40034 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 156 / Monday, August 13, 2018 / Notices 

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Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17350 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD18–13–000] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Engineering Guidelines for the 

Evaluation of Hydropower Projects: 

Chapter 12—Water Conveyance 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or 

Commission) Office of Energy Projects 

has finalized its new Engineering 

Guidelines for the Evaluation of 

Hydropower Projects: Chapter 12— 

Water Conveyance (Guidelines), which 

was issued in draft form on May 17, 

2018, for comment. The Guidelines 

revision reflects the most current 

thinking and practices of the Division of 

Dam Safety and Inspections. 

The Guidelines can be found in 

Docket Number AD18–13–000. The full 

text of the Guidelines can be viewed on 

the Commission’s website at https://

www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/ 

safety/guidelines/eng-guide/chap12.pdf. 

The Guidelines are intended to 

provide guidance to the industry. This 

document does not substitute for, 

amend, or supersede the Commission’s 

regulations under the 18 CFR part 12— 

Safety of Water Power Projects and 

Project Works. imposes no new legal 

obligations and grants no additional 

rights. 

In response to the draft Guidelines, 

Commission staff received comments 

from federal and state agencies, 

licensees whose portfolio includes arch 

dams, independent consultants and 

inspectors, and other interested parties. 

Staff reviewed and considered each 

comment and modified several portions 

of the document in response. Staff 

declined to modify the document where 

comments either were already 

adequately/accurately addressed as 

written, or regarded topics that were not 

relevant to the Guidelines. 

All of the information related to the 

Guidelines and submitted comments 

can be found on the FERC website 

(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 

Click on the eLibrary link, click on 

‘‘Docket Search’’ and in the Docket 

Number field enter the docket number 

‘‘AD18–13,’’ excluding the last three 

digits. For assistance, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to formal documents 

issued by the Commission, such as 

orders, notices, and rulemakings. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17288 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 10809–044, 10810–050, 10808– 

061, 2785–095] 

Boyce Hydro Power, LLC; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, 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. Application Type: Temporary 

Variance Application. 

b. Project Nos: 10809–044, 10810– 

050, 10808–061, 2785–095. 

c. Date Filed: July 26, 2018, as 

clarified on August 7, 2018. 

d. Applicant: Boyce Hydro Power, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Secord, 

Smallwood, Edenville, and Sanford 

Hydroelectric Projects. 

f. Location: These projects are located 

on the Tittabawassee and Tobacco 

Rivers in Gladwin and Midland 

counties, Michigan. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Lee 

Mueller, Boyce Hydro Power, LLC, 

10120 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 4192, 

Las Vegas, NV 89147, (702) 367–7302. 

i. FERC Contact: Dr. Jennifer Ambler, 

(202) 502–8586, jennifer.ambler@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

September 6, 2018. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests 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 numbers P–10809–044, 

P–10810–050, P–10808–061, and/or P– 

2785–095. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears 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. Description of Request: The 

licensee requests a temporary variance 

of lake level requirements contained in 

articles 403, 403, 404, and 411 of its 

licenses for the Secord, Smallwood, 

Edenville, and Sanford Projects, 

respectively. To facilitate focused 

spillway assessments and gate 

inspections, the licensee proposes to 

lower each reservoir about 4 feet to the 

following elevations: 746.8 ft for Secord, 

700.4 ft for Smallwood, 671.8 ft for 

Edenville, and 626.8 ft for Sanford (all 

reservoir elevations are at National 

Geodetic Vertical Datum) beginning 

September 20, 2018. The licensee would 

draw down the reservoirs at a rate of 8 

inches per day for the inspections to 

occur on/about October 1, 2018. 

Potentially beginning on October 2, 

2018, the licensee would begin refilling 

the reservoirs at a rate not to exceed 9 

inches per day to return the reservoirs 

to their normal water surface elevations 

of 750.8 ft for Secord, 704.8 ft for 

Smallwood, 675.8 ft for Edenville, and 

630.8 ft for Sanford. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A, 


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