[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46503-46505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4318]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2696-000]


Town of Stuyvesant and Stuyvesant Falls Hydro Corporation; Notice 
of Intent To File an Application for a New License

August 2, 2005.
    a. Type of Filing: Notice of intent to file an application for a 
new license.
    b. Project No.: P-2696-000.
    c. Date Filed: July 22, 2005.
    d. Submitted by: Town of Stuyvesant and Stuyvesant Falls Hydro 
Corporation--current licensees.
    e. Name of Project: Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Kinderhook Creek, partly within the Town of 
Stuyvesant, in Columbia County, New York. The project does not utilize 
Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act
    h. Licensee Contact: James A. Besha, P.E., Albany Engineering 
Corporation, 447 New Karner Road, Albany, NY 12205, (518) 456-7712.
    i. FERC Contact: Stefanie Harris, [email protected], (202) 
502-6653.
    j. Effective date of current license: May 1, 1965.
    k. Expiration date of current license: July 31, 2005.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) A 13-foot-high, 240-foot-long 
masonry gravity dam with a Taintor gate and trash sluice near the south 
abutment; (2) a 46-acre reservoir with a normal pool elevation of 174.3 
feet USGS; (3) two 7.5-foot-diameter, 2,860-foot-long, riveted-steel 
pipelines; (4) a 25-foot-diameter surge tank; (5) two 200-foot-long 
steel penstocks; (6) a powerhouse containing a single 2.8-megawatt 
generating unit; and (7) other appurtenances.
    m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 each application for a 
new license and any competing license applications must be filed with 
the Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the 
existing license. However, as a result of Public Law No. 108-137, which 
was signed by President Bush on December 1, 2003, the Commission issued 
an order on December 30, 2003 (105 FERC ] 62,231) that reinstated the 
previously-surrendered project license, with its original expiration 
date of July 31, 2005, and transferred the license to the current co-
licensees, Town of Stuyvesant and Stuyvesant Falls Hydro Corporation.
    Under normal circumstances, the relicensing process would have 
commenced with the licensee filing, by at least five years prior to the 
end of the license term (July 2000), a notice of intent to seek or not 
to seek a new license. However, the surrender of the original license 
for the project became effective on February 17, 1999, prior to the 
notice of intent deadline. The co-licensees filed the notice of intent 
on July 22, 2005, stating their intent to seek relicensing of the 
project and their intent to use the Traditional Licensing Process in 
preparing their relicense application. The December 30, 2003 Commission 
Order stated that the Commission would issue a notice establishing a 
relicensing schedule for the project, and given these unusual 
circumstances, the Commission will proceed in accordance with the 
following schedule.
    n. The relicensing process will proceed according to the following 
schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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              Activity                             Deadline
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Distribution of Initial              September 30, 2005.
 Consultation Package.
Stage One Consultation Joint         November 30, 2005.
 Meeting.
Distribution of Draft New License    August 31, 2006.
 Application (inclusive of any
 study results and the applicant's
 responses to any consulted
 entities comments and
 recommendations made during stage
 one consultation).
Filing of New License Application    January 31, 2007.
 and Competing License Applications.
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    o. After the filing of the new license application, a copy of the 
application will be available for review at the Commission in the 
Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
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, call FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. A copy will be also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    p. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support as shown in the paragraph above.
    q. By this notice, the Commission is seeking corrections and 
updates to the attached mailing list for the Stuyvesant Falls Project. 
Updates should be filed with Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.

