Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1494-437] Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed ( printed page 66958) with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. Application Type: Amendment of Article 401 reservoir elevation rule curve in order to keep reservoir levels in Grand Lake O' the Cherokees (Grand Lake) higher than normal from August 16 through October 31. As indicated in (k) below, this notice applies to an application to permanently change the rule curve, for the period from August 16 through October 31, each year. b. Project No.: 1494-437. c. Date Filed: May 6, 2016; supplemented June 2, 2016 and June 30, 2016. d. Applicant: Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA). e. Name of Project: Pensacola Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The project is located on the Grand River in Craig, Delaware, Mayes, and Ottawa Counties, Oklahoma. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r) . h. Applicant Contact: Tamara E. Jahnke, Assistant General Counsel, Grand River Dam Authority, P.O. Box 409, Vinita, OK 74301-0409; telephone: (918) 256-5545. i. FERC Contact: B. Peter Yarrington, telephone (202) 502-6129, email peter.yarrington@ferc.gov , or Jeremy Jessup, telephone (202) 502-6779, email Jeremy.jessup@ferc.gov . j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests is 30 days from the issuance date of this notice by the Commission. All documents may be filed electronically via…