[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50658-50659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21775]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2837-033]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Application Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    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.: 2837-033.
    c. Date filed: March 29, 2018.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
    e. Name of Project: Granby Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Oswego River in the town of Fulton in Oswego 
County, New York. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steven P. Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing, 
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY 
13069; (315) 598-6130.
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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-2837-033.
    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 has been accepted, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Granby Hydroelectric Project (Granby Project) 
consists of: (1) An 88-foot-wide reinforced concrete intake structure 
that includes two bays containing trashracks and fixed-roller, 
vertical-lift type gates; (2) a 17-foot-wide sluice opening adjacent to 
the intake structure; (3) a 112-foot-long, 88-foot-wide powerhouse 
containing two 5.04-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units, with a total 
capacity of 10.08 MW; (4) a 3,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace; 
(5) two 4.16-kilovolt, 120-foot-long underground generator leads; (6) a 
60-foot-long by 48-foot-wide electrical switchyard; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The Granby Project is operated in a modified run-of-river mode. The 
Granby Project and the Fulton Development at Erie's Oswego River 
Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2474) are located at opposite 
ends of the same dam and share a single bypassed reach and reservoir. 
The flow and impoundment elevation requirements in the Oswego Project 
license,\1\ which were based on a 2004 Offer of Settlement, affect the 
Granby Project. The average annual generation at the Granby Project is 
estimated to be 44,181 megawatt-hours.
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    \1\ 109 FERC ] 62, 141 (2004).
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    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 also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    p. Updated 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.

Issue Scoping Document 1--September 2018
Comments on Scoping Document 1 due--October 2018
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--December 2018
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--February 2019
Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations and Agency Terms and 
Conditions/Prescriptions--April 2019
Commission issues EA--October 2019
Comments on EA--November 2019

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance

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date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: September 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-21775 Filed 10-5-18; 8:45 am]
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