[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 31 (Thursday, February 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10058-10059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03271]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4334-017]


EONY Generation Limited; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With The Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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.: 4334-017.
    c. Date filed: January 28, 2021.
    d. Applicant: EONY Generation Limited (EONY).
    e. Name of Project: Philadelphia Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Indian River, in the Village of Philadelphia in 
Jefferson County, New York. The project does not occupy any federal 
land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Franz Kropp, Director, Generation, EONY, 7659 
Lyonsdale Road, Lyons Falls, NY 13368; (613) 225-0418, ext. 7498. 
Murray Hall, Manager, Generation, EONY, 7659 Lyonsdale Road, Lyons 
Falls, NY 13368; (613) 382-7312.
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter at (202) 502-6512, or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: March 29, 2021.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and 
docket number on the first page: Philadelphia Hydroelectric Project (P-
4334-017).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing Philadelphia Hydroelectric 
Project consists of (1) a 65-acre reservoir at a normal maximum water 
surface elevation of 475.4 feet; \1\ (2) two concrete dams joined by an 
island and designated as the east diversion dam, which is 60 feet long 
and 2 to 3 feet high with a crest elevation of 474.4 feet, and topped 
with 1.2-foot-high flashboards, and the west diversion dam, which has 
two sections totaling approximately 30 feet long and 10.4 feet high 
with a crest elevation of 475.4 feet; (3) a 45-foot-long non-overflow 
section that includes a reinforced concrete intake structure; (4) a 
377-foot-long, 9.5-foot-diameter concrete penstock; (5) a 54.5-foot-
long by 30-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse; (6) one 3.645-
megawatt horizontal Kaplan-type turbine-generator unit; (7) trashracks 
with 2.5-inch clear spacing; (8) a 4,160-volt, approximately 50-foot-
long buried transmission line; (9) a switchyard; and (10) appurtenant 
facilities. The average annual generation was 10,092,492 kilowatt-hours 
for the period from 2016 to 2020.
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    \1\ All elevations are in National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 
1929.
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    EONY currently operates the project in run-of-river mode and 
discharges a minimum flow of 20 cubic feet per second (cfs) into the 
project's 1,250-foot-long bypassed reach to project aquatic resources.
    As part of the license application, EONY filed a settlement 
agreement entered into between itself, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, and the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation. As part of the settlement agreement, EONY proposes to: 
(1) Continue to operate the project in a run-of-river mode; (2)

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provide a minimum flow in the bypassed reach of 28 cfs; \2\ (3) install 
seasonal trashracks with 1-inch spacing; (4) implement a Trashrack 
Operations and Maintenance Plan, a Bat and Eagle Protection Plan, an 
Invasive Species Management Plan, and an Impoundment Drawdown and 
Cofferdam Plan; and (5) implement several improvements to an existing 
fishing platform to make it accessible to persons with disabilities, 
including the addition of an accessible parking space, an associated 
access aisle and access route from the accessible parking space to the 
fishing platform, and modifications to the railing surrounding the 
fishing platform.
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    \2\ EONY determined that the proposed 28-cfs minimum flow would 
not result in incremental losses of generation compared to the 
current condition because the field measurement of the existing 
minimum flow was approximately 28 cfs, which accounted for 
flashboard leakage and was most likely present during the term of 
the existing license.
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    o. 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., license application) 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-
4334). 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, (866) 208-3676 or 
(202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--March 2021
Request Additional Information--March 2021
Issue Acceptance Letter--June 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--July 2021
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--September 2021
Issue Scoping Document 2--October 2021
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--October 2021

    q. 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: February 11, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-03271 Filed 2-17-21; 8:45 am]
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