[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42171-42172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15056]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15000-003]


Erie Boulevard 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.: 15000-003.
    c. Date filed: June 30, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
    e. Name of Project: Franklin Falls Hydroelectric Project (Franklin 
Falls Project).
    f. Location: On the Saranac River, in the town of St. Armand in 
Essex County and the town of Franklin in Franklin 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: Steven Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing, Erie 
Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, New York 
13069; phone: (315) 598-6130; email: 
[email protected]; and Patrick Storms, Director of 
Operations, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 800 Starbuck Avenue, Suite 
201, Watertown, New York 13601; phone: (315) 779-2410; 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 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: Franklin Falls 
Hydroelectric Project (P-15000-003).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Franklin Falls Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 148-foot-long, 45-foot-high concrete overflow-type 
dam at a crest elevation of 1,463.2 feet mean sea level (msl) with 2-
foot-high flashboards; (2) a reservoir with a surface area of 485 acres 
and a gross storage capacity of 5,580 acre-feet at pool elevation 
1,465.2 feet msl; (3) an integrated 28-foot-long gated intake structure 
located on the dam's right (south) side; (4) a 10.5-foot-diameter, 300-
foot-long steel pipeline; (5) a surge tank; (6) two 10-foot-diameter, 
38-foot-long penstocks; (7) a powerhouse containing two generating 
units having a total rated capacity of 2.265 megawatts; (8) 85-foot-
long, 2.3-kilovolt (kV) generator leads; (9) a 2.3/46-kV step-up 
transformer bank; (10) a 300-foot-long, 46-kV transmission line; (11) a 
tailrace; and (12) appurtenant facilities. Erie does not propose 
changes to project facilities or operations. Erie is proposing to make 
a minor adjustment to the project boundary by removing approximately 
1.12 acres along the northern shoreline, which are not needed for 
project operations, and adding approximately 0.14 acre to include the 
project's existing hand-carry boat launch.
    The Franklin Falls Project operates in a modified run-of-river 
mode. If inflow exceeds the hydraulic capacity of the units, the 
project operates continuously at full load. When the inflow is less 
than the hydraulic capacity of the project, the project is operated in 
a run-of-river mode utilizing pondage as needed for daily flow 
regulation and to suit power requirements of the New York Independent 
System Operator. Average annual generation at the project was 10,349 
megawatt-hours between 2016 and 2020.
    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.

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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. 2022-15056 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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