[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86551-86552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28835]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 539-015]
Lock 7 Hydro Partners, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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.: 539-015.
c. Date Filed: April 30, 2020.
d. Applicant: Lock 7 Hydro Partners, LLC (Lock 7 Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Mother Ann Lee Hydroelectric Station Water
Power Project (Mother Ann Lee Project).
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f. Location: The project is located on the Kentucky River in
Mercer, Jessamine, and Garrard Counties, Kentucky. The project does not
occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: David Brown Kinloch, Lock 7 Hydro, 414 S
Wenzel St., Louisville, Kentucky 40204; (502) 589-0975 or
kyhydropower@gmail.com.
i. FERC Contact: Joshua Dub at (202) 502-8138 or
joshua.dub@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests 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, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S.
Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket number P-539-015.
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 but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The Mother Ann Lee Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) A reservoir with a surface area of 777 acres and a
storage capacity of 5,828 acre-feet at elevation 513.12 NGVD29
(National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929); (2) a 250-foot-long, 15.3-
foot-high, timber crib dam with a concrete cap and an abandoned 62-
foot-long lock structure on the east side; (3) a 120-foot-long, 100-
foot-wide forebay; (4) a 24-foot-tall, 84-foot-wide trashrack; (5) a
93-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 16-foot-high powerhouse integral with the
dam containing three generating units with a total installed capacity
of 2,210 kilowatts; (6) a 30-foot-long, 15.3-foot-high concrete
spillway section from the powerhouse to the west shore; (7) an 85-foot-
long substation; and (8) a 34.5 kilovolt, 4,540-foot-long transmission
line. The project is estimated to generate an average of 9,200
megawatt-hours annually.
m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested individuals an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (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. At this time,
the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Access
Room due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY,
(202) 502-8659.
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. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, .211, and .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
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'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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.
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.
o. 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 Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--February 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--February 2020
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--March 2021
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.
Dated: December 22, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28835 Filed 12-29-20; 8:45 am]
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