[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55940-55941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14777]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7153-018]


Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

    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.
    e. Name of Project: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project (Victory 
Mills Project or project).
    f. Location: On Fish Creek in Saratoga County in the Village of 
Victory, New York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Curtis Mooney, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, 
Patriot Hydro, LLC, 59 Ayers Island Road, Bristol, NH 03222, (603) 744-
0846, or, Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, Patriot Hydro, LLC, 670 
N Commercial Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH 03101, (603) 623-8222.
    i. FERC Contact: Silvia Pineda-Munoz, [email protected], 
(202) 502-8388.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at 
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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, please send a paper copy via 
U. S. Postal Service 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: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project (P-7153-018).
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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 and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Victory Mills Project consists of: (1) a dam that includes: 
(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 turbine-generator unit with an 
installed capacity of 1,656 kilowatts; (6) an approximately 30-foot-
wide by 530-foot-long tailrace channel; (7) a 90-foot-long generator 
lead extending through the powerhouse to a transformer and then a 100-
foot-long underground and a 20-foot-long aerial, 4.16-kilovolt 
transmission line to the point of interconnection; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. There are no recreation facilities at the project. An 
average of 6,073 MWh is generated at the project annually.
    The Victory Mills Project operates as a run-of-river facility with 
no storage or flood control capacity. A continuous minimum bypassed 
reach flow of 36 cubic feet per second (cfs), or inflow, whichever is 
less, is maintained through operation of a sluice gate at the dam. The 
minimum hydraulic capacity for operating the turbine unit is 60 cfs, 
therefore, the minimum river flow needed for project operation is 96 
cfs (36 cfs plus 60 cfs). When inflow at the project is less than 96 
cfs, river flows are allowed to pass downstream through the bypassed 
reach. When the inflow exceeds the maximum hydraulic capacity of the 
project at 590 cfs, the impoundment level is permitted to rise over the 
spillway.
    m. This filing 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. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (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 submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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 at [email protected].
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances

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related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days from the 
issuance date of this notice: (1) a copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of a waiver of water quality certification.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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            Milestones                           Target date
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Deadline for filing comments,       August 27, 2024.
 recommendations, terms and
 conditions, and prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments  October 11, 2024.
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    p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.

    Dated: June 28, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-14777 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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