[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33270-33271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13378]


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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; Project No. 10481-069: 
Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water Resources, LLC, Eagle 
Creek Land Resources, LLC; Project No. 9690-115: Eagle Creek Hydro 
Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water Resources, LLC, Eagle Creek Land 
Resources, LLC]


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

    On March 31, 2020, Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water 
Resources, LLC, and Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC (co-licensees 
collectively referred to as Eagle Creek) jointly filed an application 
for a new license for each of the ``Mongaup River Projects'' consisting 
of: (1) The 7.85-megawatt (MW) Swinging Bridge Hydroelectric Project 
(Swinging Bridge Project); (2) the 4.0-MW Mongaup Falls Hydroelectric 
Project (Mongaup Falls Project); and (3) the 10.8-MW Rio Hydroelectric 
Project (Rio Project). The Swinging Bridge Project is located on the 
Mongaup River and Black Lake Creek in Sullivan County, New York. The 
Mongaup Falls Project is located on the Mongaup River and Black Brook 
in Sullivan County, New York. The Rio Project is located on the Mongaup 
River in Sullivan and Orange Counties, New York. The projects do not 
occupy any federal land.
    In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on January 29, 
2021, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for 
environmental analysis (REA notice).\1\ Based on the information in the 
record, including comments filed on the REA notice and an Offer of 
Settlement (Settlement Agreement), filed on May 28, 2021, staff does 
not anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major 
federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment. Therefore, staff intends to prepare a multi-project 
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the application to license each of the 
Mongaup River Projects.
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    \1\ On March 19, 2021, the Commission granted a 59-day extension 
of time of the procedural schedule identified in the REA Notice, 
setting the deadlines to file comments on the REA Notice and reply 
comments as May 28 and July 12, 2021, respectively.
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    The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested 
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and 
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
    The application will be processed according to the following 
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues EA...................  October 2021.\2\
Comments on EA.........................  November 2021.
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Nicholas 
Ettema at (312) 596-4447 or [email protected].
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    \2\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations 
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1 
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This 
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the 
Mongaup River Projects. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's 
regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance 
date of this notice.


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    Dated: June 14, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13378 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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