[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3364-3365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00921]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12611-014]


Verdant Power, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    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.: 12611-014.
    c. Date Filed: December 30, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Verdant Power, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project.
    f. Location: On the East River in New York 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: Mr. Ronald F. Smith, President and Chief 
Operating Officer, Verdant Power, LLC, P.O. Box 282, Roosevelt Island, 
New York, New York 10044. Phone: (703) 328-6842. Email: 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick at (202) 502-8660; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: February 28, 2020.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
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-12611-014.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing pilot project license authorizes the following 
project facilities: (a) Thirty 35-kilowatt, 5-meter-diameter axial flow 
turbine-generator units; (b) ten triframe mounts, each supporting three 
turbine-generator units; (c) 480-volt underwater cables from each 
triframe mount to five shoreline switchgear vaults that interconnect to 
a control room and interconnection points; and (d) appurtenant 
facilities for navigation safety and operation.
    Under the current pilot project license, which expires on December 
31, 2021, Verdant installed, tested, and then removed a total of five 
turbine-generator units. Verdant also proposes to install three 
turbine-generator units attached to one tri-frame mount in 2020, under 
the existing pilot project license.
    The proposed project would consist of a maximum of fifteen 35-
kilowatt, 5-meter-diameter axial flow turbine-generator units with a 
total installed capacity of 0.525 megawatt, with underwater cables 
connecting five triframe mounts to two shoreline switchgear vaults. The 
project would operate using the natural tidal currents of the East 
River, during both ebb and flood tidal periods. As the direction of 
tidal flow changes, each turbine-generator unit would rotate (or yaw) 
to align the rotor to the direction of flow, through a passive system 
caused by hydrodynamic forces on the turbine-generator unit. The annual 
generation is expected to be from 840 to 1,200 megawatt-hours.
    o. 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.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--March 2020
Request Additional Information--2020 March
Issue Acceptance Letter--2020 June
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--July 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--2020 September
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--2020 September
Issue Single EA--2021 March
Comments on EA--2021 April

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no

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later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready for 
environmental analysis.

    Dated: January 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-00921 Filed 1-17-20; 8:45 am]
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