Notice2023-05537
Eagle Creek Sartell Hydro, LLC; 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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March 20, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16622-16623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05537]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 8315-017]
Eagle Creek Sartell Hydro, LLC; 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.: 8315-017.
c. Date filed: February 28, 2023.
d. Applicant: Eagle Creek Sartell Hydro, LLC (Eagle Creek).
e. Name of Project: Sartell Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Mississippi River in Stearns and Benton
Counties, Minnesota. No federal lands are located within the project
boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: David H. Fox, Senior Director, Regulatory
Affairs, Eagle Creek Sartell Hydro, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite
1100W, Bethesda, Maryland 20814; phone: (201) 306-5616;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e5a184938c81cba38a9da58084828980869780808e9780cb868a88"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6125001708054f270e19210400060d04021304040a13044f020e0c">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Davis at (202) 502-8339,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f5b89c969d949099dbb194839c86b593908796db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="307d59535851555c1e745146594370565542531e575f46">[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
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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: April 29, 2023.
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#1f595a4d5c50717376717a4c6a6f6f706d6b5f797a6d7c31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8acccfd8c9c5e4e6e3e4efd9fffafae5f8fecaeceff8e9a4ede5fc">[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: Sartell Hydroelectric
Project (8315-017).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Sartell Hydroelectric Project consists of the following
existing facilities: (1) a 46-foot-high dam with four sections; (2) a
powerhouse containing 11 generating units; (3) a radial Tainter-type
gate section and bascule gate section; (4) a concrete non-overflow dam
section; (5) an overflow spillway; (6) an earthen embankment; (7) a
step-up transformer; and (8) a 715-foot-long transmission line. The
reservoir encompasses approximately 2,350.5 acres with a gross storage
capacity of 15,278.3 acre-feet at the reservoir surface elevation of
1,015 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD). The project
has a combined total rated capacity of 8.95 megawatts.
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 documents (P-
8315). 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)--May 2023
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--May 2023
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--November 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--February 2024
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: March 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-05537 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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