[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 63761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26729]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14701-000]


Empire State Hydro 301, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On August 20, 2015, Empire State Hydro 301, LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Diamond Mills Hydroelectric Project (Diamond Mills Project or project) 
to be located at the existing Diamond Mills Dam on Esopus Creek in 
Saugerties, Ulster County, New York. The sole purpose of a preliminary 
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a 
license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does 
not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing 
activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others 
without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) An 140-
acre impoundment with a normal volume of 826 acre-feet; (2) an existing 
350-foot-long, 32-foot-high concrete gravity dam with a spillway length 
of 340 feet; (3) an existing 30-foot-long, 9-foot-high auxiliary 
spillway; (4) an existing 10-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter penstock; (5) 
two new 750-kilowatt turbines; (6) a new 50-foot-long, 30-foot-wide 
powerhouse; (7) a new 300-foot-long, 12.7-kilovolt transmission line; 
and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the 
Diamond Mills Project would be 5,300 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Boumansour, Empire State Hydro 301, 
LLC, c/o Gravity Renewables, Inc., 1401 Walnut Street, Suite 220, 
Boulder, CO 80302; phone: (303) 440-3378.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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, 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-14701-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14701) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-26729 Filed 10-20-15; 8:45 am]
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