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Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll-free at (866) 208–3676, or 

for 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. 

Comments on the EA should be filed 

within 30 days from the date of this 

notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file 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. 

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–2280–018. 

For further information, contact 

Gaylord Hoisington at (202) 502–6032. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26003 Filed 10–31–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13102–003] 

Birch Power Company; 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: Original 

License (Major Project). 

b. Project No.: 13102–003. 

c. Date filed: July 2, 2013. 

d. Applicant: Birch Power Company. 

e. Name of Project: Demopolis Lock 

and Dam Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: At the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Demopolis Lock and 

Dam, on theTombigbee River, west of 

the city of Demopolis in Marengo and 

Sumter Counties, Alabama. The 

proposed project would occupy 

approximately 23 acres of federal land 

administered by the Corps. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)—825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Nicholas E. 

Josten, GeoSense, 2742 Saint Charles 

Ave, Idaho Falls, ID 83404, (208) 528– 

6152. 

i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer (202) 

502–8449, adam.peer@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests and requests for 

cooperating agency status: 60 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests, and requests for 

cooperating agency status, 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–13102–003. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedures 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 

for filing, but is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The proposed project would utilize 

the existing Corps’ Demopolis Lock and 

Dam and Reservoir, and would consist 

of the following new facilities: (1) a 900- 

foot-long excavated intake channel 

(headrace); (2) two 60-foot-long by 32- 

foot-wide trash racks with 2.5-inch bar 

spacing; (3) a 201-foot-long by 80-footwide powerhouse containing two 24- 

megawatt (MW) Kaplan turbines, having 

a total installed capacity of 48 MW; (4) 

a substation; (5) a forebay oxygen 

diffuser line system to enhance 

dissolved oxygen; (6) a 1,880-foot-long 

excavated tailrace channel; (7) a 1,700- 

foot-long retaining wall along the north 

side of tailrace channel; (8) a 4.4-milelong, 115-kilovolt transmission line; and 

(9) appurtenant facilities. The average 

annual generation would be about 

213,000 megawatt-hours. 

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 Web site 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. 

n. Any qualified applicant desiring to 

file a competing application must 

submit to the Commission, on or before 

the specified intervention deadline date, 

a competing development application, 

or a notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent allows an interested 

person to file the competing 

development application no later than 

120 days after the specified intervention 

deadline date. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

A notice of intent must specify the 

exact name, business address, and 

telephone number of the prospective 

applicant, and must include an 

unequivocal statement of intent to 

submit a development application. A 

notice of intent must be served on the 

applicant(s) named in this public notice. 

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, 

385.211, and 385.214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests 

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 deadline date 

for the particular application. 

When the application is ready for 

environmental analysis, the 

Commission will issue a public notice 

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requesting comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, or prescriptions. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE 

OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING 

APPLICATION,’’ or ‘‘COMPETING 

APPLICATION;’’ (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. 

Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26067 Filed 10–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13703–002] 

FFP Missouri 2, 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: Original Major 

License—Existing Dam. 

b. Project No.: 13703–002. 

c. Date filed: November 13, 2013. 

d. Applicant: FFP Missouri 2, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Enid Lake 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The proposed project 

would be located at the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) existing 

Enid Lake dam, on the Yocona River, in 

Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The 

proposed project would occupy 

approximately 30 acres of federal land 

administered by the Corps. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas M. 

Feldman, Rye Development, LLC, P.O. 

Box 390691, Cambridge, MA 02139, 

(617) 433–8140. 

i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at 

(202) 502–6181, jeanne.edwards@

ferc.gov; or Patti Leppert at (202) 502– 

6034, patricia.leppert@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

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–13703–002. 

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. The proposed Enid Lake Project 

would utilize the following existing 

Corps’ Enid Lake dam facilities: (1) A 

8,400-foot-long, 85-foot-high earth fill 

embankment dam; (2) a reservoir; and 

(3) outlet works consisting of a concrete 

intake tower; two gated inlets leading to 

two 370-foot-long, 11-foot-diameter 

round concrete outlet tunnels; and a 

stilling basin. 

The proposed Enid Lake Project 

would consist of the following new 

facilities: (1) A 320-foot-long, 10.25-footdiameter steel liner installed within an 

existing concrete outlet tunnel; (2) a 50- 

foot-long, 20-foot-high steel-lined, 

reinforced concrete gated bifurcation at 

the end of the existing concrete outlet 

tunnel to divide the flows between the 

existing stilling basin and new 

powerhouse; (3) a 240-foot-long, 10-footdiameter steel penstock from the 

bifurcation structure to the forebay; (4) 

a 100-foot-long, 55-foot-wide, 50-foothigh forebay; (5) an 80-foot-long, 50- 

foot-wide, 80-foot-high concrete 

powerhouse containing two vertical 

Kaplan generating units with a total 

installed capacity of 4.6 megawatts; (6) 

a 150-foot-long, 75-foot-wide tailrace 

channel; (7) a substation; (8) a 2,217- 

foot-long transmission line consisting of 

a 181-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt (kV) 

buried cable from the powerhouse to the 

substation, and a 2,036-foot-long, 12.5- 

kV overhead line from the substation to 

an existing utility-owned distribution 

line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The 

average annual generation would be 

17,700 megawatt-hours. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for electronic review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room, or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site 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 available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

You may 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. Scoping Process 

The Commission staff intends to 

prepare an 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. 

The Commission staff does not 

propose to conduct any on-site scoping 

meetings at this time. Instead, staff is 

soliciting comments, recommendations, 

and information on Scoping Document 

(SD1) issued on October 27, 2014. 

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. Copies of the 

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: October 27, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25987 Filed 10–31–14; 8:45 am] 

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