[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43188-43189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17288]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7320-042]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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.: 7320-042.
    c. Date Filed: July 1, 2013.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.
    e. Name of Project: Chasm Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Salmon River, in Franklin County, New York. No 
federal lands are occupied by the project works or located within the 
project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C .791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steven Murphy, Compliance Specialist, 
Brookfield Renewable Power--New York West Operations, 33 West 1st 
Street South, Fulton, NY, 13069; (315) 589-6130; email_
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at (202) 502-8902; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: August 30, 2013.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 
original and five copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Chasm Project consists of: (1) A 201-foot-long, 32-
foot-high maximum height concrete gravity-type dam having a spillway 
section with crest elevation 1,283.8 feet mean sea level (msl). about 
100 feet long, surmounted by 2-foot-high flashboards and having an 
intake section with steel trash racks and headgates; (2) a reservoir 
having a surface area of about 22 acres and a gross storage capacity of 
74 acre-feet at normal pool elevation of 1,285.8 feet msl; (3) a 7-
foot-diameter welded steel pipeline approximately 3,355 feet in length 
connecting to a 6-foot-diameter steel manifold pipeline just upstream 
of the powerhouse; (4) a powerhouse containing three Francis-type 
generating units having a total rated capacity of 3,350 kilowatts 
operated under a 268-foot head and at a flow of 195 cubic feet per 
second; (5) a 20-foot-wide, 850-foot-long tailrace; (6) a 4.2-megavolt 
ampere, 2.4/34.5- kilovolt (kV) transformer; (7) a 410-foot-long, 34.5-
kV transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.

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    o. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Notice of Acceptance..............   August 2013.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...   September 2013.
Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site    October 2013.
 Review.
Comments on Scoping Document 1..........   November 2013.
Issue Scoping Document 2................   December 2003.
Issue Additional Information Request (if   December 2013.
 needed).
Issue notice of ready for environmental    January 2014.
 analysis.
Commission issues draft EA..............  May 2014.
Comments on draft EA due................  June 2014.
Commission issues final EA..............  October 2014.
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    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: July 12, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-17288 Filed 7-18-13; 8:45 am]
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