Attached Mail List for P-2696

Stuyvesant Falls Project

Office of Project Review, Advisory Council on Historic Pres., The 
Old Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Ste 809, 
Washington, DC 20004-2501.
Andrew Fahlund, Director of Hydropower Dev., American Rivers, 1025 
Vermont Ave, NW., Ste 720, Washington DC 20005-3577.
Town Official, Colonie, New York, Town of, Colonie Memorial Town 
Hall, Newtonville, NY 12128.
Donald T. La Valley, Director, Columbia County Sportmans Federation, 
318 Union St, Hudson, NY 12534-2412.
County Clerk, Columbia, County of, Board of County Legislators, 401 
State St, Hudson, NY 12534-1915.
State of New York, Geologist, Cultural Education Center, Geological 
Survey, Albany, NY 12230-0001.
Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission, PO Box 7360, 
West Trenton, NJ 08628-0360.
Orion Power New York, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 225 
Greenfield Pkwy, Ste 201, Liverpool, NY 13088-6656.
Jacob S Niziol, Coordinator, Orion Power New York, 225 Greenfield 
Pkwy, Ste 201, Liverpool, NY 13088-6656.
Jerry L Sabattis, Coordinator, Orion Power New York, 225 Greenfield 
Pkwy, Ste 201, Liverpool, NY 13088-6656.
Mitchell F Hertz, Esquire, Kirkland & Ellis, 655 15th St, NW., Ste 
1200, Washington, DC 20005-5720.
William J Madden Jr., Winston & Strawn LLP, 1400 L Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005.
Regional Engineer, New York Regional Office, 19 W 34th St., Rm 400, 
New York, NY 10001-3006.
James A Besha, Director, Fourth Branch Assoc (Mechanicville), 447 
New Karner Road, Albany, NY 12205-3821.
Frances E Francis, Esquire, Spiegel & McDiarmid, 1333 New Hampshire 
Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20036-1511.
Joseph M. Aiello, City Admin., Fulton, City of, 141 S 1st St, 
Fulton, NY 13069-1772.
Donald W. Bullard, Mayor, Fulton, City of, 141 S 1st St, Fulton, NY 
13069-1772.
Paul V Nolan, 5515 17th St, N., Arlington, VA 22205-2722.
County Clerk, 300 Taconite St, Ste 101, Hurley, WI 54534-1546.
State of New York, Director, Marine Sciences Research Center, State 
University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-0001.
Regional Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast 
Regional Office-DOC/NOAA 1 Blackburn Dr, Gloucester, MA 01930-2237.
Michael Ludwig, National Marine Fisheries Service, 212 Rogers Ave, 
Milford, CT 06460-6478.
Tim Goodger, National Marine Fisheries Service, 904 S Morris St, 
Oxford, MD 21654-1323.
C. Wilkerson, National Park Service, Northeast Region-U.S. Custom 
House, 200 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2912.
Director, Environ. Protection-Science Section, Justice Bldg.-The 
Capital, Albany, NY 12224.
Program Manager, Regional Planning, 333 E Washington St, Syracuse, 
NY 13202-1422.
Mark E Frechette, P.E., New York Department of Transportation, 
Dulles State Office Building, 317 Washington St., Watertown, NY 
13601-3744.
Director, Region 4, 1530 Jefferson Rd, Rochester, NY 14623-3110.
State of New York, Director, New York Dept. of Public Service, 3 
Empire State Plz, Albany, NY 12223-1000.
Janet Hand Deixler, Secretary, New York Public Service Commission, 3 
Empire State Plz, Albany, NY 12223-1000 .
Bruce R Carpenter, Executive Director, New York Rivers United, PO 
Box 1460, Rome, NY 13442-1460.
Richard Roos-Collins, Senior Attorney, Natural Heritage Institute, 
100 Pine St Ste 1550, San Francisco, CA 94111-5117.
Lawrence J Frame, Director, New York State Canal Corporation, Office 
of Canals--Thruway Admin. Hdqtrs., 200 Southern Blvd, Albany, NY 
12209-2018.
William Clarke, Manager, New York State Dept. of Environ. Conserv., 
1150 N Westcott Rd, Schenectady, NY 12306-2014.
Mark S. Woythal, New York State Dept. of Environ. Conserv., Instream 
Flow Unit, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4756.
Lenore Kuwik, Bureau Chief, New York State Dept. of Environ. 
Conserv., 625 Broadway, 4th Floor, Division of Environmental 
Permits, Albany, NY 12233-0001.
Unit Director, New York State Dept. of Environ. Conserv., Dam Safety 
Unit, Division of Water, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-0001.
William G Little, Associate Attorney, New York State Dept. of 
Environ. Conserv., 625 Broadway, Floor 14, Albany, NY 12233-1500.
John J Gosek, Mayor, Oswego, City of, Office of the Mayor, City 
Hall, 11 West Oneida Street, Oswego, NY 13126.
Tod A Grenci, Stuyvesant Falls, Town of, 3571 Route 21, Stuyvesant 
Falls, NY 12173.
Robert D Kuhn, New York State Historic Preservation Off., PO, Box 
189, Waterford, NY 12188-0189.
Stephen C Palmer, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, 3000 K St, 
NW., Ste 300, Washington, DC 20007-5101.
District Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, NY District-Jacob 
Javits Fed. Bldg., 26 Federal Plz, New York, NY 10278-0004.
Regulatory Branch, US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, 
1776 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY 14207-3111.
Commander, North Atlantic Division--CENAD-ET-P, 405 Gen. Lee Ave., 
Fort Hamilton Mil. Com., Brooklyn, NY 11252-6700.
Chief Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, North Central Office, 
111 N Canal St, Lobby 6, Chicago, IL 60606-7291.
Dr. James T Kardatzke, Ecologist, US Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Eastern Regional Office, Nashville, TN 37214-2751.
Fred Allgaier, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 3000 Youngfield St., 
Ste. 130, Lakewood, CO 80215-6562.
Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, MSO Long Island Sound, 120 
Woodward Ave., New Haven, CT 06512-3628.
Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, MSO Buffalo, 1 Fuhrmann Blvd., 
Buffalo, NY 14203-3105.
Sherry W. Morgan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 3817 Luker Rd., 
Cortland, NY 13045-9385.

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Alexander R. Hoar, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate 
Center Dr., Hadley, MA 01035-9587.
Lydia T Grimm, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C St. NW., 
 MS6456, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC 20240-
0001.
Judith M. Stolfo, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1 Gateway Ctr., 
Ste. 612, Newton, MA 02458-2881.
Director, Control & Planning Division, 1220 Washington Ave., Albany, 
NY 12232-0002.
Director, Water Quality Branch (WQB), JFK Federal Building, Boston, 
MA 02203-0002.
Grace Musumeci, Section Chief, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 2, 290 Broadway, Fl. 25, New York, NY 10007-1823.
David A Stilwell, Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 3817 
Luker Rd., Cortland, NY 13045-9385.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Honorable, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 
20510.
Charles Schumer, Honorable, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510.
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