[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 152 (Monday, August 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48234-48235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20075]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

July 14, 2000.
    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.: 2482-023.
    c. Date filed: December 19, 1991.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.
    e. Name of Project: Hudson River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Hudson River, at river miles 209 and 212, in 
the towns of Moreau, Corinth, (Saratoga County), Lake Luzerne, and 
Queensbury (Warren County), New York. The project would not utilize 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jerry L. Sabattis, Hydro Licensing 
Coordinator, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, Liverpool, New York 
13088, (315) 413-2787.
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, E-mail address, [email protected], 
or telephone (202) 219-2779.
    j. Deadline for comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
and prescriptions: October 6, 2000.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervener filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that 
document on each person whose name appears 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. Status of environmental analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of the Project: The Hudson River Project consists of 
two hydropower developments on the Hudson River: the Spier Falls 
development at river mile (RM) 212 and the Sherman Island development 
at RM 209. The Spier Falls development consists of: (1) a 1,721-foot-
long dam consisting of (a) three non-overflow concrete gravity dams (52 
feet, 553 feet, and 306 feet in length) with a maximum height of 145 
feet; and (b) an 810-foot-long spillway up to 70 feet in height; (2) a 
reservoir with a surface area of 638 acres at a normal maximum water 
surface elevation of 436.8 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 
(NGVD), with usable storage of 2,526 acre-feet (ac-ft), and a gross 
storage capacity of 28,926 ac-ft; (3) a forbay canal; (4) two intake 
structures; one with 2\1/4\-inch clear spaced trashracks and another 
with 5-inch clear spaced trashracks located in front of the gates; and 
a trashrake; (5) two penstocks and eight penstock openings (four of 
which are sealed); and (6) a powerhouse containing two vertical Francis 
turbines (installed capacities: 7.3 megawatts (MW) and 43.2MW); and (7) 
appurtenant equipment and controls. There is no bypassed reach. The 
development has an installed capacity of 50.6 MW and an annual average 
energy production of 214,372 megawatt-hours.
    The development is operated in a peaking mode in tandem with the 
Sherman Island development. Reservoir

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water levels fluctuate daily up to four feet with an occasional 
drawdown of eight feet for maintenance. Water from the powerhouse is 
discharged directly to the upper reach of the Sherman Island reservoir.
    The Sherman Island development consists of: (1) A 949-foot-long 
buttressed and gravity dam with a spillway topped with 3.7-foot and 
5.7-foot high wooden flashboards with a maximum height of 38 feet and a 
584-foot-long non-overflow section with a maximum height of 67 feet; 
(2) a reservoir with a surface area of 305 acres with a gross storage 
capacity of 6,960 ac-ft, and a usable storage capacity of 1,060 ac-ft 
at a normal maximum water surface elevation of 353.3 feet NGVD; (3) a 
concrete wingwall; (4) a forebay; (5) an intake structure consisting of 
a power canal with 15 penstocks (three of which are sealed) and 3 \1/
4\-inch clear spaced steel bar trashracks; (6) one powerhouse with four 
vertical Francis turbines with installed capacities of 7.2 megawatts 
(MW) each; and (7) a tailrace consisting of a concrete apron to prevent 
undermining of the powerhouse. The total installed capacity of the 
development is 28.8 MW and an annual average energy production of 
144,452 megawatt-hours. There is a 4,000 foot-long bypassed reach 
between the dam and the powerhouse.
    The Sherman Island development is operated in a peaking mode in 
tandem with the Spiers Falls development. Maximum normal vertical water 
surface fluctuation is 3.7 feet with an occasional fluctuation of 7.4 
feet for maintenance. Water from the powerhouse is discharged to the 
upper reach of the Feeder Dam Project (FERC 2554) reservoir.
    m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed 
on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-222 
for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h. above.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 
20,1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the 
date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (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 submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Any of these documents must be 
filed by providing the original and the number of copies required by 
the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Environmental 
Engineering Review, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above 
address. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all 
persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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