[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53139-53140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21674]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2622-013]


Turners Falls Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, 
Recommendations, and Prescriptions

    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].
    Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``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 in the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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-2622-013.
    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 for filing and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Project Description: The proposed Turners Falls Project would 
consist 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 9.75-foot-wide, 10.3-foot-high headgates; 
(4) an 8.5-foot-diameter, 50-foot-long steel penstock; (5) a 77-foot-
long, 42-foot-wide powerhouse containing one 937-kilowatt vertical 
Francis-type turbine-generator unit; (6) a 50-foot-long, 10-foot-
diameter draft tube; (7) an 80-foot-long, 10-foot-wide tailrace; (8) a 
110-foot-long, 2.3-kilovolt generator lead line that connects the 
generator to a step-up transformer; (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.
    m. A copy of the license application 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 (P-2622). For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection 
and reproduction at the Montague Public Library, Carnegie Library 
Branch located at 201 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376.
    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.
    Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to 
the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of comments, recommendations,     November 2019.
 terms and conditions, and preliminary
 fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental          April 2020.
 Assessment.
Comments on Environmental Assessment...  May 2020.
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    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.


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    Dated: September 30, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-21674 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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