Document ID: FERC-2023-1567-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Posted Date: 2023-12-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84317-84318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26645]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5089-027]

Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 
Protests

    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.: 5089-027.
    c. Date Filed: August 31, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Fall 
River).
    e. Name of Project: Felt Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Teton River, near the town of Tetonia, in Teton 
County, Idaho. The project occupies 114.4 acres of Federal land 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Nicholas Josten, 2742 Saint Charles Ave., 
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404; (208) 528-6152.
    i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at (202) 502-8576, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system 
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance, please 
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic 
filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. 
Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be 
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All 
filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the 
first page: Felt Hydroelectric Project (P-5089-027).
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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 for filing, but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Felt Project consists of: (1) a 122.5-foot-long, 
12-foot-high concrete dam that includes the following sections: (a) 25-
foot-wide sluiceway section with a 4-foot-wide fish ladder and a 14-
foot-wide corrugated steel radial gate and (b) a 96-foot-wide 
uncontrolled overflow spillway with a crest elevation of 5,530-feet 
mean sea level (msl); (2) a 7-acre impoundment with a storage capacity 
of 28 acre-feet at a normal water surface elevation of 5,530-feet msl; 
(3) a 178-foot-long, 8.5-foot-deep fish screen structure equipped with 
a bar rack with \3/8\-inch clear bar spacing and diamond mesh screen; 
(4) three intake openings located behind the fish screen each equipped 
with 10-foot-wide intake gates and 10-foot-wide trash racks with 3-inch 
clear bar spacing; (5) three, 8-foot-square unlined rock tunnels 
connecting the intakes to penstocks and consisting of: (a) a 179-foot-
long Tunnel No. 1 connecting to a 280-foot-long, 78-inch-diameter steel 
penstock that bifurcates into two, 180-foot-long, 60-inch-diameter 
steel penstocks that connect to Powerhouse No. 1; and (b) a 177-foot-
long Tunnel No. 2 and a 196-foot-long Tunnel No. 3 each connecting to a 
1,750-foot-long, 96-inch-diameter steel

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penstock that connects to Powerhouse No. 2; (6) an 83-foot-long, 26-
foot-wide, 13-foot-high reinforced concrete Powerhouse No. 1 containing 
two horizontal Francis turbine-generator units with a combined 
generating capacity of 1,950 kilowatts (kW); (7) a 36-foot-long, 36-
foot-wide, 25-foot-high reinforced concrete Powerhouse No. 2 containing 
two vertical Francis turbine-generator units with a combined generating 
capacity of 5,500 kW; (8) two tailrace channels discharging to the 
Teton River from Powerhouses No. 1 and No. 2; (9) a 1,500-foot-long, 
4.16 kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission line connecting Powerhouse No. 
1 to a transformer located next to Powerhouse No. 2; (10) a 2,000-foot-
long, 24.9 kV overhead transmission line leading from the transformer 
to the interconnection point; and (11) appurtenant facilities.
    The project operates in run-of-river mode and generates an average 
of 33,100 megawatt-hours per year. A continuous minimum flow is 
released below the dam according to the following schedule: 20 cubic 
feet per second (cfs) from July 1 to March 14 and 50 cfs from March 15 
to June 30.
    Fall River proposes to remove 42 acres of land from the current 
project boundary.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 at [email protected] or call toll 
free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202)502-6595, or [email protected].
    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, 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.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    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.

Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2024
Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due--February 2024
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--March 2024
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--April 2024

    Dated: November 29, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-26645 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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