[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6002-6003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03146]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2622-013]
Turners Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 2622-013.
c. Date filed: February 4, 2019.
d. Applicant: Turners Falls Hydro, LLC (Turners Falls Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Turners Falls Project.
f. Location: On the Connecticut River, in the power canal of the
Turners Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 1889, in Franklin County,
Massachusetts. 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 Scarzello, Director, Eagle Creek
Renewable Energy, LLC, 65 Madison Avenue, Suite 500, Morristown, NJ
07960; Phone at (973) 998-8400, or email at
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Amanda Gill, (202) 502-6773 or
[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 section 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
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serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: April 5, 2019.
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-2622-013.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The Turners Falls Project consists of: (1)
An existing 10-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 12- to 22-foot-high forebay;
(2) a 20-foot-wide, 22-foot-high trashrack with 1.5-inch clear-bar
spacing; (3) two headgates; (4) an 8.5-foot-diameter, 50-foot-long
steel penstock; (5) a 3,847-square foot powerhouse containing one 937-
kilowatt vertical Francis-type turbine-generator unit; (6) a 50-foot-
long, underground flume; (7) an 80-foot-long, 10-foot-wide tailrace;
(8) a 1,000-foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt transmission line; (9) and
appurtenant facilities.
When generating, the project withdraws up to 289 cubic feet per
second from FirstLight Hydro Generating Company's power canal for the
Turners Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 1889, and discharges directly
into the Connecticut River. Turners Falls Hydro operates the project in
a run-of-river mode with an average annual generation of approximately
1,512 megawatt-hours. Turners Falls Hydro proposes to continue
operating the project in a run-of-river mode and does not propose any
new construction or modifications to the project.
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 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.
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 and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--April 2019
Request Additional Information--April 2019
Issue Acceptance Letter--July 2019
Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments--August 2019
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--September 2019
Issue Scoping Document 2--October 2019
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--October 2019
Issue Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment--May 2020
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: February 15, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-03146 Filed 2-22-19; 8:45 am]
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