[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 15161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05463]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15019-000]


Paddy Hill Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

March 11, 2020.
    On December 13, 2019, Paddy Hill Holdings, LLC, filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Brownville Hydroelectric Project to be located on the Black River in 
Jefferson County, New York. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, 
if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license 
application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not 
authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities 
or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the 
owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 
impoundment with a surface area of 19 acres and a storage capacity of 
500 acre-feet at a normal pool level of 284 feet mean sea level; (2) a 
new 178-foot-long, 22-foot-high concrete gravity dam with an ogee-crest 
spillway and 2 feet of adjustable crest gates or flashboards; (3) a new 
10-foot-long, 8-foot-wide fishway; (4) two turbine-generator units with 
a total rated capacity of 9 megawatts; (5) a new 90-foot-long, 60-foot-
wide, 45-foot-high powerhouse; (6) a new 70-foot-wide tailrace with a 
new 700-foot-long training wall; (7) a new 200-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt 
underground transmission line connecting the new generating units to an 
existing National Grid substation; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an annual generation of 43,000 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Stuart Brown, Paddy Hill Holdings, LLC, 800 
Starbuck Avenue, Watertown, NY 13601; phone: 315-681-6381.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications 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-15019-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15019) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-05463 Filed 3-16-20; 8:45 am]
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