Document ID: FERC-2017-0234-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.
Posted Date: 2017-02-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11213-11214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03325]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 190-105]

Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study 
Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 
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: 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 Uintah River 
as well as Big Springs Creek and Pole Creek. The project is located 
almost entirely on federal lands managed by Ashley National Forest and 
Ute Indian Reservation.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: M. Jared Griffiths, Engineering Manager, Moon 
Lake Electric Association, Inc., 800 West U.S. Hwy 40, Roosevelt, Utah 
84066.
    i. FERC Contact: Quinn Emmering, (202) 502-6382, 
quinn.emmering@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise 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 section 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: April 3, 2017.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests 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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Uintah Hydroelectric project operates as a run-of-river 
facility delivering water to the project facilities from three sources: 
the Uintah River, Big Springs Creek, and Pole Creek. The existing 
project facilities include: (1) An 8-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep, 1,100-
foot-long canal that delivers water from Big Springs Creek; (2) a 
concrete diversion structure on the Big Springs Creek canal which 
conveys flow through a 916-foot-long, 28-inch diameter, steel pipeline 
that connects to the point of diversion on the Uintah River; (3) 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 
Uintah River; (4) a 16-foot-wide, 8-foot-deep, 25,614-foot-long, main 
supply canal which conveys water from Big Springs Creek and the Uintah 
River; (5) a stop-log diversion structure which diverts water from Pole 
Creek; (6) a 6-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep, 6,200-foot-long supply canal 
which collects water from the Pole Creek diversion; (7) 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 
supply canal; (8) a 23-foot by 13-foot concrete forebay structure 
containing trashracks, an overflow channel, and a headgate that is 
located at the termination of the main supply canal and the Pole Creek 
penstock; (9) 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 generators; (10) a 600-
foot-long tailrace; (11) a 4.75-mile-long, 24.9-kilovolt single wood 
pole distribution line; and (12) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
average annual generation is about 6,073 megawatt-hours. The licensee 
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. The licensee proposes no operational changes or new 
project facilities at this time.
    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. 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.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Notice of Acceptance--April 2017
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--April 2017
Issue Acceptance Letter--July 2017
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--August 2017
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--October 2017
Issue Scoping Document 2--November 2017
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--November 2017
Commission issues EA, draft EA, or draft EIS--May 2018

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Comments on EA or draft EA or draft EIS--June 2018
Commission issues final EA of final EIS--August 2018

    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: February 14, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-03325 Filed 2-17-17; 8:45 am]
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