 cfs. There
is minimal to no available usable storage behind the dam and if river
flow is less than 904 cfs, all water is spilled over the dam. The
project is typically operated automatically, but manual operation may
occur during dynamic high-water events. The project is returned to
automatic operation when flow decreases.
o. A copy of the application can 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 (P-3451). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7a1a2b5a4a8898b8e8982b4929797889593a781829584c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72343720313d1c1e1b1c17210702021d000632141700115c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
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.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary). September 2022.
Request Additional Information......... September 2022.
Issue Acceptance Letter................ December 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.. January 2023.
Request Additional Information (if February 2023.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) March 2023.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental April 2023.
Analysis.
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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: August 5, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-17256 Filed 8-10-22; 8:45 am]
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