[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52142-52143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20271]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3509-042]


Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; 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.: 3509-042.
    c. Date Filed: August 31, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP.
    e. Name of Project: Little Falls Hydroelectric Project (Little 
Falls Project).
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Mohawk River, 
in the City of Little Falls, Herkimer County, 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: David H. Fox, Director, Licensing and 
Compliance, Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP, Eagle Creek 
Renewable Energy, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 
20814, [email protected]; Jody J. Smet, Vice President, 
Regulatory Affairs, Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP, Eagle 
Creek Renewable Energy, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, 
MD 20814, [email protected].

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    i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury at (202) 502-6736 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The Little Falls Project consists of: (1) 
Two state-owned dams (i.e., North State Dam and South State Dam) joined 
by an island, and equipped with 1-foot-high flashboards and flow 
control gates, with a total length of 594 feet and a height of about 
6.25 feet; (2) a reservoir with a storage capacity of 800 acre-feet at 
a normal surface elevation of 363.8 feet; \1\ (3) a 45-foot-wide, 300-
foot-long navigation lock (Lock 17); (4) a 55-foot-wide, 73-foot-long 
concrete intake structure with two roller head gates to control flow 
through the intake; (5) two 14-foot-diameter, 90-foot-long steel 
penstocks; (6) a 65-foot-wide by 99-foot-long concrete powerhouse 
containing two-turbine-generator units each with a capacity of 6.8 
megawatts; (7) two sets of 4.16-kilovolt (kV), 60-foot-long generator 
leads that run from the powerhouse to a switchyard containing a 4.16/
46-kV transformer; (8) a 46-kV, 50-foot-long transmission line from the 
switchyard to a nearby interconnection point that connects the project 
with the National Grid; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
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    \1\ All elevations refer to Barge Canal Datum which is 0.8 foot 
higher than elevations in National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
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    There are several structures inside the project boundary that are 
not considered part of the project: A flood gate structure owned by the 
New York State Canal Corporation to protect the canal during periods of 
high headwater; the Middle Dam, with sixty percent of the dam currently 
breached, located in the bypassed reach of the Mohawk River, and built 
as part of a hydropower plant that was decommissioned in 1962; and the 
Gilbert Dam located also in the bypassed reach approximately 700 feet 
upstream of the powerhouse to measure flow through the Mohawk River and 
to assure minimum flow conditions are met in the river.
    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.
    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. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule may be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).  September 2021.
Request Additional Information.........  October 2021.
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready     February 2022.
 for Environmental Analysis.
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    o. 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: September 14, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20271 Filed 9-17-21; 8:45 am]
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