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LAKE BYLLESBY HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT FERC No FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AMENDMENT OF PROJECT EXEMPTION TO UPGRADE TURBINE GENERATOR UNITS LAKE BYLLESBY HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT FERC No. 6299 Minnesota Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Energy Projects Division of Hydropower Administration and Compliance 888 First Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20426 October 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ...................................................................................................................... iii 1.0. APPLICATION ......................................................................................................... 1 2.0 PURPOSE OF ACTION ........................................................................................... 1 3.0. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................... 2 4.0 PROPOSED ACTION AND ALTERNATIVES ...................................................... 3 4.1 Proposed Action ..................................................................................................... 3 4.2 Action Alternatives ................................................................................................ 4 4.3 No-Action Alternative ........................................................................................... 4 5.0 STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ..................................... 4 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ........................................................................... 6 6.1. Scope of the Analysis ............................................................................................. 6 6.2 General Description of the Project Area ................................................................ 7 6.3 Geology and Soils .................................................................................................. 7 6.3.1 Affected Environment ..................................................................................... 7 6.3.2 Environmental Effects ..................................................................................... 8 6.3.3 Staff Conclusion .............................................................................................. 9 6.4 Water Quantity and Flow ....................................................................................... 9 6.4.1 Affected Environment ..................................................................................... 9 6.4.2 Environmental Effects ................................................................................... 10 6.4.3 Staff Conclusion ............................................................................................ 10 6.5 Water Quality ....................................................................................................... 10 6.5.1 Affected Environment ................................................................................... 10 6.5.2 Environmental Effects ................................................................................... 11 6.5.3 Staff Conclusion ............................................................................................ 12 6.6 Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ......................................................................... 12 6.6.1 Affected Environment ................................................................................... 12 6.6.2 Environmental Effects ................................................................................... 14 6.6.3 Staff Conclusion ............................................................................................ 15 ii 6.7 Botanical, Wildlife, and Wetland Resources ....................................................... 16 6.7.1 Affected Environment ................................................................................... 16 6.7.2 Environmental Effects ................................................................................... 17 6.7.3 Staff Conclusion ............................................................................................ 18 6.8 Threatened and Endangered Species ................................................................... 18 6.8.1 Affected Environment ................................................................................... 18 6.8.2 Environmental Effects ................................................................................... 20 6.8.3 Staff Conclusion ............................................................................................ 21 6.9 Cultural and Historic Resources .......................................................................... 21 6.9.1 Affected Environment ................................................................................... 21 6.9.2 Environmental Effects ................................................................................... 23 6.9.3 Staff Recommendations ................................................................................ 24 6.10 Recreation ............................................................................................................ 25 6.10.1 Affected Environment ................................................................................... 25 6.10.2 Environmental Effects ................................................................................... 25 6.10.3 Staff Conclusion ............................................................................................ 25 6.11 Cumulative Impacts ............................................................................................. 26 7.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................. 26 7.1 Comprehensive Development and Staff-Recommended Measures..................... 26 8.0 FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ......................................................... 27 9.0 LITERATURE CITED ............................................................................................ 28 10.0 LIST OF PREPARERS ........................................................................................... 31 iii ACRONYMS Advisory Council Advisory Council on Historic Preservation AIS aquatic invasive species APE Area of Potential Effect C Celsius CFR Code of Federal Regulations cfs cubic feet per second Commission or FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission CWA Clean Water Act DO dissolved oxygen D2SI Division of Dam Safety and Inspections EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ESA Endangered Species Act ft feet FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service HPMP Historic Properties Management Plan IBI Index of Biological Integrity m meter msl mean sea level MW megawatt Minnesota DNR Minnesota Department of Natural Resource MPCA Minnesota Pollution Control Agency National Register National Register of Historic Places NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NGVD National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NHIS Natural Heritage Information System NHPA National Historic Preservation Act PA Programmatic Agreement iv Section 106 Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act Section 401 Section 401 of the Clean Water Act Section 7 Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act THPO Tribal Historic Preservation Officer WQC Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the Clean Water Act μg/L Micrograms per Liter ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Energy Projects Division of Hydropower Administration and Compliance Washington, DC Lake Byllesby Hydroelectric Project FERC No. 6299-014 1.0. APPLICATION Application Type: Amendment of Project Exemption Dates Filed: October 31, 2018, April 24, 2020 Applicant’s Name: Dakota County Water Body: Cannon River County and State: Dakota and Goodhue Counties, Minnesota Federal Lands: The project does not occupy any federal lands. 2.0 PURPOSE OF ACTION Dakota County (exemptee), exemptee for the Lake Byllesby Hydroelectric Project (Lake Byllesby Project or project), requests an amendment to its project exemption in order to modify, repair, or replace several project features associated with a proposed upgrade to its turbine generator units.1 The work would primarily involve construction to the gate structures, intake pier, and buttressing; replacement of the draft tubes, turbines, and other generation equipment; repair or restoration of several historic features of the powerhouse; and restoration work in the downstream river channel. The replacement of the turbines and related generation equipment would increase the project’s maximum intake design flow from 650 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 1,050 cfs, resulting in an increase in installed generating capacity from 1.9 megawatts (MW) to an estimated 4.0 MW. 1 Order Granting Exemption for Licensing of a Small Hydroelectric Project of 5 MW or Less (30 FERC ¶ 62,146), issued February 8, 1985. 2 In order to install the new turbine generator units, the penstocks, draft tubes and station switchgear will be replaced, and the intake bays will need to be modified. The exemptee intends to additionally install a trashrack in the north bay. Additionally, the powerhouse structure (downstream walls, floor, lower roof, upper roof, control room, entrance doors, and windows) would need to be removed and replaced to accommodate the work. To maintain consistency with the historic architecture, the building exterior would consist of precast panels colored to match the upper level existing east powerhouse wall concrete, including color matched caulk, and have simplified detail in the corbels. However, the window openings would be standard sizes opposed to a replication of current window sizes,
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