[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 43118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17899]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2894-013]


Flambeau Hydro, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: P-2894-013.
    c. Date filed: December 31, 2018.
    d. Applicant: Flambeau Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Black Brook Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Apple River 
near the City of Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jason P. Kreuscher, Vice President, 
Renewable World Energies, LLC, 100 S State Street, P.O. Box 264, 
Neshkoro, WI 54960; (855) 994-93376 ext 102; or email at 
jason@rwehydro.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Davis at (202) 502-8339; or 
michael.davis@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: September 13, 2019. The 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file scoping 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at 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, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-2894-013.
    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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Project Description: Black Brook Project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) A 131-foot-long by 32-foot-high 
concrete gravity dam with three 12-foot-high by 12-foot-wide radial 
gates, a 32.5-foot-wide by 23.6-foot-high overflow section with a 6-
inch flashboard, a 315-foot-long by 12-foot-wide by 8.3-foot-high left 
embankment, and a 75-foot-long by 38.5-foot-wide by 31.2-foot-high 
right embankment; (2) a 10-foot-long by 3.17-foot-wide by 15-foot-high 
reinforced concrete intake structure containing two 7-foot-wide by 12-
foot-high steel dewatering gates and two 65-degree inclined 16-foot-
wide by 15-foot-high trash racks with a 1.5-inch clear-bar spacing; (3) 
a cement block powerhouse with two generating units providing a total 
of 0.645 megawatt of installed capacity; (4) a tailrace; (5) a 13.2-
kilovolt (kV) substation facility; (6) a 20-foot-long, 2,400-volt 
transmission line and a 1.25-mile-long, 13.2-kV transmission line; and 
(7) appurtenant facilities. The project has a normal pool elevation of 
1045.47 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1988 with a surface area 
of about 98 acres and no usable storage capacity. The project generates 
about 7,336 megawatt-hours annually.
    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 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 address the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support. A copy is available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in Item H above.
    n. 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. Scoping Process: The Commission staff intends to prepare a 
single Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project in accordance with 
the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    At this time, we do not anticipate holding on-site public or agency 
scoping meetings. Instead, we are soliciting your comments and 
suggestions on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be 
addressed in the EA, as described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued 
August 14, 2019.
    Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in 
the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list 
and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may be viewed on 
the web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or 
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: August 14, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-17899 Filed 8-19-19; 8:45 am]
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