[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27499-27500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09245]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2489-049]


Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2489-049.
    c. Date filed: October 31, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Cavendish Hydroelectric Project (Cavendish 
Project or project).
    f. Location: On the Black River, in the town of Cavendish, in 
Windsor County, Vermont. The project does not occupy any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: John Tedesco, Green Mountain Power 
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; Phone at (802) 655-
8753, or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer at (202) 502-8449, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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: Cavendish Hydroelectric Project (P-
2489-049).
    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 has been accepted but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Cavendish Project consists of: (1) a 3,000 foot-
long, 10-acre impoundment with a gross storage capacity of 18.4-acre-
feet at a normal water surface elevation of 884.13 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (2) a 111-foot-long concrete 
gravity dam that consists of: (a) a 90-foot-long by 25-foot-high north 
spillway section topped with a 6-foot-high inflatable flashboard 
system; and (b) a 21-foot-long by 6-foot-high south spillway section 
topped with 2.5-foot-high steel flashboards; (3) an 18-inch wide 
downstream fish passage chute located on the north side of the 
spillway; (4) a concrete intake structure equipped with a mechanically 
operated headgate, and a trash rack with 2-inch clear bar spacing; (5) 
a 178-foot-long concrete and rock tunnel that carries flows from the 
intake to a penstock; (6) a 6-foot-diameter, 1,090-foot-long steel 
penstock; (7) a 64-foot-long by 34-foot-wide powerhouse containing 
three turbine-generator units with a combined capacity of 1.44 
megawatts; (8) a 100-foot-long transmission line that runs from the 
powerhouse to a substation within the project boundary; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities. The project creates a 1,570-foot-long bypassed 
reach of the Black River.
    The current license requires Green Mountain Power Corporation to: 
(1) operate the project in run-of-river mode; (2) maintain the 
impoundment water level no lower than 6 inches below the crest of the 
flashboards; (3) release a continuous minimum flow of 10 cubic feet per 
second (cfs) to the bypassed reach; and (4) release downstream flows of 
at least 42 cfs from June 1 to September 30, at least 83 cfs from 
October 1 to March 31, and at least 332 cfs from April 1 to May 31 when 
refilling the impoundment after project maintenance or flashboard 
installation. If inflows are insufficient to meet the downstream flows 
during impoundment refill, Green Mountain Power Corporation is required 
to release 90 percent of instantaneous inflow through the turbines. The 
project generates about 4,864 megawatt-hours annually.
    Green Mountain Power Corporation proposes to: (1) continue 
operating the project in run-of-river mode; (2) maintain a stable 
impoundment water level at the top of the flashboard crest; (3) 
continue releasing a continuous minimum flow of 10 cfs to the bypassed 
reach; and (4) release 90 percent of instantaneous inflow through the 
turbines at all times when refilling the impoundment.
    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 of this document 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. At this time, 
the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public 
Reference Room. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    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.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or

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``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing 
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the 
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

Issue Scoping--Document 1 for comments June 2023
Scoping Document 1 comments due--July 2023
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--August 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--September 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--December 2023

    Dated: April 26, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-09245 Filed 5-1-23; 8:45 am]
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