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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103816-103817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30055]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2550-030]

Wiscons8, LLC; 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.: 2550.
    c. Date Filed: November 29, 2024.
    d. Applicant: Wiscons8, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Weyauwega Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Waupaca River in the City of Weyauwega in 
Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Dwight Shanak, Manager, Wiscons8, LLC, 
N3311 Sunrise Lane, Waupaca, Wisconsin 54981; telephone at (715) 412-
3150; email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Taconya D. Goar, Project Coordinator, Great Lakes 
Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (202) 502-8394; 
email at [email protected].
    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: January 28, 2025.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (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: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent 
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 
Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name 
and docket number on the first page: Weyauwega Hydroelectric Project 
(P-2550-030).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing project consists of a 240-
foot-long dam that includes: (1) a 90-foot-long earth section faced 
with steel sheet piling; (2) a 50-foot-long concrete section with three 
12-foot-long Tainter gates with a crest elevation of 771.28 National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) when fully open; (3) a 29-
foot-long, 56-foot-wide powerhouse that includes an intake structure 
and a 210-kilowatt vertical Francis turbine-generator; and (4) a 71-
foot-long earth section faced with steel sheet piling.
    The dam creates an impoundment with a surface area of 253 acres at 
a normal pool elevation of 770.2 feet NGVD 29. From the impoundment, 
water flows through the powerhouse to a tailrace that empties into the 
Waupaca River. The generator is connected to the regional electric grid 
by a 4.16-kilovolt (kV) underground generator lead line and a step-up 
transformer.
    Project recreation facilities include a hand-carry boat portage 
route and a hand-carry boat put-in site approximately 150 feet 
downstream of the dam.
    The current license requires the licensee to operate the project in 
a run-of-river mode, such that outflow from the project approximates 
inflow and the surface elevation of the impoundment is maintained 
between 769.95 and 770.45 feet NGVD 29. The minimum and maximum 
hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are 35 and 229 cfs, 
respectively. The average annual generation of the project was 1,385 
megawatt-hours from 2017 through 2023.
    Wiscons8 proposes to: (1) continue operating the project in a run-
of-river mode and maintaining the impoundment elevation between 769.95 
and 770.45 feet NGVD 29; (2) replace the existing turbine runner 
(``from a Leffel 36z to a Leffel 36s'') to improve turbine hydraulic 
efficiency; (3) install a new programmable logic controller to ensure 
compliance with run-of-river operation, including automation of the 
Tainter gates when inflow is greater than the 229-cfs maximum hydraulic 
capacity of the turbine; and (4) continue maintaining the project 
recreation facilities.
    o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via 
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 (P-
2550). For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or 
call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects.

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For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    p. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202)502-6595 or [email protected].
    q. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.
    Issue Deficiency Letter and Request Additional Information: January 
2025.
    Issue Notice of Application Accepted for Filing: May 2025.
    Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: May 2025.
    Request Additional Information (if necessary): May 2025.
    Issue Scoping Document 2: June 2025.
    Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis: June 2025.
    r. 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 12, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-30055 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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