[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5621-5622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02532]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9100-040]


James M. Knott; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

February 2, 2018.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric license application 
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public 
inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-9100-040.
    c. Date filed: April 27, 2017.
    d. Applicant: James M. Knott.
    e. Name of Project: Riverdale Mills Project.
    f. Location: On the Blackstone River in Worcester County, 
Massachusetts. There are no federal or tribal lands within the project 
boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Young, Young Energy Services, LLC, 
2112 Talmage Drive, Leland, NC 28451; (617) 645-3658.
    i. FERC Contact: Dr. Nicholas Palso, (202) 502-8854 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the date of 
this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments 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-9100-040.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Riverdale Mills Project consists of: (1) A 142-
foot-long, 14-foot-high concrete and steel dam that includes a spillway 
that contains five stanchion bays with stop-logs, and one 
hydraulically-operated spillway gate; (2) a 22-acre impoundment with a 
normal maximum elevation of 262.35 feet above mean sea level; (3) two 
unused, gated intake structures connected to two 10-foot-wide 
sluiceways; (4) a gated intake structure fitted with a trashrack with 
1.75-inch bar spacing, and connected to a 14- to 18-foot-wide 
sluiceway; (5) a 200-foot-long, 75-foot-wide powerhouse room, located 
within the Riverdale Mills Corporation manufacturing facility, and 
containing a 150-kilowatt turbine-generator unit; (6) a tailrace that 
includes a 214-foot-long arched granite structure with a minimum width 
of 18 feet, and an 1,800-foot-long, 37.5- to 75-foot-wide excavated 
channel; (7) a 75-foot-long, 480-volt generator lead that connects the 
turbine-generator unit to the Riverdale Mills Corporation manufacturing 
facility; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    The project is manually operated as a run-of-river facility with an 
annual average energy production of approximately 162,000 kilowatt-
hours. The project bypasses approximately 1,200 feet of the Blackstone 
River, and there is currently no required minimum instream flow for the 
bypassed reach.
    Mr. Knott proposes to continue operating the project in a run-of-
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mode, and release a minimum flow of 10 cubic feet per second into the 
bypassed reach, including leakage from the stanchion stop-logs at the 
spillway.
    m. 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 website 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 available for inspection and reproduction at 
Riverdale Power's office at 130 Riverdale Street, Northbridge, MA 
01534.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process.
    Commission staff intends to prepare a single Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for the Riverdale Mills Project in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information on Scoping Document 1 (SD1), issued on 
February 2, 2018.
    Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA 
were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and 
the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the 
web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.

    Dated: February 2, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02532 Filed 2-7-18; 8:45 am]
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