[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33699-33700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13600]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4334-017]


EONY Generation Limited; Notice of Application Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    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. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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 send 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-4334-017.
    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 has been accepted but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. 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 on behalf of itself, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and 
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. As part of 
the settlement

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agreement, EONY proposes to: (1) Continue to operate the project in a 
run-of-river mode; (2) 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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    m. A copy of the application is available for review via the 
Commission's website 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 (P-4334). For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support. 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). In addition, 
the public portions of the application will be made available during 
regular business hours at two locations: (1) EONY's Lyonsdale, NY 
office located at 7659 Lyonsdale Road, Lyons Falls, New York 13368; and 
(2) Bodman Memorial Library located at 8 Aldrich Street, Philadelphia, 
New York 13673.
    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. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading 
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.

    Dated: June 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13600 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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