[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13073-13074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03425]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 6904-043, 6903-037]


Battenkill Hydro Associates; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Applications: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project Nos.: 6904-043, 6903-037.
    c. Date filed: January 31, 2024.
    d. Applicant: Battenkill Hydro Associates (Battenkill Hydro).
    e. Name of Projects: Upper and Middle Greenwich Hydroelectric 
Projects (Upper Greenwich Project and Middle Greenwich Project).
    f. Location: On the Batten Kill in the Village of Greenwich in 
Washington County, New York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Sherri Loon, Coordinator--Operations USA, 
Kruger Energy, LP, 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203-
3026; [email protected] or Lewis Loon, General Manager--Operations 
and Maintenance USA, Kruger Energy, LP, 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, 
ME 04345; (207) 203-3027; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at (202) 502-8256, or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
applications on their merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 
person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later 
than 60 days from the date of filing of the applications, and serve a 
copy of the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: April 1, 2024.\1\
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    \1\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide 
that if a filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or 
other day when the Commission is closed for business, the filing 
deadline does not end until the close of business on the next 
business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2). Because the 60-day filing 
deadline falls on a Sunday (i.e., March 31, 2024), the filing 
deadline is extended until the close of business on Monday, April 1, 
2024.
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    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
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: 
Debbie-Anne A. 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 A. 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: 
Upper Greenwich Hydroelectric Project (P-6904-043) or Middle Greenwich 
Hydroelectric Project (P-6903-037).
    m. The applications are not ready for environmental analysis at 
this time.

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    n. Project Descriptions: The Upper Greenwich Project consists of 
the following existing facilities: (1) an 11.5-foot-high, 203-foot-long 
concrete gravity spillway dam topped with 2-foot-high flashboards; (2) 
a reservoir with a normal water surface area of 20 acres and a gross 
storage capacity of 70 acre-feet at a normal water surface elevation of 
334 feet mean sea level (MSL); (3) two 12-foot by 7.5-foot intake 
gates; (4) a 200-foot-long, 40-foot-wide, and 10-foot-high earthen 
power canal; (5) 60-foot-wide, 11-foot-high, 1-inch clear trash racks 
angled at 45 degrees to the flow and toward a 3-foot-wide fish passage 
sluice; (6) a 53-foot-long, 14-foot-wide, concrete and steel powerhouse 
containing two turbine-generator units with a rated capacity of 300 
kilowatts (kW) each for a total installed capacity of 600 kW; (7) a 
tailrace channel; (8) a 150-foot-long transmission line; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The Middle Greenwich Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 10-foot-high, 235-foot-long concrete gravity spillway 
dam; (2) a 9-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 80 acre-
feet at a normal water surface elevation of 318 feet MSL; (3) a 150-
foot-long, 20-foot-wide, and 10-foot-high power canal; (4) 24-foot-
wide, 11-foot-high, 1-inch clear trash racks angled at 45 degrees to 
the flow and toward a 2.5-foot-wide fish passage sluice; (5) a 15-foot-
long by 19.5-foot-wide concrete and steel powerhouse containing one 
turbine-generator unit with a capacity of 300 kW; (6) a tailrace 
channel; (7) a 150-foot-long transmission line; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The Upper and Middle Greenwich projects are operated in a run-of-
river mode and release a minimum flow to the bypassed reach of 80 cubic 
feet per second (cfs) and 20 cfs, respectively, or inflow, whichever is 
less.\2\ A 20-cfs attraction flow is conveyed through the fish passage 
sluice to the bypassed reach at each project. Battenkill Hydro is not 
proposing any new project facilities or changes to the operation of 
either project.
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    \2\ Project operation occurred intermittently from 2009 to 2013. 
Both projects are currently offline and have not operated since June 
2013 (see Battenkill Hydro's letter filed November 7, 2022).
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    From 1999 to 2009, average annual generation at the Upper and 
Middle Greenwich projects was 146 kilowatt-hours (kWh) and 78 kWh, 
respectively.
    o. A copy of the applications can 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 (P-6904 or P-6903). For assistance, 
contact FERC at [email protected], or call toll-free, (866) 
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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 these or other pending projects. 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].
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The applications will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)..  April 2024.
Request Additional Information..........  April 2024.
Issue Acceptance Letter.................  July 2024.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...  August 2024.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).  November 2024.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental   November 2024.
 Analysis.
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    Final amendments to the applications must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: February 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-03425 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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