[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 47411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16591]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5944-024]


Moretown Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments 
and Extending Comment Period

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 5944-024.
    c. Date filed: November 30, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Moretown Hydroelectric, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Moretown No. 8 Project.
    f. Location: On the Mad River, immediately downstream from the Town 
of Moretown, Washington County, Vermont. The project does not occupy 
federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Arion Thiboumery, Moretown Hydroelectric, 
LLC, 1273 Fowler Rd. Plainfield, VT 05667; (415) 260-6890 or email at 
ion.net">arion@ar-ion.net.
    i. FERC Contact: Maryam Zavareh at (202) 502-8474, or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: August 29, 2022. The 
commission is reissuing the notice and extending the comment due date. 
Due to a mailing error, not all recipients received the original 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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: Moretown Hydroelectric Project (P-5944-024).
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a 
333-foot-long, 31-foot-high concrete gravity dam with a 164-foot-long 
overflow spillway and a crest elevation of 524.7 feet; (2) a 36-acre 
impoundment with a normal maximum elevation of 524.7; (3) a 40-foot-
long, 17-foot-wide, 28-foot-high concrete intake structure with a 
trashrack; (4) a 40-foot-long, 8.5-foot-diameter buried steel penstock; 
(5) a 39.4-foot-long, 19.7-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing a 
single 1.25-megawatt Kaplan turbine-generator unit; (6) a tailrace; (7) 
a 106-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The Moretown Project is operated in a run-of-river mode 
with an average annual generation of 2,094 megawatt-hours.
    Moretown hydroelectric LLC proposes to continue to operate the 
project in a run-of-river mode.
    m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents 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. For assistance, contact 
FERC at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process.
    Commission staff will prepare either an environmental assessment 
(EA) or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that describes and 
evaluates the probable effects of the licensee's proposed action and 
alternatives. The EA or EIS will consider both site-specific and 
cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the 
proposed action. The Commission's scoping process will help determine 
the required level of analysis and satisfy the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) scoping requirements, irrespective of whether the 
Commission prepares an EA or an EIS.
    At this time, we do not anticipate holding on-site scoping 
meetings. Instead, we are soliciting written comments and suggestions 
on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be addressed in 
the NEPA document, as described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued 
July 28, 2022.
    Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in 
the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on the Commission's 
mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may 
be viewed on the web 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, call 1-866-
208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: July 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16591 Filed 8-2-22; 8:45 am]
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