[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 16253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07746]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12726-002]


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments: Warm Springs Hydro, LLC

    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.: 12726-002.
    c. Date filed: April 1, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Warm Springs Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Rock Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The Rock Creek Hydroelectric Project is located on 
Rock Creek in Haines County, Oregon. The project would occupy 1.8 acres 
of the Wallowa Whitman National Forest, which is administered by the US 
Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Nicholas E. Josten, GeoSense, 2742 Saint 
Charles Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 43404, (208) 528-6152.
    i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, (202) 502-6480, 
[email protected].
    j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new diversion and 
fish screen on Rock Creek; (2) a new 8,300-foot-long, 18-24 inch-
diameter low-pressure penstock, to be buried in an existing flume 
right-of-way and ending at the top of the ridge above the powerhouse 
site; (3) a new 3,100-foot-long, 20 to 24-inch-diameter high-pressure 
penstock, extending from the end of the low-pressure penstock to the 
new powerhouse; (4) a new approximately 20-foot-long, 15-foot-wide 
powerhouse, located adjacent to Rock Creek just above the existing 
Wilcox Ditch diversion, containing a single 0.85-megawatt (MW) Pelton 
turbine; (5) a new 500-foot-long 12.5-kV transmission line to deliver 
energy from the powerhouse to an Oregon Trail Electric Consumers 
Cooperative distribution line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated average annual generation would be 3,900-megawatt hours 
(MWh).
    l. 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 website 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.
    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 schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target Date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for     July 2019.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary       September 2019.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Non-Draft Environmental    March 2020.
 Assessment (EA).
Comments on EA.............................  April 2020.
Modified terms and conditions..............  June 2020.
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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: April 12, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07746 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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