[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20680-20681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07809]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10482-122]


Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water Resources, LLC, 
Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With The Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for 
Licensing and 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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 10482-122.
    c. Date Filed: March 31, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water 
Resources, LLC, and Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC (collectively 
referred to as Eagle Creek).
    e. Name of Project: Swinging Bridge Hydroelectric Project (Swinging 
Bridge Project).
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Mongaup River 
and Black Lake Creek in Sullivan County, New York. The project does not 
occupy federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Gates, Senior Vice President--
Regulatory, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC., 116 N State Street, PO 
Box 167, Neshkoro, WI 54960-0167; (973) 998-8400 or 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema at (312) 596-4447 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The Swinging Bridge Project includes the 
Toronto Development, the Cliff Lake Development, and the Swinging 
Bridge Development. Water stored in Toronto Reservoir is released into 
Cliff Lake Reservoir, which is connected to Swinging Bridge Reservoir 
via a tunnel.
    The Toronto Development consists of: (1) A reservoir with a gross 
storage capacity of 27,064 acre-feet and a surface area of 843 acres; 
(2) a 1,620-foot-long by 103-foot-high earth-fill dam with a 25-foot-
wide crest at elevation 1,230 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 
1929 (NGVD29); (3) a 700-foot-long by 50-foot-wide concrete and rock 
side-channel spillway equipped with 5-foot-high by 50-foot-wide pin-
type flashboards; (4) a 17.5-foot-wide by 11.5-foot-long gated concrete 
tower; (5) an upper 4-foot-wide by 5-foot-high gate and a lower 3-foot-
wide by 5-foot-high gate; and 6) a 565-foot-long by 8-foot-wide by 8-
foot-high horseshoe-shaped concrete conduit.
    The Cliff Lake Development consists of: (1) A reservoir with a 
gross storage capacity of 3,200 acre-feet and a surface area of 183 
acres; (2) a 95-foot-long by 20-foot-wide by 36-foot-high east earthen 
embankment; (3) a 150-foot-long by 44-foot-wide by 36-foot-high 
concrete non-overflow section; (4) a 100-foot-long by 5-foot-wide by 
26-foot-high concrete overflow spillway section with 13-inch-high 
flashboards; (5) a 270-foot-long by 20-foot-wide by 50-foot-high west 
earthen embankment; (6) a 5.3-footwide, 6.7-foot-high, 2,100-foot-long 
horseshoe-

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shaped tunnel; (7) a 4-foot by 4-foot sluice gate; and (8) a 5-foot-
wide by 5-foot-high lift gate.
    The Swinging Bridge Development consists of: (1) A reservoir with a 
gross storage capacity of 35,925 acre-feet and a surface area of 980 
acres; (2) a 965-foot-long by 135-foot-high earth-fill dam with a 25-
foot-wide crest at elevation 1,080 feet NGVD29; (3) a 750-foot-long by 
250-foot-wide concrete side channel spillway; (4) a 5-foot-high by 
122.5-foot-wide gate section and five motor driven 22.5-foot-wide by 5-
foot-high vertical-lift timber gates; (5) a 692-foot-long, 10-foot-
diameter steel lined concrete penstock (which has been retired in 
place); (6) 784-foot-long, 9.75-foot-diameter concrete-lined tunnel 
connected to a 188-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter all-steel penstock; (7) 
a 10-foot-long, 4-foot-diameter penstock; (8) a 30-foot-diameter steel 
surge tank; (9) a 48-foot-wide by 33-foot-long by 35-foot, 8-inch-high 
brick and steel Unit 2 powerhouse containing one 6.75 megawatt (MW) 
generating unit; (10) a 30-foot-long by 30-foot-wide by 20-foot-high 
concrete and steel Unit 3 powerhouse containing one 1.1 MW generating 
unit; (11) one 25-foot-wide by 75-foot-long tailrace and one 6-foot-
wide by 20-foot-long tailrace; (12) a 150-foot-long, 2.3 kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line and a 250-foot-long, 4 kV transmission line. The 
project generates an average of 11,639 megawatt-hours annually (Unit 2 
only). Eagle Creek proposes to continue to operate the project in a 
peaking mode.
    l. A copy of the application is available for review 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. At this time, the 
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference 
Room due to the Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency 
Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak, issued by 
the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, please contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll 
free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    m. 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. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for  July 2020.
 Environmental.
Analysis................................
Filing of recommendations, preliminary    November 2020
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental           May 2021.
 Assessment (EA).
Comments on EA..........................  June 2021.
Modified terms and conditions...........  August 2021.
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    o. 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: April 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-07809 Filed 4-13-20; 8:45 am]
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