Document ID: FERC-2008-0291-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: City of Kaukauna, WI; Soliciting Scoping Comments
Posted Date: 2008-02-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 38)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 2677-019]

 
City of Kaukauna, Wisconsin; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

February 5, 2008.
    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.: 2677-019.
    c. Date Filed: August 29, 2007.
    d. Applicant: City of Kaukauna, Wisconsin.
    e. Name of Project: Badger-Rapide Croche Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Fox River in Outagamie County, near the city of 
Kaukauna, Wisconsin. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mike Pedersen, Kaukauna Utilities, 777 Island 
Street, P.O. Box 1777, Kaukauna, WI 54130-7077, 920-462-0220, or Arie 
DeWaal, Mead & Hunt, Inc., 6501 Watts Road, Madison, WI 53719, 608-273-
6380.
    i. FERC Contact: John Smith (202) 502-8972 or john.smith@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: March 6, 2008.
    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.
    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.
    Scoping comments 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) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing project works consist of the following two 
developments:
    As licensed, the existing Badger Development utilizes the head 
created by the 22-foot-high Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Kaukauna 
dam and consists of: (1) A 2,100-foot-long, 100-foot-wide power canal 
that bifurcates into a 260-foot-long, 200-foot-wide canal and a 250-
foot-long, 80-foot-wide canal leading to; (2) the Old Badger powerhouse 
containing two 1,000-kilowatt (kW) generating units for a total 
installed capacity of 2,000 kW; and (3) the New Badger powerhouse 
containing two 1,800-kilowatt (kW) generating units for a total 
installed capacity of 3,600 kW; and (4) appurtenant facilities.
    As licensed, the existing Rapide Croche Development utilizes the 
head created by the 20-foot-high Corps Rapide Croche dam, located 
approximately 4.5 miles downstream from the Badger Development and 
consists of: (1) A powerhouse, located on the south end of the dam, 
containing four 600-kW generating units for a total installed capacity 
of 2,400 kW; (2) the 5-mile-long, 12-kV transmission line (serving both 
developments); and (3) appurtenant facilities.
    The license application also indicates that flashboards are used at 
the Kaukauna (6-inch-high) and Rapide-Croche (30-inch-high) dams to 
provide additional head for project generation.
    The proposed project would include decommissioning the Old Badger 
and New Badger developments and constructing a new 7-MW powerhouse 
about 150 feet upstream from the existing New Badger plant site. 
Proposed project works would consist of: (1) A modified power canal 
leading to; (2) a new powerhouse with integral intake; and (3) two 
identical 3.5- to 3.6-MW horizontal Kaplan ``S'' type turbines. The Old 
Badger development would be converted to an alternative use. The New 
Badger development would be decommissioned, demolished, and removed. 
The existing service road would be demolished and removed. The tailrace 
area associated with the existing Old Badger development would be 
filled with soil. A new service road would be constructed over the 
filled area. No significant changes are proposed for the Rapide Croche 
development.
    The existing Badger and Rapide Croche developments currently 
operate in run-of-river mode and as proposed, the new project would 
continue to operate in a run-of-river mode.
    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 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.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare a single environmental 
assessment (EA) for the Badger-Rapide Croche Hydroelectric Project in 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 
consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the scoping document issued on 
February 5, 2008.
    Copies of the scoping document outlining the subject areas to be 
addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's 
mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the 
scoping document may be viewed on the web at http://

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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, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 
502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-3550 Filed 2-25-08; 8:45 am]

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