Document ID: FERC-2019-0572-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: PB Energy, Inc.
Posted Date: 2019-05-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21766-21767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09977]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

PB Energy, Inc.; Soliciting Notices of Intent To File a License 
Application and Pre-Application Documents

    The current license for PB Energy, Inc.'s (PB Energy) Dry Spruce 
Bay Project No. 1432 was issued on June 11, 1990, for a term of 30 
years, ending June 1, 2020.\1\ The 75-kilowatt (kW) project is located 
on an unnamed creek near Port Bailey in the Kodiak Island Borough of 
Alaska. The project occupies 44 acres of land administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management.
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    \1\ Wards Cove Packing Co., 51 FERC ] 62,228 (1990). The license 
was transferred to PB Energy in 2010. Port Bailey Wild Enterprises, 
LLC PB Energy, Inc., 133 FERC ] 62,214 (2010).
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    The principal project works consist of: (1) A 920-foot-long, 50-
foot-wide ditch diverting water from an unnamed stream to an upper 
pond; (2) a 12.59-acre upper pond created by a 200-foot-long, 50-foot-
wide, 5-foot-high earthen dam with a spillway and a 200-footlong 
overflow ditch; (3) a short metal flume and a 275-foot-long, 12-inch-
diameter wood stave pipe conveying water from the upper pond to the 
lower pond; (4) a 1000-foot-long, 50-foot-wide ditch diverting water 
from an unnamed stream to the lower pond; (5) a 2.2-acre lower pond 
created by a 200-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 5-foot-high earthen dam; (6) 
a 6,772- foot-long PVC and steel penstock conveying water from the 
lower pond to the powerhouse; (7) a steel powerhouse with a 75-kilowatt 
Pelton turbine; (8) a short transmission line; and (9) appurtenant 
facilities.
    At least 24 months before the expiration of a license for a minor 
water power project in which sections 14 and 15 of the Federal Power 
Act were waived, the Commission's regulations require the licensee to 
file with the Commission an application for a subsequent license.\2\ 
Accordingly, the licensee was required to file a subsequent license 
application by June 1, 2018. On May 30, 2018, PB Energy filed an 
application for a subsequent license for the Dry Spruce Bay Project. 
However, on May, 1, 2019, Commission staff rejected PB Energy's license 
application for failing to cure deficiencies and respond to additional 
information requests.
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    \2\ 18 CFR 16.20(c) (2018).
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    If the Commission rejects or dismisses a subsequent license 
application, the licensee may not refile the application after the 
deadline to file (i.e., June 1, 2018).\3\ Because the only timely-filed 
license application has been dismissed, the Commission is soliciting 
applications from other potential applicants for the project.
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    \3\ 18 CFR 16.9(b)(4) (2018.)
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    Any party interested in filing a license application for the Dry 
Spruce Bay Project No. 1432 must first file a notice of intent (NOI) 
\4\ and pre-application document (PAD) \5\ pursuant to Part 5 of the 
Commission's regulations. Although the integrated licensing process 
(ILP) is the default pre-filing process, section 5.3(b) of the 
Commission's regulations allows a potential license applicant to 
request to use the traditional licensing process or alternative 
procedures when it files its NOI.\6\
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    \4\ 18 CFR 5.5 (2018).
    \5\ 18 CFR 5.6 (2018).
    \6\ 18 CFR 5.3(b) (2018).

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    This notice sets a deadline of 120 days from the date of this 
notice for interested applicants, other than the existing licensee, to 
file NOIs, PADs, and requests to use the traditional licensing process 
or alternative procedures. A potential applicant that timely files an 
NOI and PAD must file an application for a subsequent license no later 
than 18 months after the date on which it filed its NOI.\7\
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    \7\ 18 CFR 16.25(b)(1) (2018).
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    Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Ryan Hansen 
at (202) 502-8074 or ryan.hansen@ferc.gov.

    Dated: May 3, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-09977 Filed 5-14-19; 8:45 am]
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