[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29108-29109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13366]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2788-017]


Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement, 
Soliciting Comments, and Modification of Procedural Schedule

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Offer of Settlement (Settlement).
    b. Project No.: 2788-017.
    c. Date filed: June 14, 2018.
    d. Applicant: Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC (Goodyear Lake Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Colliersville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Susquehanna River, in the Town of Milford, 
Otsego County, New York. The project does not occupy lands of the 
United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager; Enel 
Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300, 
Andover, MA 01810; (978) 935-6039; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing Comments: Comments on the Settlement, and 
comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and 
preliminary fishway prescriptions in

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response to the Commission's April 16, 2018 Notice of Application Ready 
for Environmental Analysis (REA Notice) are due within 20 days from the 
issuance date of this notice. Reply comments are due within 65 days of 
the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
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-2788-017.
    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. Goodyear Lake Hydro filed the Settlement on behalf of itself, 
the United States Department of the Interior--Fish and Wildlife 
Service, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 
and Susquehanna River Basin Commission. Goodyear Lake Hydro states that 
the goal of the Settlement is to provide for the continued operation of 
the Colliersville Project with the appropriate long-term environmental 
and recreation protection, enhancement, and mitigation measures that 
meet the diverse objectives of maintaining a balance of non-power and 
power values associated with the project. The Settlement provides for 
the resolution of operational, fisheries, wildlife, recreational, and 
water quality issues raised by the signatories to the Settlement. 
Goodyear Lake Hydro states that the agreements in the Settlement 
constitute an integrated and indivisible set of measures intended to 
address non-power and power values relating to the licensing of the 
Colliersville Project and requests that all terms of the Settlement be 
incorporated as license conditions, without modification, in any 
subsequent license issued for the project. The signatories to the 
Settlement also request a 40-year license term for the project. Lastly, 
the Settlement incorporates, by reference, a Northern Long-Eared Bat 
and Bald Eagle Protection Plan (Appendix A) and an Invasive Species 
Management Plan (Appendix B).
    l. A copy of the Settlement 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. Copies of the Settlement are also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
COMMENTS, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, PRELIMINARY TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS, or PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set forth in the 
heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the 
application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, 
address, and telephone number of the person submitting the filing; and 
(4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 
385.2005. All comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or 
prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. Each filing must 
be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    m. Procedural Schedule: The Commission's April 16, 2018 REA Notice 
established June 15, 2018 as the deadline for filing comments, 
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary 
fishway prescriptions regarding Goodyear Lake Hydro's license 
application. In order to allow adequate time for stakeholder comments 
regarding the license application and the Settlement, we have modified 
the comment period to allow stakeholders to submit comments on the 
Settlement and comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and 
conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions regarding the license 
application on the same date, and allow Goodyear Lake Hydro sufficient 
time to submit reply comments. The application will be processed 
according to the following revised Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule may be made as appropriate. If the due date falls on a 
weekend or holiday, the due date is the following business day.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of comments, recommendations,    July 5, 2018.
 preliminary terms and conditions, and
 preliminary fishway prescriptions
 (per the REA Notice) and comments on
 the Settlement.
Reply comments due....................  August 19, 2018.
Commission Issues EA..................  November 2018.
Comments on EA........................  December 2018.
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    Dated: June 15, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-13366 Filed 6-21-18; 8:45 am]
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