
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-29802]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14345-001]


Rock River Beach, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-14345-001.
    c. Date filed: November 23, 2012.
    d. Applicant: Rock River Beach, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Rock River Beach Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Rock River, in the Town of Onota, Alger County, 
Michigan.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mary C. Edgar, 2617 Rockwood, East Lansing, 
MI 48823; or by telephone at (906) 892-8112.
    i. FERC Contact: Aaron Liberty at (202) 502-6862 or by email at 
Aaron.Liberty@ferc.gov.
    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: January 22, 2013.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Rock River Beach Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 33.6-foot-long by 5.5-foot-high, L-shaped gravity dam 
with a crest elevation of 606.95 feet NAVD 88; (2) a 5-acre reservoir 
with a total storage capacity of about 25 acre-feet at the normal 
reservoir water surface elevation of 606.95 feet NAVD 88; (3) a 30-
foot-wide by 50-foot-long power canal; (4) an 18-foot by 24-foot wood-
framed powerhouse housing a 3-kilowatt (kW) generating unit and a 5-kW 
generating unit for a total installed capacity of 8 kW; and (5) two, 
220-volt, 0.5-mile-long transmission lines.
    The applicant operates the project in a run-of-river mode (i.e., at 
any point in time, the combined outflow from the project's dam and 
powerhouse approximates all inflows to the project's reservoir). 
Diversion of river flow through the 50-foot-long power canal and to the 
powerhouse creates a 100-foot-long bypassed reach in the Rock River. 
Average annual generation at the project varies between 9,000 and 
18,000 kilowatt-hours.
    All of the existing project facilities are owned by the applicant. 
The applicant proposes no new facilities.
    The proposed project is currently unlicensed and was found to be 
jurisdictional, because it is located on a Commerce Clause water and 
affects the interests of interstate commerce. See, 103 FERC ] 62,180 
(2003).
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Notice of Acceptance--February 2013
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--March 2013
Comments due on Scoping Document 1--April 2013
Issue Scoping Document 2--May 2013
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--July 2013
Issue Environmental Assessment (EA)--December 2013
Comments due on EA--January 2013

    Dated: November 30, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-29802 Filed 12-10-12; 8:45 am]
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