[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22879-22880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08242]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2392-041]


Ampersand Gilman Hydro, LP; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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.: 2392-041.
    c. Date filed: March 29, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Ampersand Gilman Hydro, LP.
    e. Name of Project: Gilman Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Connecticut River and 
straddles the Village of Gilman, within the Town of Lunenburg, Essex 
County, Vermont, and the Town of Dalton, Coos County, New Hampshire. 
The project does not occupy any federal or tribal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Sayad Moudachirou, Licensing Manager, 717 
Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, MA 02111; phone: (617) 933-7206 or 
email: [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Ousmane Sidibe, phone: (202) 502-6245 or email: 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: May 31, 2022.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
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 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: Gilman Hydroelectric 
Project (P-2392-041).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Gilman Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A 324.5-foot-
wide concrete dam with a crest elevation of 826.8 feet spanning the 
river's width with a 5-foot-high, 108-foot-long rubber bladder and a 
6.5-foot-high, 109-foot-long rubber bladder surmounted on two overflow 
spillways measuring 112.9 feet and 113 feet in width and an 18-foot-
high, 27-foot-wide hydraulically operated crestgate; (2) a downstream 
fish passage system; (3) a 130-acre impoundment at a normal maximum 
surface elevation of 833.3 feet (USGS); (4) a steel- and timber-framed 
powerhouse with an integral water intake draft tube containing four 
generating turbine units with a total installed capacity of 4.95 
megawatts located at the Vermont side of the dam; (5) a 242-foot-long, 
23.75-foot-wide trash rack with approximately 2-inch spacing; (6) a 
200-foot-long transmission line connecting the 34.5 kilovolt-ampere 
transformer to National Grid's switchyard; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities.
    Ampersand Gilman Hydro, LP proposes to continue to operate the 
project in a run-of-river mode with no storage or flood control 
capacity. In accordance with Condition A of the Vermont Department of 
Environmental Conservation's water quality certification issued for the 
project, the project adheres to the following downstream minimum flow 
release requirements: (1) From June 1 through October 15, when river 
flows are less than 1,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), pass a minimum 
flow of 210 cfs over the crestgate; (2) provide a minimum flow of 757 
cfs during operational issues or refilling of the impoundment; and (3) 
for faster impoundment refill based on consultation with the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service and other agencies, a minimum flow of no less than 
300 cfs to protect the dwarf wedge mussel until normal operations are 
restored. The project can operate in most of the extreme conditions of 
the Connecticut River and generate electricity from flows of 130 cfs up 
to high flood conditions of 35,000 cfs. The estimated average annual 
generation of the project from 2008 to 2018 is 25,000 megawatt-hours.
    o. A copy of the application can be viewed on 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-2392). For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected], or call toll-free, (866) 
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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.

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    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--June 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--June 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter and Notice--August 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--September 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--November 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--December 2022

    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: April 12, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08242 Filed 4-15-22; 8:45 am]
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