[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28826-28827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11640]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project 2629-014]


Village of Morrisville, Vermont; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for 
Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    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.: 2629-014.
    c. Date Filed: April 25, 2013.
    d. Applicant: Village of Morrisville, Vermont (Morrisville).
    e. Name of Project: Morrisville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Green River, Elmore Pond Brook, and Lamoille 
River, in Lamoille County, Vermont. The project does not occupy any 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Craig Myotte, Village of Morrisville, Water & 
Light Department, P.O. Box 460--857 Elmore Street, Morrisville, 
Vermont, 05661-0460; (802) 888-6521 or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202) 502-6131 or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The Project Description: The existing Morrisville Hydroelectric 
Project consists of four developments with a total installed capacity 
of 4,990 kilowatts (kW). The project's average annual generation is 
9,032,221 kilowatt-hours. The power generated by the Morrisville 
Project is used by Morrisville to meet the power needs of its regional 
retail customers within the Village of Morrisville and surrounding 
communities.

Green River Development

    The existing Green River Development is located on the Green River 
and consists of: (1) A 360-foot-long, 105-foot-high concrete arch dam 
that includes, near its center, a 60-foot-long ungated spillway with a 
crest elevation of 1,220 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 45-
foot-long, 15-foot-high concrete gravity weir that creates a 180-foot-
long, 11-foot-deep stilling pool downstream of the concrete arch dam; 
(3) a 200-foot-long, 16-foot-high earthen embankment with 2-foot-high 
wooden wave barriers approximately 1.25 miles southeast of the concrete 
arch dam; (4) a 690-acre impoundment with a storage capacity of 17,400-
acre-feet and a normal maximum elevation of 1,220 feet msl; (5) a 16-
foot-long, 12-foot-high gated intake structure; (6) a 22-foot-long, 16-
foot-wide intake-valve house and a 14-foot-long, 13-foot-wide outlet-
valve house; (7) a 116-foot-long penstock, that includes a 6-foot-
diameter, 94.5-foot-long buried, steel section that bifurcates into two 
3-foot-diameter, 21.5-foot-long steel sections; (8) a 32-foot-long, 37-
foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing two 945-kW turbine-generator 
units for a total installed capacity of 1,890 kW; (9) a 14.5-foot-long, 
concrete tailrace; (10) a 5-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission 
line connecting the powerhouse to the regional grid; and (11) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The Green River Development bypasses approximately 180 feet of the 
Green River, including the stilling pool.

Lake Elmore Development

    The existing Lake Elmore Development is located on Elmore Pond 
Brook and consists of: (1) A 26-foot-long, 10-foot-high concrete 
gravity dam and spillway with a crest elevation of 1,139 feet msl; (2) 
a 300-acre impoundment (Lake Elmore) with a 1,000-acre-foot storage 
capacity and a normal maximum water surface elevation of 1,139 feet 
msl; (3) a 8.5-foot-long, 7.5-foot-wide gatehouse; (4) a 8.3-foot-long, 
3.5-foot-high gated intake structure; (5) a 2.5-foot-long concrete-
lined tailrace; and (6) appurtenant facilities.

Morrisville Development

    The existing Morrisville Development is located on the Lamoille 
River and consists of: (1) A 384-foot-long, 37-foot-high concrete 
gravity dam comprised of a 138-foot-long concrete retaining wall, a 30-
foot-long intake and gatehouse section, and a 216-foot-long spillway 
with two 108-foot-long, 4-foot-high Obermeyer inflatable crest gates 
and a crest elevation of 627.79 feet msl; (2) a 141-foot-long, 8-foot-
high concrete wall approximately 260 feet northwest of the dam that 
includes a 60-foot-long overflow section (back spillway) with 2-foot-
high wooden flashboards ; (3) a 15-

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acre impoundment with a 72-acre-foot storage capacity and a normal 
maximum water surface elevation of 631.79 feet msl; (4) a 28-foot-long, 
36-foot-wide gatehouse; (5) a 30-foot-long, 16-foot-high gated intake 
structure; (6) one 7-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long buried steel penstock 
and one 10-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long buried, steel penstock; (7) a 
54.5-foot-long, 30.5-foot-wide concrete-brick powerhouse containing a 
600-kW turbine-generator unit and a 1,200-kW turbine-generator unit for 
a total installed capacity of 1,800 kW; (8) one 17.5-foot-long 
concrete-lined tailrace and one 14.0-foot-long concrete-lined tailrace; 
(9) a 435-foot-long, 34.5-kV transmission line connecting the 
powerhouse to the regional grid; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    The Morrisville Development bypasses approximately 380 feet of the 
Lamoille River.

Cadys Falls Development

    The existing Cadys Falls Development is located on the Lamoille 
River approximately 1 mile downstream of the Morrisville Development 
and consists of: (1) A 364-foot-long, 41-foot-high concrete gravity dam 
comprised of a 23-foot-long embankment section, a 186-foot-long 
spillway section with 3.5-foot-high wooden flashboards and a crest 
elevation of 576.89 feet msl, a 60-foot-long intake and gatehouse 
section, and a 95-foot-long non-overflow section; (2) a 150-acre 
impoundment (Lake Lamoille) with a 72-acre-foot storage capacity and a 
normal maximum water surface elevation of 580.39 feet msl; (3) a 29-
foot-long, 40-foot-wide gatehouse; (4) an 18.0-foot-long, 9.2-foot-high 
gated intake structure; (5) a buried, steel penstock that includes a 7-
foot-diameter, 1,110-foot-long section leading to a 35.6-foot-high, 
29.7-foot-diameter concrete surge tank and bifurcating into a 90-foot-
long, 8-foot-diameter section and a 30-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter 
section; (6) a 96-foot-long, 46-foot-wide concrete-brick powerhouse 
containing a 600-kW turbine-generator unit and a 700-kW turbine-
generator unit for a total installed capacity of 1,300 kW; (7) a 12-
foot-long concrete-lined tailrace; (8) a 150-foot-long, 34.5-kV 
transmission line connecting the powerhouse to the regional grid; and 
(9) appurtenant facilities.
    The Cadys Falls Development bypasses approximately 1,690 feet of 
the Lamoille River.
    The Green River and Lake Elmore developments are operated in 
seasonal store and release mode and the Morrisville and Cadys Falls 
developments are operated in run-of-river mode. The existing license 
requires instantaneous minimum flows of 5.5 cubic feet per second (cfs) 
in the tailrace of the Green River Development; 135 cfs and 12 cfs in 
the tailrace and bypassed reach of the Morrisville Development, 
respectively; and 150 cfs in the tailrace of the Cadys Falls 
Development. Morrisville proposes to maintain existing project 
operations and provide additional minimum flows of 4 cfs over the back 
spillway at the Morrisville Development and 12 cfs in the bypassed 
reach at the Cadys Falls Development. Morrisville also proposes to 
remove the Lake Elmore Development from the project and remove a 0.4-
acre parcel of property at the Morrisville Development from the project 
boundary.
    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 email 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 preliminary 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/Notice of Ready for  June 2013.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary    August 2013.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Non-Draft EA..........  December 2013.
Comments on EA..........................  January 2014.
Modified terms and conditions...........  March 2014.
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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.

    Dated: May 8, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-11640 Filed 5-15-13; 8:45 am]
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