[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 53 (Friday, March 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11925-11926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6071]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13-023]
Green Island Power Authority; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
March 12, 2009.
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.: 13-023.
c. Date Filed: March 2, 2009.
d. Applicant: Green Island Power Authority.
e. Name of Project: Green Island Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Hudson River in
Albany County, New York. The project would occupy Federal land managed
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Agent Contact: James A. Besha, President, Albany Engineering
Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205; (518) 456-7712.
i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. Project Description: The existing Green Island Project utilizes
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Green Island-Troy lock and dam
that consists of: (1) A dam with a main spillway with a fixed crest
elevation of 14.33 feet mean sea level (msl); and (2) an auxiliary
spillway with a crest elevation of 16.33 feet msl.
The Green Island Project consists of: (1) 2-foot-high pneumatic
flashboards along the top of the main spillway with a crest elevation
of 16.33 feet msl; (2) a 700-acre impoundment with a normal water
surface elevation of 16.33 feet msl; (3) a bulkhead and forebay
structure located downstream and at the west end of the Corps dam; (4)
a powerhouse containing four 1.5 megawatt (MW) generating units with a
total installed capacity of 6.0 MW; (5) a 34.5 kilovolt underground
transmission cable; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
Green Island Power Authority proposes to: (1) Lower the existing
main spillway to a crest elevation of 12.5 feet msl, and install new
hydraulically operated crest gates with a maximum crest gate elevation
of 18.5 feet msl; (2) install a new trash boom extending across and
upstream of the forebay; (3) construct a new bulkhead structure
equipped with a new 300-foot-wide, 300-foot-long fish protection system
screen; and (4) expand the existing powerhouse to the east and west and
install four new 6.0 MW generating units, and replace the four existing
generating units with four new 6.0 MW generating units with a total
installed capacity of 48 MW.
l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is
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, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected]
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item
(h) above.
m. 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.
n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance and Ready for May 1, 2009.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing interventions, comments, June 30, 2009.
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Notice of availability of the EA..... October 28, 2009.
Filing comments on EA................ November 27, 2009.
Filing modified terms and conditions. January 26, 2010.
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o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-6071 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]
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