Notice2023-06184
City of St. Cloud; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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March 27, 2023
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18131-18132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06184]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4108-019]
City of St. Cloud; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and
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.: 4108-019.
c. Date Filed: December 15, 2022.
d. Applicant: City of St. Cloud.
e. Name of Project: St. Cloud Hydroelectric Project (St. Cloud
Project or project).
f. Location: The project is located on the Mississippi River
approximately 75 miles northwest of St. Paul, Minnesota in the City of
St. Cloud, Stearns and Sherburne Counties, Minnesota. The project does
not occupy any federal or Tribal lands.
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Tracy Hodel, City of St. Cloud--Public
Services Director, 1201 7th Street South, St. Cloud, MN 56301;
Telephone: (320) 255-7226 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b7f796a68722563646f6e674b6862787f6867647e6f256665257e78"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7a3a5b6b4aef9bfb8b3b2bb97b4bea4a3b4bbb8a2b3f9bab9f9a2a4">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema at (312) 596-4447, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cda3a4aea5a2a1acbee3a8b9b9a8a0ac8daba8bfaee3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="107e7973787f7c71633e756464757d7150767562733e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. Project Description: The project consists of: (1) an
approximately 3.5-mile-long, 294-surface-acre reservoir with a storage
capacity of 2,254 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 981.0 feet
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (2) a 420-foot-long earthen
embankment that abuts the east side of the dam; (3) a 550-foot-long,
19.5-foot-high concrete gravity dam and main spillway topped with
inflatable crest gates; (4) a 50-foot-wide spillway containing two 20-
foot-wide Tainter gates; (5) a 70-foot-wide, 122-foot-long reinforced
concrete powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a total
installed generating capacity of 8.64 megawatts and with an average
annual generation of 51,500 megawatt-hours; (6) a 200-foot-long earthen
embankment that abuts the west side of the dam; (7) an underground 180-
foot-long, 5-kilovolt (kV) transmission line connecting the powerhouse
to a step-up transformer; (8) a 5/34.5-kV step-up transformer; (9) an
underground 900-foot-long, 34.5-kV transmission line connecting the
step-up transformer to a non-project substation; and (10) appurtenant
facilities. Average annual generation at the St. Cloud Project was
51,500 MW-hours from 2014 through 2021. City of St. Cloud is not
proposing any new project facilities or changes to the operation of the
project.
l. 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-4108). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e585b4c5d51707277707b4d6b6e6e716c6a5e787b6c7d30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82c4c7d0c1cdeceeebece7d1f7f2f2edf0f6c2e4e7f0e1ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
m. 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. Procedural schedule: 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).. April 2023.
Request Additional Information (if May 2023.
necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for October 2023.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary December 2023.
terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions.
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o. 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 15, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-06184 Filed 3-24-23; 8:45 am]
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