Document ID: FERC-2019-0888-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.
Posted Date: 2019-07-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36911-36912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16148]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 190-105]

Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests: Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor, new license.
    b. Project No.: P-190-105.
    c. Date filed: January 31, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Uintah Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located near the Town of Neola, 
Duchesne County, Utah and diverts water from primarily the Uinta River 
as well as Big Springs Creek and Pole Creek. The project is located 
almost entirely on the tribal lands of the Uintah and Ouray Native 
American Reservation and federal lands managed by Ashley National 
Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Patrick Corun, Engineering Manager, Moon Lake 
Electric Association, Inc., 800 West U.S. Hwy 40, Roosevelt, Utah 
84066, (435) 722-5406, pcorun@mleainc.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, (202) 502-6382, 
quinn.emmering@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. 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-190-105.
    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, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Project Description: The Uintah Hydroelectric Project operates 
as a run-of-river facility delivering water to the project facilities 
from primarily the Uinta River as well as Big Springs and Pole Creek. 
Existing project facilities include: (1) A stop-log diversion structure 
on the that conveys flow from Big Springs Creek and a non-project canal 
to a 916-foot-long, 28-inch diameter, steel pipeline that connects to 
the point of diversion on the Uinta River; (2) an 80-foot-long, 4-foot-
wide, 3-foot-high overflow-type concrete diversion structure with a 10-
foot-high, 6.5-foot-wide steel slide gate on the Uinta River; (3) a 
concrete structure with manual slide gates for dewatering the main 
supply canal and returning water to the Uinta River immediately 
downstream of the Uinta diversion; (4) an emergency slide gate about 
midway along the main supply canal; (5) a 16-foot-wide, 8-foot-deep, 
25,614-foot-long, clay-lined main supply canal which conveys water from 
Big Springs Creek and the Uinta River; (6) a stop-log diversion 
structure with non-functional control gates which diverts water from 
Pole Creek; (7) a 6-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep, 6,200-foot-long Pole Creek 
canal that collects water from the Pole Creek diversion; (8) an 86-
inch-wide, 80-inch-long, 43-inch-high transition bay and a 140-foot-
long, 14-inch diameter steel penstock collects water from the Pole 
Creek canal; (9) a 23-foot by 13-foot concrete forebay structure 
containing trashracks with 2.5-inch spacing, a headgate that is located 
at the termination of the main supply canal and the Pole Creek 
penstock, and an overflow channel; (10) a single 5,238-foot-long, 36-
inch diameter polyurethane and steel penstock which delivers water to a 
concrete powerhouse with two Pelton turbines driving two 600-kilowatt 
(KW) generators; (11) a 600-foot-long tailrace; (12) an 8.5-mile-long, 
4.75-mile-long 24.9-kilovolt (KV) single wood pole distribution line; 
and (13) appurtenant facilities.
    The estimated average annual generation is about 6,073 megawatt-
hours. Moon Lake proposes to modify the project boundary to account for 
an update to the project transmission line that reduced its total 
length from 8.5 miles to 4.75 miles.
    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 website 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. 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,

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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.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title PROTEST 
or MOTION TO INTERVENE; (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.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

Commission issues Scoping Document 2 July 2019
Commission Issues Letter Requesting Additional Information and Studies 
July 2019
Additional Information and Study Reports due October 2019
Issue Ready for Environmental Analysis (REA) Notice November 2019
Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations and Agency Terms and 
Conditions/Prescriptions January 2020
Licensee's Reply to REA Comments February 2020
Commission Issues Draft EA July 2020
Comments on Draft EA August 2020
Commission Final EA November 2020

    Dated: July 24, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-16148 Filed 7-29-19; 8:45 am]
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