Document ID: FERC-2009-0706-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Town of Afton, WY; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
Posted Date: 2009-05-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 91)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13301-002]

 
Town of Afton, WY; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With 
the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

May 6, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor license.
    b. Project No.: 13301-002.
    c. Date filed: April 29, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Town of Afton.
    e. Name of Project: Culinary Water System Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the culinary water supply system, in the Town of 
Afton, Lincoln County, Wyoming. The project would occupy 12.3 acres of 
land in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Town of Afton, James K. Sanderson, 416 
Washington St., P.O. Box 310, Afton, WY 83110.
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, 202-502-8074. Ryan.hansen@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise

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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 Sec.  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: June 28, 2009.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``e-filing'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.''
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The project consists of the following facilities: (1) An intake 
at Periodic Springs; (2) an existing 97,000 gallon buried concrete 
surge tank; (3) an existing 16,775-foot-long, 18-inch-diameter iron 
ductile pipe; (4) a new approximately 95-foot-long, 2-foot-diameter 
ductile iron penstock conveying flows from the existing pipe to the new 
powerhouse; (5) a 20-foot-long by 20-foot-wide powerhouse containing a 
single Pelton turbine and generator with an installed capacity of 225 
kilowatts (kW); (6) an approximately 10-foot-long, 2.5-foot-diameter 
draft tube discharging flows from the powerhouse to an existing access 
hatchway at the top of the storage tank; (7) a one-million-gallon 
storage tank; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The power generated will 
intertie with the existing 12.5-kilovolt distribution system at the 
culinary water treatment plant.
    The Culinary Water System Hydroelectric Project would utilize some 
features from the Town of Afton's existing culinary water supply 
system. Under current operating conditions, water is piped from 
Periodic Springs to a buried concrete surge tank. From this tank, water 
is routed to a water treatment plant, and then to a storage tank before 
distribution. The new hydroelectric project will divert flow at an 
existing bifurcation in the conveyance pipe, upstream of the treatment 
plant. Flows up to 12 cubic feet per second (cfs) will be diverted to 
the powerhouse for hydropower generation, then discharged directly to 
the storage tank, bypassing the current treatment plant. The proposed 
project would have a total installed capacity of 225 kW and would 
produce an average annual generation of 1,272,463 kilowatt-hours. The 
generated power would be utilized to offset the energy used by the 
culinary water system, with net power sold to Lower Valley Energy, Inc. 
The project will operate as a run-of-river, with any flows in excess of 
the turbine capacity of 12 cfs bypassing the project to the existing 
treatment plant.
    o. 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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 e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Wyoming State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR at 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.
    Issue Acceptance Letter; July 6, 2009.
    Issue Scoping Document for comments; August 5, 2009.
    Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis; 
November 3, 2009.
    Notice of the availability of the EA; March 3, 2010.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-11112 Filed 5-12-09; 8:45 am]

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