[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6105-6106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01837]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7153-018]


Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC; 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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 7153-018.
    c. Date filed: April 29, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC (Consolidated 
Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project (Victory 
Mills Project).
    f. Location: The project is located on Fish Creek, in the village 
of Victory in Saratoga County, New York. This 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: Mr. Kevin M. Webb, Licensing Manager, 
Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC, 670 N. Commercial Street, Suite 204, 
Manchester, NH 03101; phone at (978) 935-6039 or email at 
[email protected]; and Mr. Curtis Mooney, Manager, 
Regulatory Compliance, Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC, 670 N. 
Commercial Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH 03101; phone at (603) 774-
0846 or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jacob Harrell at (202) 502-7313; or email at 
[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 
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: Debbie-Anne Reese, Acting 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier 
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne Reese, Acting 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: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project (P-7153-
018).
    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 Victory Mills Project includes: (1) a dam that consists of: 
(a) an approximately 150-foot-long concrete spillway varying in height 
from 4 to 6 feet with a crest elevation of 187.5 feet National Geodetic 
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), and (b) a sluice gate section 
approximately 19 feet high and 40 feet long with four gated spillway 
bays, each with a sill elevation of 181 feet NGVD29 and containing a 7-
foot-high by 8-foot-wide wooden timber gate; (2) a 4.3-acre reservoir 
with a gross storage capacity of approximately 18 acre-feet at the 
normal surface elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD29; (3) an intake channel 
feeding a 51-foot-long, 25-foot-high concrete intake structure; (4) an 
8-foot-diameter, 300-foot-long steel penstock; (5) a 27-foot by 46-foot 
concrete powerhouse containing a single Kaplan turbine with an 
installed capacity of 1,656 kilowatts; (6) an approximately 30-foot-
wide by 530-foot-long tailrace channel; (7) a 480-foot-long, 4.8-
kilovolt transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    The Victory Mills Project operates in a run-of-river mode with an 
average annual generation of 6,073 megawatt-hours between 2011 and 
2021.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review 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, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects.

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For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595, or [email protected].
    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 ``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--March 2024
Hold Scoping Meeting--April 2024
Scoping Document 1 comments due--May 2024
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--June 2024
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--June 2024
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--June 2024

    Dated: January 24, 2024.
Debbie-Anne. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-01837 Filed 1-30-24; 8:45 am]
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