Notice2022-25463
Ada County Idaho; Fulcrum LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments
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November 23, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71606-71607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25463]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4881-031]
Ada County Idaho; Fulcrum LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings and
Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 4881-031.
c. Date filed: November 30, 2021.
d. Applicant: Ada County Idaho, Fulcrum LLC.
e. Name of Project: Barber Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Boise River, near the city of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho. The project does not occupy federal land.
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Nicholas Josten, 2742 St. Charles Ave., Idaho
Falls, Idaho 83404; 208-520-5135.
i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#523f3326267c3127263e3b2212343720317c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b363a2f2f75382e2f37322b1b3d3e2938753c342d">[email protected]</span></a>, (503) 552-2762.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: December 31, 2022.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments 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>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp</a>. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. 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,
MD 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-
4881-031. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#793f3c2b3a36171510171c2a0c0909160b0d391f1c0b1a571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7e1e2f5e4e8c9cbcec9c2f4d2d7d7c8d5d3e7c1c2d5c489c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY).
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the official service list for the
project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The Barber Dam Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a 1,100-foot-long earthen embankment dam; (2) a 400-
foot-long, 25-foot-high concrete capped timber crib spillway section;
(3) a powerhouse containing two 1,850-kilowatt generating units; (4) a
trash sluiceway; (5) a 75-acre impoundment; (6) a 100-foot-long
concrete tailrace; (7) 120 feet of transmission line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities. The project is operated in a run-of-river mode
and generates an average of 11,900 megawatt-hours per year. The
licensees propose to modify the existing spillway to incorporate a
variable elevation weir, and to modify the plant operating system to
control the variable weir so that water is automatically bypassed to
the Boise River when the powerhouse trips offline
m. 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.
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.
n. Scoping Process: In accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), Commission staff will prepare either an
Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement for the
project. The NEPA document will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the
proposed action.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one
public meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource
agency and non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the
public scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or
both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope
of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the NEPA
document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Tuesday, November 29.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Ada County Courthouse.
Address: 200 W Front St., Boise, Idaho 83702.
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, November 30.
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Ada County Courthouse.
Address: 200 W Front St., Boise, Idaho 83702.
Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to
be addressed in the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on
the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at
the scoping meeting or may be viewed on the web at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).
Environmental Site Review
The licensees and Commission staff will conduct a project
Environmental Site Review beginning at 1:00 p.m. on November 29, 2022.
All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to
attend. All participants should meet at the Barber Dam Project at 5201
E Sawmill Way, Boise, ID 83716. Anyone with questions about the
environmental site review should contact Kevin Webb at (978) 935-6039
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92f9e5f7f0f0d2f1f7fce6e0f3fee0fbe4f7e0e1e2fde5f7e0bcf1fdff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb809c8e8989ab888e859f998a8799829d8e99989b849c8e99c5888486">[email protected]</span></a>. Those individuals planning to
participate in the site review should notify Mr. Webb of their intent.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the NEPA
document; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available
information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue;
(3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that
should be analyzed in the NEPA document, including viewpoints in
opposition to, or in support of, Commission staff's preliminary views;
(4) determine the resource issues to be addressed in the NEPA document;
and (5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well
as those issues that do not require a detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to
assist Commission staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the NEPA document.
Dated: November 16, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-25463 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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