[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54698-54699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21745]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13135-004]


City of Watervliet; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: License for Major Project-Existing Dam.
    b. Project No.: P-13135-004.
    c. Date filed: August 26, 2014.
    d. Applicant: City of Watervliet, New York.
    e. Name of Project: Delta Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the East Branch of the Mohawk River, in the Town of 
Rome, Oneida County, NY. 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: Mr. Michael P. Manning, Mayor, City of 
Watervliet, City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone: 518-270-3815, 
Email: [email protected]; or Mark Gleason, General Manager, 
City of Watervliet, City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone: 518-270-
3800x122, Email: [email protected]; or Wendy Jo Carey, P.E., 
Albany Engineering Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205, 
Phone: 518-456-7712x401 Email: [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett, Phone: (202) 502-8393, Email: 
[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 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: October 25, 2014.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-13135-004.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would consist of: (1) The existing 1,016-
foot-long, 76-foot-high Delta dam, owned by the New York State Canal 
Corporation; (2) an existing impoundment having a surface area of 2,700 
acres and a storage capacity of 63,200 acre-feet at the spillway crest 
elevation of 551.37 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988; (3) a 
new 40-foot-diameter cylindrical powerhouse containing one turbine-
generator unit with a total installed capacity of 7.4 megawatts; (4) a 
new 17,000-foot-long, 13.2-kilovolt underground generator lead; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would generate about 14,100 
megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
    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: 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 Acceptance or Deficiency Letter........  October 2014
Request Additional Information...............  October 2014
Issue Notice of Acceptance...................  January 2015
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments........  February 2015
Comments on Scoping Document 1...............  April 2015
Issue Scoping Document 2.....................  May 2015
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental        May 2015
 Analysis.
Commission issues EA.........................  November 2015
Comments on EA...............................  December 2015
 


     Dated: September 5, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-21745 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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