[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14744-14745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05620]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2701-061]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; 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.: 2701-061
    c. Date Filed: February 26, 2021
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie)
    e. Name of Project: West Canada Creek Hydroelectric Project
    f. Location: The existing project is located on West Canada Creek, 
a tributary of the Mohawk River, in the counties of Oneida and 
Herkimer, 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: Steven Murphy, Director, Licensing, 
Brookfield Renewable, 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY 13069, (315) 
598-6130, [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Emily 
Carter, (202) 502-6512 or [email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description:
    The project consists of the following two developments:
    The Prospect Development includes: (1) A 176-acre impoundment with 
a normal surface elevation of 1,161.5 feet; \1\ (2) a dam that consists 
of a 306-foot-long, 45-foot-high concrete overflow spillway with three 
27-foot-wide Tainter gates; (3) a 400-foot-long, 47-foot-high north 
dike and a 475-foot-long, 47-foot-high south dike; (4) a 4,500-foot-
long, 22-foot-high canal extending from the south dike to a concrete 
intake; (5) a 430-foot-long, 13.5-foot-diameter steel penstock leading 
from the intake to the 76-foot-long, 62-foot-wide reinforced concrete 
powerhouse containing a single turbine generator unit with a nameplate 
capacity of 17.3 megawatts (MW); (6) an approximate 1.2-mile-long 
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reach between the Prospect dam and the powerhouse; (7) 6.9-kilovolt 
(kV) generator leads that run from the powerhouse to a substation with 
a 15-kV breaker, 6.6/46-kV transformer, and a 46-kV switch connecting 
to the National Grid interconnection point within the substation; and 
(8) appurtenant facilities.
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    \1\ All elevations refer to USGS mean sea level datum (National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum or NGVD).
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    The Trenton Development includes: (1) A 288-foot-long and 60-foot-
high concrete and masonry dam having an overflow section with a crest 
elevation of 1,017.9 feet USGS, approximately 100 feet long surmounted 
by 6-foot hinged flashboards and a 10-foot by 15-foot sluice gate; (2) 
a concrete spillway approximately 160 feet long with a crest elevation 
of 1,016.2 feet USGS surmounted by a pneumatic flashboard system with a 
crest elevation of 1,023.9 feet USGS when fully inflated, discharging 
into a spillway channel excavated into rock around the east abutment of 
the dam; (3) a reservoir having a surface area of 9 acres and a gross 
storage capacity of 264 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 1,023.9 
feet USGS; (4) six 5-foot-diameter sluice pipes through the dam and two 
concrete-sealed 5-foot-diameter pipes; (5) a reinforced-concrete intake 
structure having a lift gate and trashracks along the west bank of the 
reservoir; (6) a 14-foot-diameter conduit comprising: (a) a 1,275-foot-
long concrete-lined tunnel section; (b) a 40-foot-long steel-lined 
tunnel section; and (c) a 2,075-foot-long steel pipe section; (7) a 
bifurcation; (8) a steel penstock comprising: (a) a short 12-foot-
diameter section connecting to a surge tank and leading to a 125-foot-
long, 12-foot-diameter section connecting to a manifold; and (b) three 
138-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter sections serving generating Units 5, 6, 
and 7; (9) a 263-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter steel penstock to Units 1 
through 4; (10) Units 1 through 4 in Powerhouse No. 1 retired in-place 
and Powerhouse No. 2 containing generating Unit 5 (7,400 kW), Unit 6 
(7,650 kW), and Unit 7 (7,400 kW) for a total nameplate rating of 
22,450-kW operated at a 255-foot head and a maximum flow of 1,450 cfs; 
(11) the 13.2-kV generator leads, the 15-kV switchgear, the 13.2/46-kV 
transformers, the 46-kV switchgear connecting to the main 46-kV bus, 
and the associated station services transformer banks and low voltage 
switchgear; and (12) appurtenant facilities.
    The West Canada Creek Project operates off of outflows from the New 
York Power Authority's Hinckley-Jarvis Hydroelectric Project's (FERC 
No. 3211) reservoir (Hinckley reservoir) that discharges into the upper 
end of the Prospect Development's reservoir.
    l. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested individuals an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document and the 
full license application via the internet through the Commission's Home 
Page (www.ferc.gov) using the ``eLibrary'' link. At this time, the 
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Access 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) 208-3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659. The application 
can also be found on the applicant's website (https://westcanadacreek.brookfieldusprojects.com/).
    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. 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: March 12, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-05620 Filed 3-17-21; 8:45 am]
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