
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 134 (Friday, July 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32539-32540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14819]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2680-113]


Consumers Energy Company; DTE Electric Company; 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.: 2680-113.
    c. Date Filed: June 28, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Consumers Energy Company and DTE Electric Company 
(Consumers Energy and DTE Companies).
    e. Name of Project: Ludington Pumped Storage Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the east shore of 
Lake Michigan in the townships of Pere Marquette and Summit, Mason 
County, Michigan and in Port Sheldon, Ottawa County, Michigan. The 
Ottawa County portion is a 1.8-acre satellite recreation site, located 
about 70 miles south of the project. The project does not affect 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: David McIntosh, Manager, Consumers Energy 
Company, Hydro and Renewable Generation, 330 Chestnut Street, Cadillac, 
MI 49601; Telephone (231) 779-5506, email_
David.McIntosh@cmsenergy.com.

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    i. FERC Contact: Shana Wiseman, (312) 596-4468 or 
shana.wiseman@ferc.gov.
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The Project Description: The Ludington Project is a pumped 
storage project that consists of: (1) An 842-acre upper reservoir with 
a gross storage capacity of 82,300 acre-feet at an elevation of 942 
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD); (2) a concrete intake 
structure located in the upper reservoir; (3) six, 1,300-foot-long 
steel penstocks varying in diameter from 28.5 feet at the intake to 24 
feet at the powerhouse; (4) a concrete powerhouse with six bays each 
housing a pump-turbine/motor-generator unit; (5) a lower reservoir 
(Lake Michigan) with a surface area of about 22,300 square miles and a 
mean depth of 279 feet; (6) two 1,600-foot-long jetties; (7) an 
approximately 1,700-foot-long breakwater located about 2,700 feet from 
the shore; and (8) appurtenant facilities. Additionally, a satellite 
recreation site (Pigeon Lake North Pier) is located about 70 miles 
south of the project. The recreation facility includes a parking area 
and a 4,600-foot-long boardwalk.
    The existing Ludington Project is operated to generate during peak 
demand periods. Generation usually occurs during the day with the upper 
reservoir partially replenished at night during pumping. The project 
has an installed capacity of 1,785 megawatts with an average annual 
generation of approximately 2,624,189 megawatt hours.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in item (h) above.
    m. 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.
    n. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready     September 2017.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary   November 2017.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Non-Draft              April 2018.
 Environmental Assessment (EA).
Comments on EA.........................  May 2018.
Modified terms and conditions..........  July 2018.
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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: July 10, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-14819 Filed 7-13-17; 8:45 am]
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