[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42165-42166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15052]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4472-031]


Union Falls Hydropower, L.P.; 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.: 4472-031.
    c. Date filed: June 30, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Union Falls Hydropower, L.P. (Union Falls).
    e. Name of Project: Saranac Hydroelectric Project (Saranac 
Project).
    f. Location: On the Saranac River, in the town of Franklin in 
Franklin County and the town of Black Brook in Clinton County, New 
York. The project does not include any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Sherri Loon, Coordinator--Operations USA, 
Kruger Energy, 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; phone: (207) 
203-3026; email: [email protected]; and Mr. Lewis Loon, General 
Manager, Operations and Maintenance--USA, Kruger Energy, 432 Brunswick 
Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; phone: (207) 203-3027; email: 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Claire Rozdilski, 202-502-8529, or 
[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

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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: August 29, 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: Saranac Hydroelectric 
Project (P-4472-031).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Saranac Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 151-foot-long, 24-foot-high dam with a 147-foot-long 
spillway section at crest elevation 1,408.49 feet mean sea level (msl) 
with 1-foot-high flashboards; (2) a reservoir having a surface area of 
1,630 acres and a gross storage capacity of 8,900 acre-feet at pool 
elevation 1,409.49 feet msl; (3) an integrated 36-foot-long gated 
intake structure at the dam's left (north) side; (4) an 11-foot-
diameter, 1,433-foot-long steel penstock; (5) a surge vent; (6) a 
powerhouse containing two turbine generating units with a total rated 
capacity of 2.6 megawatts; (7) 4.16-kilovolt (kV) generator leads; (8) 
a 4.16/46-kV step-up transformer bank; (9) a 90-foot-long, 46-kV 
transmission line; (10) a tailrace; and (11) appurtenant facilities. 
Union Falls does not propose changes to project facilities. Average 
annual generation at the project was 745 megawatt-hours between 2017 
and 2021.
    The Saranac Project operates in a modified run-of-river mode 
through the use of a float control for the purpose of generating 
electric power. Union Falls proposes to increase the minimum flow in 
the bypassed reach from 30 cubic feet per second (cfs) from April 1 
through June 30, and 10 cfs for the remainder of the year, to 50 cfs 
from March 2 to November 30 and 30 cfs for the remainder of the year.
    o. A copy of the application may 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. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: 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 (if necessary)  August 2022.
Request Additional Information (if      August 2022.
 necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter and Notice....  November 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.  December 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if            February 2023.
 necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for               March 2023.
 Environmental Analysis.
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    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: July 8, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-15052 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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