[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 178 (Monday, September 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56601-56602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20171]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14635-001]


Village of Gouverneur, New York; Notice Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-14635-001.
    c. Date filed: September 20, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Village of Gouverneur, New York.
    e. Name of Project: Gouverneur Hydroelectric Project (Gouverneur 
Project).
    f. Location: The existing unlicensed project is located on the 
Oswegatchie River in the Village of Gouverneur in St. Lawrence County, 
New York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ronald P. McDougall, Mayor, Village of 
Gouverneur, 33 Clinton Street, Gouverneur, NY 13642; (315) 287-1720; 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at [email protected] or (202) 
502-8278.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: October 9, 2020.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-14635-001.
    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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Project Description: The Gouverneur Project consists of: (1) A 
250-foot-long concrete gravity dam that includes two bridge piers and 
three separate spillways that range in crest elevation from 403.4 to 
403.7 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88); (2) an 
impoundment with a surface area of 109 acres at the normal pool 
elevation of 403.8 feet NAVD88; (3) a concrete intake structure 
containing two trash rack bays separated by a 2-foot-wide center pier, 
each containing a 14-foot-wide trash rack; (4) a 20-foot by 36-foot 
powerhouse integral to the dam and containing two vertical axial flow 
propeller type turbines rated at 100 kilowatts each and two 100-
kilovolt-ampere Westinghouse generators with a power factor of 0.8; (5) 
two generator leads from the turbine-generator units to a switchgear at 
the powerhouse interconnecting with the local grid; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The project generates about 1,195 megawatt-hours annually.
    m. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., scoping document) via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 (P-14635). At 
this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's 
Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National 
Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) issued by 
the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3673 or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY).
    n. You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

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    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment 
(EA) for the project in accordance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.
    At this time, we do not anticipate holding on-site public or agency 
scoping meetings. Instead, we are soliciting your comments and 
suggestions on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be 
addressed in the EA, as described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued 
September 8, 2020.
    Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in 
the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list 
and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may be viewed on 
the web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or 
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: September 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20171 Filed 9-11-20; 8:45 am]
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