[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8855-8856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03125]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3409-032]


Boyne USA, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With 
the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 3409-032.
    c. Date Filed: January 31, 2020.

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    d. Applicant: Boyne USA, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Boyne River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Boyne River in Boyne Valley Township, 
Charlevoix County, Michigan.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Randall Sutton, Boyne Mountain Resort Area 
Manager Boyne USA, Inc., P.O. Box 19, Boyne Falls, MI 49713; (231) 549-
6076; rsutton@boynemountain.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Patrick Ely at patrick.ely@ferc.gov or (202) 502-
8570.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: March 31, 2020.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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-3409-032.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Boyne River Hydroelectric Project (project) consists of a 
reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 356 acre-feet and a surface 
area of 68 acres at a pool elevation of 636.8 feet National Geodetic 
Vertical Datum 1988. The project includes: (a) An existing 610-foot-
long by 30-foot-high (left) earth-fill dam embankment, a 180-foot-long 
by 18-foot-high (right) earth-fill dam embankment, a 75-foot-long 
concrete spillway; (b) a 132-foot-long by 50 to 72-foot-wide by 12-
foot-deep concrete lined headrace channel; (c) a 74-foot-long steel 
penstock consisting of two 5-foot-diameter and one 7-foot-diameter 
sections; (d) a 20-foot-long by 8.3-foot-wide to 16-foot-wide by 4-
foot-deep stilling basin; and (e) a 24-foot-long by 24-foot-wide 
concrete powerhouse with a single 250-kilowatt propeller turbine. The 
project also consists of a 2.5-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission 
line and appurtenant facilities. The project generates about 661 
megawatt-hours annually. The applicant proposes to continue to operate 
the project in a run-of-river mode.
    o. 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.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--March 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--March 2020
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--July 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--September 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--October 2020
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--October 2020
Commission issues EA--April 2021

    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: February 11, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-03125 Filed 2-14-20; 8:45 am]
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