[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 35980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12765]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2816-050]


North Hartland, LLC; Notice of Technical Meeting

    a. Date and Time of Meeting: Monday, June 27, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time via Conference Call.
    b. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly at [email protected] or 
(202) 502-8587.
    c. Purpose of Meeting: On April 28, 2022, Commission staff 
requested formal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(FWS) pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), for 
the relicensing of the North Hartland Hydroelectric Project No. 2816, 
located on the Ottauquechee River in Windsor County, Vermont. On June 
2, 2022, the FWS contacted staff via email to request a meeting to 
discuss Commission staff's request for formal consultation on federally 
endangered dwarf wedgemussels. Commission staff is meeting with the FWS 
via conference call to discuss the project's effects on dwarf 
wedgemussels.
    d. Proposed Agenda:
    (1) Introduction of participants;
    (2) Commission staff explain the purpose of the meeting;
    (3) Participants discuss existing data about the current and 
historical distribution of dwarf wedgemussel within the lower 
Ottauquechee and Connecticut Rivers;
    (4) Participants discuss proposed project operation and 
alternatives to the proposed action; and
    (5) Participants discuss additional issues relating to ESA 
consultation.
    e. A summary of the meeting will be prepared and filed in the 
Commission's public file for the project.
    f. All local, state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other 
interested parties are invited to participate. If interested, please 
contact Bill Connelly at [email protected], or (202) 502-8587 
by June 22, 2022, to receive specific instructions on how to 
participate.

    Dated: June 8, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-12765 Filed 6-13-22; 8:45 am]
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