[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 3648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01036]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5698-022]


Triton Power Company; Notice Soliciting Applications

    On December 31, 2020, Triton Power Company, licensee for the 
Chateaugay High Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 5698 (project), filed a 
Notice of Intent (NOI) to file an application for a new license for the 
project pursuant to section 15(b)(1) of the Federal Power Act (FPA).\1\ 
On February 26, 2021, Commission staff issued public notice of the NOI 
and approved the use of the traditional licensing process to develop 
the license application. The current license for the project expires on 
December 31, 2025.\2\
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 808(b)(1).
    \2\ Triton Power Company, 34 FERC ] 61,055 (1986).
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    The 1,710-kilowatt (kW) project is located on the Chateaugay River 
in Franklin County, New York. The project consists of: (1) an 82-foot-
long, 56-foot-high concrete and masonry dam; (2) an intake structure 
equipped with a trashrack with 1-inch clear bar spacing and a 9-foot-
wide, 9-foot-high sluice gate, located approximately 130 feet upstream 
of the dam; (3) an impoundment with a surface area of 2.9 acres at an 
elevation of 962.7 feet mean sea level; (4) a 6-foot-diameter, 480-
foot-long steel penstock; (5) a 50-foot-wide, 40-foot-long concrete 
powerhouse containing a 1,260-kW turbine-generator unit and a 450-kW 
turbine-generator unit; (6) a tailrace; (7) a 1,020-foot-long, 4.16-
kilovolt transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities. From 2010, 
through 2019, the project had an average annual energy production of 
6,751 megawatt-hours.
    Pursuant to section 15(c)(1) of the FPA \3\ and section 16.9 of the 
Commission's regulations,\4\ an existing licensee must file an 
application for a new license at least 24 months prior to the 
expiration of the current license. As stated above, Triton Power 
Company's NOI indicated that it would file an application for a new 
license; however, it did not file an application for a new license for 
the project by the December 31, 2023 deadline.
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    \3\ 16 U.S.C. 808(c)(1).
    \4\ 18 CFR 16.9 (2023).
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    Therefore, pursuant to section 16.25(a) of the Commission's 
regulations, we are soliciting applications from potential applicants 
other than the existing licensee.\5\ Interested parties have 90 days 
from the date of this notice to file a NOI to file an application for a 
new license. An application for a new license for the project may be 
filed within 18 months of the date of filing the NOI. The existing 
licensee is prohibited from filing an application either individually 
or in combination with other entities.\6\
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    \5\ Id. Sec.  16.25(a).
    \6\ Id. Sec.  16.24(a)(2).
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    Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Arash 
Barsari at (202) 502-6207 or email at [email protected].

    Dated: January 12, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-01036 Filed 1-18-24; 8:45 am]
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