[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53719-53720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21970]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15003-000; Project No. 10934-000]


Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-
Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing 
Process: New Hampshire Renewable Resources, LLC

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 15003-000.
    c. Date Filed: August 6, 2019.
    d. Submitted By: New Hampshire Renewable Resources, LLC (New 
Hampshire Renewable).
    e. Name of Project: Sugar River II Project.
    f. Location: On the Sugar River, in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. 
No federal lands are occupied by the project works or located within 
the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and 5.5 of the Commission's 
regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Ian Clark, New Hampshire Renewable 
Resources, LLC, 65 Ellen Ave., Mahopac, NY 10541; Phone at 914-297-
7645, or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts at (202) 502-6123; or 
[email protected].
    j. The current license for the Sugar River II Project is held by 
Sugar River Hydro II, LLC (Sugar River Hydro) under Project No. 10934. 
On April 30, 2019, Sugar River Hydro filed a letter stating that it is 
not filing an application to relicense the project. On May 8, 2019, the 
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.25(a), issued a notice soliciting 
potential new applicants for the project, which provided until August 
6, 2019 for potential applicants to submit a pre-application document 
(PAD) and notice of intent (NOI), and until February 6, 2021 to submit 
a license application. In response to the solicitation notice, New 
Hampshire Renewable filed a PAD and NOI for the Sugar River II Project, 
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.5 and 5.6 of the Commission's regulations. The 
licensing proceeding is commencing under Project No. 15003.
    k. New Hampshire Renewable filed its request to use the Traditional 
Licensing Process (TLP) on August 6, 2019, and provided public notice 
of the request on August 20, 2019. In a letter dated October 2, 2019, 
the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved New 
Hampshire Renewable's request to use the TLP.

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    l. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries under section 7 
of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating 
consultation with the New Hampshire State Historic Preservation 
Officer, as required by section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    m. With this notice, we are designating New Hampshire Renewable 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.
    n. New Hampshire Renewable filed a PAD, including a proposed 
process plan and schedule with the Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 
of the Commission's regulations.
    o. 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 P-15003 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 169 Sunapee Street, Newport, NH 03773.
    p. New Hampshire Renewable states its unequivocal intent to submit 
an application for a subsequent license for Project No. 15003-000. 
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.20 and 16.25, an application for a subsequent 
license must be filed with the Commission at least 18 months from the 
date of filing of the NOI, i.e., by February 6, 2021.
    q. 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: October 2, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-21970 Filed 10-7-19; 8:45 am]
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