
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26345-26347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10620]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1888-030]


York Haven Power Company, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for 
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for 
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, 
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions

    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.: 1888-030.
    c. Date Filed: August 30, 2012.
    d. Applicant: York Haven Power Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: York Haven Hydroelectric Project.

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    f. Location: On the Susquehanna River, in Dauphin, Lancaster, and 
York Counties, Pennsylvania. The project does not occupy any federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: David R. David, York Haven Power Company, 
York Haven Hydro Station, P.O. Box 67, York Haven, PA 17370, at (717) 
266-9475 or email at DDavid@yorkhavenpower.com and Dennis T. O'Donnell, 
Olympus Power, LLC, 67 Park Place East, Morristown, NJ 07960.
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512 or 
emily.carter@ferc.gov
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary 
fishway prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this notice; 
reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    Motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, 
preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions 
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. 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.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors 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 
intervenor 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 has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. The existing York Haven Project consists of a headrace wall, 
main dam, east channel dam, powerhouse, and forebay bulkhead. The stone 
masonry headrace wall extends 3,000 feet upstream from the north end of 
the powerhouse and, with an average height of 20 feet, directs flow to 
the powerhouse. The main dam is attached to the north end of the 
headrace where it runs diagonally across the main channel of the river 
approximately 4,970 feet to the west shore of Three Mile Island. The 
main dam is constructed of concrete fill, and has a maximum height at 
the crest of 17 feet and an average height of 10 feet. The east channel 
dam consists of a concrete gravity dam that extends approximately 950 
feet east from the east shore of Three Mile Island to the east bank of 
the river. The east channel dam has an average height of 10 feet. The 
stone masonry forebay bulkhead wall, 155 feet long, extends west from 
the south end of the powerhouse to the transformer building, 
perpendicular to the shoreline. From the transformer building, the 
forebay bulkhead wall extends 475 feet north along the property line to 
the west bank of the river. A 14-foot-wide by 10.5-foot-tall trash 
sluice gate and associated spillway are located adjacent to the 
southern end of the powerhouse at the eastern end of the forebay wall.
    York Haven's main dam and east channel dam impound the Susquehanna 
River, forming Lake Frederic that extends 3.5 miles upstream from the 
dam. Total storage in the 1,849-acre reservoir is approximately 8,000 
acre-feet, and total useable storage is approximately 1,980 acre-feet. 
The current FERC license allows a 1.1-foot fluctuation in the project 
impoundment, but is not used under normal run-of-river operation. The 
normal water surface elevation of the project impoundment is 276.5 
feet.\1\ The elevation of the normal river surface below the dam is 
approximately 251.4 feet. The impoundment provides approximately 22.5 
feet of net head for power generation purposes.
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    \1\ All elevations are referenced to National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum (NGVD) 1929.
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    The brick and stone masonry powerhouse has approximate dimensions 
of 470 feet by 48 feet and is located at the southern end of the 
headrace wall and at the eastern end of the forebay bulkhead wall. The 
powerhouse includes 20 turbine-generator units and appurtenant 
equipment. The hydraulic equipment for units 1-3 are vertical-shaft, 
fixed-blade, Kaplan turbines; unit 4 is a vertical-shaft, manually 
adjustable blade, Kaplan turbine; units 5 and 6 are vertical-shaft, 
fixed-blade, propeller-type turbines; units 7, 8, 10-13, and 15-20 each 
consist of two vertical-shaft, Francis turbines connected through bevel 
gears to a single horizontal shaft; unit 9 is a two vertical-shaft, 
Francis turbine connected through a gearbox to a single horizontal 
shaft; and unit 14 is a vertical-shaft, Francis turbine. Units 1-5 have 
1.6-megawatt (MW) generators; unit 6 has a 1.32-MW generator; unit 14 
has a 1.2-MW generator; and units 7-13 and 15-20 have 0.7-MW 
generators. Water flowing through the turbines is discharged into the 
tailrace immediately downstream of the dam.
    There are no primary transmission lines included as part of the 
project. The York Haven Project interconnects with the 115-kilovolt 
(kV) grid at the substation located immediately downstream of the 
project's forebay wall. A secondary service feed comes into the project 
substation via Line No. 722 at 13.2 kV.
    The York Haven Project has an authorized nameplate generating 
capacity of 19.65 MW and generates an average of 130,812 megawatt hours 
annually. York Haven Power is currently studying the feasibility of 
providing a nature-like fishway to enhance fish passage facilities at 
the project. No other new developments or changes in operation are 
being proposed at this time.
    m. 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above.
    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.
    n. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene 
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 
18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.

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    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' 
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or 
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or 
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the 
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other 
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof 
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 
385.2010.
    o. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following Hydro 
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target Date
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Filing of recommendations, preliminary      June 28, 2013.
 terms and conditions, and preliminary
 fishway prescriptions.
Reply comments due........................  August 12, 2013.
Commission issues draft EA................  December 26, 2013.
Comments on draft EA......................  January 24, 2014.
Modified terms and conditions.............  March 25, 2014.
Commission issues final EA................  June 23, 2014.
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    p. 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.
    q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice of acceptance and ready for 
environmental analysis provided for in 5.22: (1) a copy of the water 
quality certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, 
including proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the 
request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.

    Dated: April 29, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10620 Filed 5-3-13; 8:45 am]
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