
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26339-26340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10617]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2355-018]


Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted 
for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for 
Environmental Analysis, Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, 
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway 
Prescriptions, and Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

    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.: 2355-018.
    c. Date Filed: August 29, 2012.
    d. Applicant: Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Muddy Run Pumped Storage Project.
    f. Location: On Muddy Run, a tributary to the Susquehanna River, in 
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: Colleen Hicks, Manager, Regulatory and 
Licensing, Hydro, Exelon Power, 300 Exelon Way, Kennett Square, PA 
19348, at (610) 765-6791 or email at Colleen.Hicks@exeloncorp.com and 
Kathleen Barr[ograve]n, Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs and 
Wholesale Market Policy, Exelon Corporation, 101 Constitution Avenue, 
Washington, DC 20001, at (202) 347-7500 or email at 
Kathleen.Barron2@exeloncorp.com.
    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 September 30, 2013; reply comments are due 
November 14, 2013.
    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 Muddy Run Pumped Storage Project consists of four 
dams. The main dam is a rock-filled structure across the Muddy Run 
ravine with a central impervious core, a maximum height of 
approximately 260 feet and a total length of 4,800 feet. The east dike 
is a zoned-earth and rock-filled embankment with a maximum height of 
approximately 12 feet and a total length of 800 feet. The recreation 
pond dike is a zoned-earth and rock-filled embankment with a maximum 
height of approximately 90 feet and a total length of 750 feet. The 
canal embankment has a maximum height of approximately 35 feet. Total 
storage in the 900-acre Muddy Run reservoir (upper reservoir) is 
approximately 60,000 acre-feet and the total useable storage is 
approximately 35,500 acre-feet at the maximum pool elevation of 520 
feet.\1\ The maximum pool elevation is approximately 411 feet above the 
normal elevation of Conowingo pond. Conowingo pond (lower reservoir) 
has a surface area of 9,000 acres and design storage of approximately 
310,000 acre-feet at the normal full pool elevation of 109.2 feet.
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    \1\ All elevations are referenced to National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum (NGVD) 1929.
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    The main spillway is a non-gated concrete ogee-type structure that 
is 200 feet long, 20 feet high and with a crest elevation of 521 feet, 
which is directed to a vegetated natural ravine. The recreation pond 
spillway is a rock-cut channel approximately 140 feet wide and with a 
crest elevation of 520 feet.
    The power intake facilities consist of four cylinder gates with 
trash racks in a cylindrical tower. Each intake supplies two units. 
Each intake leads to a 430-foot-deep vertical shaft then to a 
horizontal power tunnel, which divides into two sections. The power 
tunnel sections transition to a penstock that

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leads to one of the eight reversible pump-turbine units in the 
powerhouse. The power plant is constructed of concrete and is 133 feet 
wide and 600 feet long. It houses eight Francis turbines each equipped 
with a 100-megawatt (MW) generator. The powerhouse turbines each have a 
hydraulic capacity of 4,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), for a total 
discharge capacity from the powerhouse of 32,000 cfs. The pumping 
capacity of the pump turbines is 3,500 cfs each for a total powerhouse 
pumping capability of 28,000 cfs. Water flowing through the turbines is 
discharged via the draft tubes into the Susquehanna River adjacent to 
the powerhouse. The units are equipped with trash racks between the 
draft tube outlet and the river.
    Electricity generated at the project is transmitted by two 
individual 220-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines extending from the 
project switching station approximately 4.25 miles to the Peach Bottom 
Atomic Power Station (PBAPS) North Substation located in York County.
    The Muddy Run Project has an authorized nameplate generating 
capacity of 800 MW and generates an average of 1,610,611 megawatt hours 
annually. Exelon is not proposing any new or upgraded facilities or 
structural changes to the project at this time. Also, Exelon has 
engaged interested stakeholders to participate in the development of a 
comprehensive settlement agreement based on collaborative negotiation 
of specific terms and conditions for the new Muddy Run license.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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,            September 30, 2013.
 preliminary terms and conditions,
 and preliminary fishway
 prescriptions.
Reply comments due..................  November 14, 2013.
Commission issues draft EIS.........  March 29, 2014.
Comments on draft EIS...............  May 28, 2014.
Modified terms and conditions.......  July 27, 2014.
Commission issues Final EIS.........  October 25, 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 as 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. Rose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10617 Filed 5-3-13; 8:45 am]
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