Document ID: FERC-2014-0228-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Antrim Treatment Trust
Posted Date: 2014-02-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11094-11095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04276]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14537-001]

Antrim Treatment Trust; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing 
With the Commission, Intent To Waive Scoping, Soliciting Motions To 
Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and 
Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and 
Prescriptions, and Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Processing

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 14537-001.
    c. Date filed: December 12, 2013.
    d. Applicant: Antrim Treatment Trust.
    e. Name of Project: Antrim Micro-Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: The project would utilize diverted water from an 
existing pond that collects acidic mine discharge from abandoned mines 
located in Duncan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The project 
would be located on lands owned by the applicant and would not occupy 
any federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Margaret H. Dunn, Biomost, Inc., 434 Spring 
Street Ext., Mars, PA 16046. Phone: (724) 776-0161.
    i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury, (202) 502-6736 or 
monir.chowdhury@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
terms and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions: 60 days from 
the issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from 
the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests, comments, terms and conditions, 
recommendations, and prescriptions 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

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(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-14537-001.
    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 for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. Project Description: The Antrim Micro-Hydropower Project would 
consist of the following existing features: (1) A 0.25-acre-foot 
collection pond; (2) a 12-inch-diameter, 435-foot-long polyvinyl 
chloride (PVC) pipe that conveys raw water from a collection pond to a 
60-foot-diameter concrete clarifier with a capacity of 33,500 cubic 
feet in a treatment plant,\1\ (3) a 12-inch-diameter, 143-foot-long 
high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe to convey treated water from the 
treatment plant to a forebay; (4) a 12-inch-diameter, 155-foot-long 
HDPE pipe connected to the 12-inch-diameter PVC pipe to bypass raw 
water to the forebay during high flow conditions or plant maintenance; 
(5) a forebay with a net storage capacity of 6,000 cubic feet; (6) an 
18-inch-diameter, 972-foot-long penstock from the forebay to the 
powerhouse; (7) a powerhouse with two identical impulse turbine-
generator units with a combined rated capacity of 40 kilowatts; (8) a 
75-foot-long tailrace to convey flows from the powerhouse to an unnamed 
tributary to Bridge Run; (9) a 1,300-foot-long, 460-volt buried 
transmission line; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project is 
estimated to generate an average of 250 megawatt-hours annually.
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    \1\ There are various other facilities in the treatment plant, 
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    The applicant currently operates one turbine as an off-grid 
project, and proposes to bring the other turbine (currently in place 
but non-operational) online by additional indoor wiring within the 
existing powerhouse and the treatment plant, and operate both turbines 
as a grid-connected project.
    m. Due to the project works already existing and the limited scope 
of new work described above, the applicant's close coordination with 
federal and state agencies during the preparation of the application, 
and agency comments, we intend to waive scoping and expedite the 
licensing process. Based on a review of the application, resource 
agency consultation letters, and agency comments, Commission staff 
intends to prepare a single environmental assessment (EA). Commission 
staff determined that the issues that need to be addressed in its EA 
have been adequately identified during the pre-filing period, and no 
new issues are likely to be identified through additional scoping. The 
EA will consider assessing the potential effects of project 
construction and operation on geology and soils, aquatic, terrestrial, 
threatened and endangered species, and cultural and historic resources.
    n. 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.
    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.
    o. 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 comments, 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 
comments, 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,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,'' 
``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or 
``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (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. All comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth 
their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 
18 CFR 4.34(b). 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. A copy of all other filings in reference to 
this application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons 
listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    p. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following procedural schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.
    MILESTONE: Notice of the availability of the EA.
    TARGET DATE: August 2014.

    Dated: February 20, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-04276 Filed 2-26-14; 8:45 am]
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