[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5412-5413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01597]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3251-010]


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis, and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions; Cornell University

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 3251-010.
    c. Date Filed: June 28, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Cornell University.
    e. Name of Project: Cornell University Hydroelectric Project 
(Cornell Project).
    f. Location: On Fall Creek within the Cornell University campus in 
the City of Ithaca, Tompkins 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. Frank Perry, Manager of Projects, Energy 
and Sustainability, Humphreys Service Building, Room 131, Cornell 
University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3701; (607) 255-6634; email_
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Christopher Millard at (202) 502-8256; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. 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.
    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-3251-010.
    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 and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The project works consist of: (1) An existing 28-foot-high, 260-
foot-long reinforced-concrete gravity overflow-type dam, known as Beebe 
Lake Dam, with a crest elevation of 780.7 feet mean sea level (msl); 
(2) an impoundment (Beebe Lake) with a surface area of 16 acres and a 
storage capacity of 50 acre-feet at the normal pool elevation of 780.7 
feet msl; (3) a concrete forebay wall and reinforced-concrete intake 
with a 6-foot-high, 6-foot-wide steel vertical-slide gate along the 
right (north) bank; (4) a 5-foot-diameter, 1,507-foot-long reinforced-
concrete underground pipeline and a 5-foot-diameter, 200-foot-long 
riveted-steel underground penstock; (5) a 79-foot-long, 29-foot-wide, 
24-foot-high powerhouse containing two Ossberger turbines and induction 
generators with a combined authorized capacity of 1,718 kilowatts; (6) 
a tailrace located on the river right-side of Fall Creek directly below 
the powerhouse; (7) a 385-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt transmission line 
connecting to Cornell's distribution system; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The Cornell Project is operated in a run-of-river mode and bypasses 
an 1,800-foot-long reach of Fall Creek that extends from the toe of the 
dam to the powerhouse tailrace. From 2013 through 2018, the average 
annual generation was 4,599 megawatt-hours.
    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.
    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

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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 on 
the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in 
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    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.
    o. 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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Deadline for filing comments,                 March 2020.
 recommendations, terms and conditions, and
 prescriptions.
Reply comments due..........................  May 2020.
Commission issues EA........................  September 2020.
Comments on EA due..........................  October 2020.
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    Dated: January 23, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-01597 Filed 1-29-20; 8:45 am]
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