[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23509-23510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08399]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3025-031]


Green Mountain Power Corporation; 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: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 3025-031.
    c. Date filed: March 30, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP).
    e. Name of Project: Kelley's Falls Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Piscataquog River in Hillsborough County, New 
Hampshire. 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: Mr. John Greenan, PE, Green Mountain Power 
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; Phone at (802) 770-
2195, or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at (202) 502-6207, or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing Kelley's Falls Project 
consists of: (1) An approximately 230-foot-long, 31-foot-high concrete 
and stone masonry dam that includes: (a) An approximately 31-foot-long 
stone masonry east abutment with an intake structure that includes an 
11-foot-wide, 11-foot-high headgate equipped with a 22.2-foot-wide, 17-
foot-high trashrack with 2.5-inch clear bar spacing; (b) a 192-foot-
long concrete ogee spillway section with: (i) A 6-foot-wide, 2.75-foot-
high steel slide gate that includes a 3-foot-wide, 2-foot-high notch; 
(ii) 2.75-foot-high flashboards;

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and (iii) a crest elevation of 160.75 feet mean sea level (msl) at the 
top of the flashboards; and (c) a 7-foot-long concrete west abutment 
with a 3.5-foot-diameter gated, low-level outlet pipe; (2) a 284-foot-
long, 2.5-foot-wide stone retaining wall on the east river bank that 
connects to the east abutment of the dam; (3) an impoundment (Namaske 
Lake) with a surface area of 154 acres at an elevation of 160.75 feet 
msl; (4) a 65-foot-long underground steel and concrete penstock; (5) a 
28-foot-long, 28-foot-wide brick masonry and steel powerhouse 
containing a 450-kilowatt vertical Francis turbine-generator unit; (6) 
a 275-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV) underground transmission line that 
connects the generator to a 2.4/12-kV step-up transformer; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities. The project creates an approximately 65-foot-
long bypassed reach of the Piscataquog River.
    GMP voluntarily operates the project in a run-of-river mode using 
an automatic pond level control system, such that project outflow 
approximates inflow. GMP maintains the impoundment at the flashboard 
crest elevation of 160.75 feet msl.
    Article 25 of the current license requires GMP to release a 
continuous minimum flow of 45 cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow to 
the impoundment, whichever is less, as measured immediately downstream 
of the powerhouse. Downstream fish passage is provided for river 
herring through the notch in the slide gate located on top of the 
spillway. There are no upstream fish passage facilities at the project.
    The minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are 
175 and 420 cfs, respectively. The average annual generation of the 
project was approximately 1,572 megawatt-hours from 2014 through 2020.
    GMP is not proposing any changes to project facilities or 
operation.
    l. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) 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 (P-
3025). For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] or 
call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    m. 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.
    n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter.................  April 2022.
Request Additional Information (if        May 2022.
 necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for  September 2022.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary    November 2022.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
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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: April 13, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08399 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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