[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14926-14928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07289]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2837-033]
Notice of Settlement Agreement, Soliciting Comments, and
Modification of Procedural Schedule: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP
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.: P-2837-033.
c. Date filed: March 29, 2019.
d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
e. Name of Project: Granby Hydroelectric Project (Granby 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: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
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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; [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments: Comments on the Settlement, and
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions in
response to the Commission's November 16, 2018 Notice of Application
Ready for Environmental Analysis (REA Notice) \1\ 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.
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\1\ The Commission's Notice of Comment Period Extension issued
on February 11, 2019 extended the deadline for filing comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions in response
to the REA Notice until April 4, 2019.
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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-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. Erie filed the Granby Hydroelectric Project Offer of Settlement
(Settlement) on behalf of itself, the United States Department of the
Interior--Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation (Settlement Parties). Erie states that
the goal of the Settlement is to provide for the continued operation of
the Granby Project with appropriate long-term environmental protection,
enhancement, and mitigation measures that meet the diverse objectives
for maintaining a balance of non-power and power values on the Oswego
River. The Settlement provides for the resolution of operational,
fisheries, wildlife, water quality, and recreational issues raised by
the Settlement Parties. Erie requests that the Commission incorporate
language included in the Settlement for a 34-year license term into any
new license issued. This would allow for the alignment of future Granby
Project relicensing proceedings with the Oswego River Project No. 2474;
the Granby Project shares a dam with the Fulton Development of the
Oswego Project. Lastly, the Settlement incorporates, by reference, an
Invasive Species Management Plan (Appendix A), a Bat and Bald Eagle
Protection Plan (Appendix B), and a Trashrack and Fishway Operations
and Maintenance Plan (Appendix C).
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. A copy is 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 February 11, 2019 Notice of Comment Period
Extension established April 4, 2019 as the deadline for filing
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions regarding Erie's license application. However, in order
to allow adequate time for stakeholder comments regarding the
Settlement, we have modified the comment period to allow stakeholders
to submit comments on the Settlement and comments, recommendations,
terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions regarding the license
application on the same date, and allow Erie 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, April 28, 2019.
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions
(per the REA Notice) and comments on
the Settlement.
Reply comments due.................... June 12, 2019.
Commission Issues EA.................. October 2019.
Comments on EA........................ November 2019.
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Dated: April 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07289 Filed 4-11-19; 8:45 am]
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