[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 31060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13827]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14988-000]


ECOsponsible, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On April 22, 2019, ECOsponsible, LLC, filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Whitney Point Dam 
Hydroelectric Project to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' (Corps) Whitney Point Dam on the Otselic River in Broome 
County, New York. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, 
is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application 
during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the 
permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise 
enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express 
permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new open 
or covered 50-foot-wide intake flume with a New York State Department 
of Environmental Conservation-approved trash rack design downstream of 
the existing Corps' gated outlet; (2) a new 50-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 
50-foot-high powerhouse containing a turbine-generator unit with a 
capacity of 6 megawatts; (3) an 800-foot-long, 60-foot-wide tailrace; 
(4) a new switchyard adjacent to the existing parking lot; (5) a new 
360-foot-long transmission line connecting the switchyard to a nearby 
electric grid interconnection point with options to evaluate multiple 
grid interconnection locations; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an annual generation of 24,000 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Dennis Ryan, ECOsponsible, LLC, P.O. Box 114, 
West Falls, NY 14170; phone: 716-222-2188.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications 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-14988-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14988) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 13, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-13827 Filed 6-27-19; 8:45 am]
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