[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48010-48011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16839]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3211-010]


Power Authority of New York; Notice of Settlement Agreement and 
Soliciting Comments

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: 3211-010.
    c. Date filed: July 25, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Power Authority of the State of New York (NYPA).
    e. Name of Project: Hinckley (Gregory B. Jarvis) Hydroelectric 
Project (Gregory B. Jarvis Project).
    f. Location: The existing project is located on West Canada Creek, 
a tributary to the Mohawk River, at the Hinkley Reservoir dam, 
approximately 0.5 mile upstream of the Hamlet of Hinckley in the 
counties of Oneida and Herkimer, New York. The project does not affect 
federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Robert Daly, New York Power Authority, 123 
Main Street, White Plains, New York 10601; (914) 681-6564, 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: August 22, 2022. Reply comments 
due September 1, 2022.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 
6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your 
name and contact information at the end of your comments. 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. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-3211-010.
    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. NYPA filed the Settlement Agreement on behalf of itself, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation. The purpose of the Settlement Agreement is 
to resolve, among the signatories, issues related to operational, 
wildlife, water quality, and recreation resources associated with 
issuance of a new license and water quality certification for the 
project. Specifically, the Settlement Agreement includes proposed 
protection, mitigation, and enhancements measures to address freshwater 
mussel protection, minimum

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flow, streamflow and water level monitoring, water quality management, 
recreation facility enhancements, invasive species management, and bald 
eagle protection. NYPA states that the terms of the Settlement 
Agreement are an integrated and individual set of measures intended to 
address and balance non-power and power values relating to the project 
and requests that the Commission approve the Settlement Agreement and 
incorporate the proposed measures set forth in section 3 into any new 
license issued.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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 (i.e., P-3211). At this 
time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency 
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the 
President on March 13, 2020. 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.

    Dated: August 1, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16839 Filed 8-4-22; 8:45 am]
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