[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52666-52667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20460]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2905-035]


Village of Enosburg Falls, Vermont; Notice Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2905-035.
    c. Date Filed: April 30, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Village of Enosburg Falls, Vermont (Village).
    e. Name of Project: Enosburg Falls Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Missisquoi River in Franklin County, Vermont. 
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: Paul V. Nolan, Representative of Village of 
Enosburg Falls, 5515 North 17th Street, Arlington, VA 22205-2722; phone 
at (703) 534-5509; email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: John Baummer at (202) 502-6837, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: October 15, 2021.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.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 at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). 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

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Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 
20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket 
number on the first page: Enosburg Falls Hydroelectric Project (P-2905-
035).
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing project consists of: (1) A 195-foot-long, 18.5-
foot-high concrete gravity dam; (2) an impoundment with a surface area 
of 121 acres at an elevation of 386.87 feet National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (3) a steel headgate structure that includes 
three sluice gates; (4) an 80-foot-long steel penstock that provides 
flow to a 375-kilowatt (kW) semi-Kaplan turbine-generator unit located 
in a powerhouse (Kendall Plant); (5) an approximately 5-foot-long 
tailrace that discharges to the Missisquoi River from the Kendall 
Plant; (6) an approximately 210-foot-long headrace canal located 
downstream of the headgate structure; (7) an intake structure, at the 
downstream end of the headrace canal, equipped with a sluice gate and a 
trashrack; (8) a powerhouse containing a 600-kW vertical Kaplan 
turbine-generator unit (Village Plant); (9) an approximately 240-foot-
long tailrace that discharges from the Village Plant to the Missisquoi 
River; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an 
approximately 1,400-foot-long bypassed reach of the Missisquoi River.
    The Village voluntarily operates the project in a run-of-river 
mode. Article 401 of the current license requires the Village to: (1) 
Maintain a minimum flow of 293 cubic feet per second (cfs) from April 
15-June 15, and 120 cfs from June 16-April 14, or inflow, whichever is 
less, from the Kendall Plant to the bypassed reach; and (2) maintain a 
year-round minimum flow of 293 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, from 
the Village Plant to the downstream reach of the Missisquoi River.
    The Village proposes to: (1) Continue operating the project in a 
run-of-river mode; (2) provide a year-round minimum flow of 243 cfs, or 
inflow, whichever is less, from the Kendall Plant to the bypassed 
reach; (3) develop a recreation management plan for improving 
recreation at the project; (4) release 1 inch of spill over the top of 
the project dam crest gates to provide an aesthetic veil of flow over 
the dam; (5) develop an operation compliance monitoring plan for 
maintaining minimum flows, impoundment levels, and run-of-river 
operation; and (6) develop a historic properties management plan to 
address and mitigate project effects on historic properties.
    m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents via the internet through 
the Commission's Home Page (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. For assistance, contact 
FERC at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    n. You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    o. Scoping Process.
    Commission staff will prepare either an environmental assessment 
(EA) or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that describes and 
evaluates the probable effects, if any, of the licensee's proposed 
action and alternatives. The EA or EIS will consider environmental 
impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. The 
Commission's scoping process will help determine the required level of 
analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of 
whether the Commission prepares an EA or an EIS. At this time, we do 
not anticipate holding on-site scoping meetings. Instead, we are 
soliciting written comments and suggestions on the preliminary list of 
issues and alternatives to be addressed in the NEPA document, as 
described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued September 15, 2021.
    Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in 
the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on the Commission's 
mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may 
be viewed on the web 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. For assistance, call 1-866-
208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: September 15, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20460 Filed 9-21-21; 8:45 am]
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