[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16250-16251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07743]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3451-001]


Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-
Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing 
Process: Beaver Falls Municipal District

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 3451-001
    c. Date Filed: February 12, 2019
    d. Submitted By: Beaver Falls Municipal District
    e. Name of Project: Townsend Water Power Project
    f. Location: On the Beaver River, in the Borough of New Brighton, 
Beaver County, Pennsylvania. No federal lands are occupied by the 
project works or located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Applicant Contacts: Roy Stintzi, Beaver Falls Municipal 
District, P.O. Box 400, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 15010; Laura Cowan, 
Project Manager, Kleinschmidt Associates, 2 Thornton Hill, Ossining, 
New York, 10562, (717) 983-4056, [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter at (202) 502-6512; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Beaver Falls Municipal District filed its request to use the 
Traditional Licensing Process on February 12, 2019. Beaver Falls 
Municipal District provided public notice of its request on February 
11, 2019. In a letter dated April 11, 2019, the Director of the 
Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Beaver Falls Municipal 
District's request to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under section 7 of the Endangered 
Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, part 
402. We also are initiating consultation with the Pennsylvania

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State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating Beaver Falls Municipal 
District as the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying 
out informal consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered 
Species Act; and consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act.
    m. Beaver Falls Municipal District filed a Pre-Application Document 
(PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the 
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website 
(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 at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in paragraph h.
    o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an 
application for a new license for Project No. 3451. Pursuant to 18 CFR 
16.8, 16.9, and 16.10, each application for a new license and any 
competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at 
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All 
applications for license for this project must be filed by July 31, 
2022.
    p. 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.

    Dated: April 11, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07743 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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