[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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