[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 123 (Monday, June 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27859-27860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12049]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7274-035]
Town of Wells; 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
[[Page 27860]]
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 7274-035.
c. Date Filed: July 31, 2023.
d. Applicant: Town of Wells.
e. Name of Project: Lake Algonquin Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Sacandaga River in the town of Wells, Hamilton
County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Taylor, Principle-in-Charge, GZA
GeoEnvironmental of New York, 104 West 29th Street, 10th Floor, New
York 10001; Phone at (781) 278-5803 or email at [email protected];
or Beth Hunt, Supervisor, Town of Wells, P.O. Box 205, Wells, New York
12190; Phone at (518) 924-7912 or email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Samantha Pollak at (202) 502-6419, or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
August 25, 2025; \1\ reply comments are due on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time October 8, 2025.
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\1\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide
that if a deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other
day when the Commission is closed for business, the 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
Sunday (i.e., August 24, 2025), the filing deadline is extended
until on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 25,
2025.
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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: Lake Algonquin Hydroelectric Project (P-7274-035).
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 Lake Algonquin Hydroelectric Project consists of the
following facilities: (1) a 239-foot-long, 26.5-foot-high concrete
gravity dam composed of an ogee spillway section at each end and a
gated spillway section in the middle with three steel 19-foot-wide by
12-foot-high vertical lift roller gates; (2) an impoundment with a
surface area of 275 acres and a storage capacity of 2,557 acre-feet at
an elevation of 986.84 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(NGVD 29); (3) two dikes/low points along the reservoir rim; (4) a 27-
foot-high, 21-foot-wide, 52-foot-long intake structure; (5) a buried
10-foot-diameter, 113-foot-long steel penstock; (6) a 25-foot-wide, 63-
foot-long concrete, steel, and masonry powerhouse containing one
turbine-generator unit with a rated capacity of 698 kilowatts; (7) a
480-volt, 65-foot-long generator lead; (8) a 480-volt/4.8-kilovolt (kV)
step-up transformer; (9) a 4.8-kV, approximately 50-foot-long overhead
transmission line; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
The project operates in a run-of-river mode and discharges a
minimum flow of 20 cubic feet per second into the project's bypassed
reach to protect aquatic resources. The project has an average annual
generation of 1,363 megawatt-hours.
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.
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,
community organizations, 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].
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. The applicant must file the following on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on August 25, 2025: \2\ (1) 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.
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o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 25, 2025.
Dated: June 25, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-12049 Filed 6-27-25; 8:45 am]
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