[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72355-72356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28261]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3273-024]
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions
To Intervene and Protests; Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc.
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.: 3273-024.
c. Date filed: May 31, 2019.
d. Applicant: Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc. (Chittenden Falls
Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Chittenden Falls Hydropower Project.
f. Location: On Kinderhook Creek, near the Town of Stockport,
Columbia County, New York. The project does not occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mark Boumansour, Chief Operating Officer,
Gravity Renewables, Inc., 1401 Walnut Street, Suite 420, Boulder, CO
80302; (303) 440-3378; [email protected] and/or Celeste N.
Fay, Regulatory Manager, Gravity Renewables, Inc., 5 Dartmouth Drive,
Suite 104, Auburn, NH 03032; (413) 262-9466;
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury at (202) 502-6736 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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-3273-024.
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, but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing Chittenden Falls Hydropower Project consists of:
(1) An approximately 4-foot-high, 320-foot-long concrete gravity dam,
topped with 2-foot-high wooden flashboards, and having a dam crest
elevation of 59.6 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(NGVD29); (2) a reservoir with a surface area of about 18 acres and a
storage capacity of 63 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 61.6
feet NGVD29; (3) an 8-foot-wide, 22-foot-long intake structure on the
east side of the dam connecting to an 8-foot-wide, 118-foot-long
concrete and wooden power canal; (4) a 7.5-foot-diameter, 45-foot-long
steel penstock that conveys water from the power canal to a powerhouse
on the east side of the dam containing two turbine-generator units with
a total rated capacity of 453 kilowatts (kW); (5) an 8-foot-wide, 10-
foot-long intake structure on the west side of the dam connecting to a
6-foot-diameter, 62-foot-long steel penstock; (6) a powerhouse on the
west side of the dam containing a single turbine-generator unit with a
rated capacity of 300 kW; (7) two 480-volt, 40-foot-long generator
leads connecting the east powerhouse to a transformer yard and a 2,300-
volt, 400-foot-long generator lead connecting the west powerhouse to
the transformer yard; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The Chittenden Falls Project is operated in a run-of-river mode
with an estimated average annual generation of 2,300 megawatt-hours
between 2012 and 2018. Chittenden Falls Hydro proposes to continue to
operate the project in run-of-river mode.
m. A copy of the application 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.
n. 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.
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o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
p. Updated procedural schedule and final amendments: The
application will be processed according to the following preliminary
Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Issue Scoping Document for comments... December 2019.
Request Additional Information (if February 2020.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if March 2020.
necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for March 2020.
Environmental Analysis.
Commission issues EA or draft EA...... September 2020.
Comments on EA or draft EA............ October 2020.
Commission issues final EA (If draft January 2021.
EA Issued).
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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 the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: December 23, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-28261 Filed 12-30-19; 8:45 am]
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