[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 92 (Friday, May 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26511-26512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10227]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15111-000]


Saugerties Community Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On March 15, 2021, Saugerties Community Hydro, LLC, filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the

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feasibility of the Saugerties Community Hydro Project to be located at 
the Diamond Mills Dam on Esopus Creek in Saugerties, Ulster 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) An 140-
acre impoundment with a normal volume of 826 acre-feet at a normal 
maximum surface elevation of 46.5 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 
of 1929; (2) an existing 350-foot-long, 32-foot-high concrete gravity 
dam with a 340-foot-long spillway; (3) an existing 30-foot-long, 9-
foot-high auxiliary spillway; (4) an existing 40-foot-long, 6-foot-
diameter penstock; (5) two new 759-kilowatt horizontal Kaplan bulb 
turbines; (6) a new 15-foot-long, 10-foot-wide powerhouse; (7) a new 
three-phase, 13.2-kilovolt, 250-foot-long transmission line extending 
from the powerhouse to the proposed interconnection point west of the 
project; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would 
have an annual generation of 6,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Joel Herm, Saugerties Community Hydro, LLC, P.O. 
Box 224, Rhinebeck, NY 12572; phone: 917-244-3607.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: [email protected]; 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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.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. 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-15111-000.
    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-15111) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 10, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-10227 Filed 5-13-21; 8:45 am]
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