[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64193-64194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25081]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5261-023]


Green Mountain Power Corporation; 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: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 5261-023.
    c. Date filed: August 27, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Newbury Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Wells River, in the town of Newbury, Orange 
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: John Greenan, Green Mountain Power 
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; Phone at (802) 770-
2195, or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer at (202) 502-8449, 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 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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 Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and 
docket number on the first page: Newbury Hydroelectric Project (P-5261-
023).
    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. The Newbury Project consists of: (1) An 11.4-acre impoundment at 
a normal water surface elevation of 463.9 feet mean sea level; (2) a 26 
foot-high by 90-foot-long concrete gravity dam that includes a 73.3-
foot-long spillway topped with 5-foot-high pneumatic crest gates; (3) a 
seasonally installed, 8-foot-long by 4-foot-wide steel sluice box on 
the south side of the spillway to provide downstream fish passage; (4) 
an 11.2-foot-wide, 9-foot-long intake structure with trash racks, 
connected to a 5-foot-diameter, 435-foot-long underground steel 
penstock; (5) a powerhouse containing a single 315-kilowatt turbine-
generator unit; (6) a second 50-kilowatt turbine-generator unit located 
outside of the powerhouse approximately 75-feet downstream of the dam 
along the bypassed reach; (7) a 125-foot-long tailrace; (8) three 150-
foot-long generator leads that create a 480 Volt, 3 phase 150-foot-long 
underground transmission line connected to three pole mounted 167 
kilovolt-ampere step-up transformers; and (9) appurtenant facilities. 
The project creates a 590-foot-long bypassed reach of the Wells River.
    The current license requires Green Mountain Power Corporation to: 
(1) Operate the project in run-of-river mode; (2) release a continuous 
bypassed reach minimum flow of 50 cubic feet per second (cfs) from 
April 15 to June 10 and 25 cfs during the remainder of the year; and 
(3) release a year-round, continuous aesthetic flow of 5 cfs over the 
dam. The average annual generation of the project is approximately 882 
megawatt-hours.
    Green Mountain Power Corporation proposes to: (1) Continue 
operating the project in run-of-river mode; (2) release new bypassed 
reach minimum flows of 35 cfs from May 15 to October 15 and 30 cfs from 
October 16 to May 14; (3) release a new aesthetic flow of 10 cfs over 
the dam from May 15 to October 15 during daytime hours and no aesthetic 
flow the remainder of the year; and (4) construct a hand-carry access 
area at the head of the project impoundment for recreational boaters.
    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 of this document 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. 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 Online 
Support at [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-
3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    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.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to

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the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--December 2021
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--February 2021
Issue Scoping Document 2--March 2021
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--March 2021

    Dated: November 10, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-25081 Filed 11-16-21; 8:45 am]
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