Document ID: FERC-2017-0058-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hydroelectric Applications: PacifiCorp Energy
Posted Date: 2017-01-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3789-3790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00561]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2337-077]

PacifiCorp Energy; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With 
the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 
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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2337-077.
    c. Date Filed: December 30, 2016.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp Energy.
    e. Name of Project: Prospect No. 3 Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the South Fork Rogue River, in Jackson County, 
Oregon. The project occupies 38.1 acres of United States lands within 
the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest under the jurisdiction of the 
U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steve Albertelli, Relicensing Project 
Manager, PacifiCorp Energy, 925 South Grape Street, Building 5, 
Medford, OR 97501; (541) 776-6676 or email at 
steve.albertelli@pacificorp.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman at (202) 502-6077 or email at 
dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing project consists of: (1) A 24-
foot-high, 172-foot-long concrete diversion dam with an integrated 98-
foot-long ungated, uncontrolled ogee spillway section; (2) a 1-acre 
reservoir that extends 550 feet upstream from the dam with a gross 
storage capacity of 19 acre-feet at normal full pool elevation of 3,375 
feet above sea level; (3) an 18-foot-wide intake structure at the north 
end of the dam on the right bank with trash rack; (4) a 15,894-foot-
long flow conveyance system (project waterway) consisting of: A 273-
foot-long concrete-lined canal fitted with a 25-foot-long, 9.75-foot-
wide fish screen; a 66-inch-diameter, 5,448-foot-long woodstave pipe; a 
5,805-foot-long concrete-lined canal; a 5-foot-wide, 6.5-foot-high, 
698-foot-long concrete-lined horseshoe-shaped tunnel; a 416-foot-long 
canal to the forebay with a 2,486-foot-long side channel spillway 
discharging to Daniel Creek; and a 66-inch to 48-inch-diameter, 3,254-
foot-long riveted steel penstock; (5) a powerhouse containing one 
vertical-shaft Francis-type turbine with an installed capacity of 7.2 
megawatts; (6) a 20-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 5-foot-deep concrete 
tailrace; (7) a 66-inch-diameter, 887-foot-long wood-stave inverted 
siphon that routes flow from the tailrace to the non-project Middle 
Fork Canal; (8) a 6.97-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line 
interconnecting at the Prospect Central substation; (9) an 86-foot-
long, 15-pool concrete pool-and-weir ladder to provide upstream fish 
passage past the dam; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project 
produces an average of 35.05 gigawatt-hours annually.
    PacifiCorp proposes to: Improve fish ladder function by 
constructing an auxiliary bypass flow system, realigning and extending 
the existing fish bypass return pipe, and narrowing the weir notches; 
replace the existing woodstave pipe and inverted wooden siphon with 
steel structures to eliminate leakage; rehabilitate the temporary 
vehicle-access bridge over the new steel pipe to meet current Forest 
Service standards; construct a road spur to facilitate pass-through of 
materials dredged from the reservoir to the bypassed reach; upgrade the 
six existing wildlife crossings of the project waterway's canal by 
widening the crossings and constructing five new wildlife crossings; 
and install a communications link on the U.S. Geological Survey's South 
Fork Rogue gage.
    PacifiCorp also proposes to increase the project's minimum flow 
releases and ramping rates limits, as well as extending the project 
boundary to include the inverted siphon and access roads.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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, please contact FERC Online

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Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or 
(202) 502-8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item (h) above.
    m. 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. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready    March 2017.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary  April 2017.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental         October 2017.
 Assessment (EA).
Comments on EA........................  November 2017.
Modified terms and conditions.........  January 2018.
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    o. 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: January 6, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-00561 Filed 1-11-17; 8:45 am]
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