Albany Engineering Corporation: Town of Stuyvesant; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments, 54990-54991 [E9-25611]

Download as PDF 54990 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 205 / Monday, October 26, 2009 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL09–21–002] [Docket No. OA08–14–006] PacificCorp; Notice of Filing Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Filing [Project No. 2696–033] mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES October 16, 2009. October 16, 2009. Take notice that on October 14, 3009, PacificCorp submitted for filing its compliance filing with corrected pagination, headers, and footers of the tariff sheets in its Rate Schedule FERC No. 355, submitted on June 22, 2009. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on November 13, 2009. Take notice that on October 14, 2009, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., tendered for filing an information filing regarding operational penalties. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on November 4, 2009. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–25612 Filed 10–23–09; 8:45 am] Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–25613 Filed 10–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:19 Oct 23, 2009 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Albany Engineering Corporation: Town of Stuyvesant; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments October 16, 2009. 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.: 2696–033. c. Date filed: July 31, 2009. d. Submitted by: Albany Engineering Corporation and the Town of Stuyvesant. e. Name of project: Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On Kinderhook Creek (in the Hudson River drainage basin) in the town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, New York. The project does not occupy any federal lands. g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant contact: Mr. James A. Besha, P.E., President, Albany Engineering Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, New York 12205; (518) 456–7712. i. FERC contact: Carolyn Templeton at (202) 502–8785 or carolyn.templeton@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: December 17, 2009. All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 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 E:\FR\FM\26OCN1.SGM 26OCN1 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 205 / Monday, October 26, 2009 / Notices 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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project is located on Kinderhook Creek in Columbia County, New York. All project features pre-date the license by 80 years, and there were no operational changes or construction when the project was licensed in 1980, backdated to 1965. The Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project consists of a 13foot-high, 240-foot-long, masonry gravity dam and stone and concrete intake structure that impounds Kinderhook Creek, forming a 46-acre reservoir with a normal pool elevation of 174.3 feet USGS datum. A Taintor gate and trash sluice is located near the south abutment of the gravity dam. The intake structure is enclosed in a prefabricated steel intake house and carries water from the reservoir to two 7.5-foot-diameter, 2,860-foot-long, riveted-steel pipelines. From the pipelines, water flows into a 25-footdiameter surge tank. Water is then transported from the surge tank to a brick and steel powerhouse via two 200foot-long steel penstocks. The powerhouse contains a single 2.8megawatt horizontal double runner Francis turbine. m. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at https://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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above. You may also register online at https://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. Scoping Process. The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:19 Oct 23, 2009 Jkt 220001 Scoping Meetings FERC staff will conduct one daytime scoping meeting and one evening scoping meeting. The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: Evening Scoping Meeting Date and Time: Monday, November 16, 2009, at 6 p.m. Location: Stuyvesant Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant, NY 12173. Phone Number: 518–758–6248. Daytime Scoping Meeting Date and Time: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at 10 a.m. Location: Stuyvesant Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant, NY 12173. Phone Number: 518–758–6248. Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission’s mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at https:// www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link [see item (m) above]. Environmental Site Review The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project environmental site review beginning at 1 p.m. (EST) on Monday, November 16, 2009. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All participants should meet at the Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project powerhouse. All participants are responsible for their own transportation to the site. Please notify Wendy Carey, Albany Engineering Corporation at 518– 456–7712, ext. 401 or wendy@albanyengineering.com by November 9, 2009, if you plan to attend the environmental site review. Directions are as follows: From Albany, take 90E to Exit 12, US– 9 toward Hudson. Turn Right onto US– 9 S. Stay straight through circular onto NY–9H S. Take slight right onto CR–25 into Stuyvesant Falls. Take right onto CR–25A. Driveway is on the left approximately 500 feet before old bridge. From Hudson, drive north on 66 to 9H. Go north on 9H to CR–25. Go south on CR–25 into Stuyvesant Falls. Take a PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54991 right onto CR–25A. Driveway is on the left approximately 500 feet before old bridge. Objectives At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine the resource issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not require a detailed analysis. Procedures The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the EA. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–25611 Filed 10–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PR10–1–000] Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval October 19, 2009. Take notice that on October 13, 2009, Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (Peoples Gas) filed a petition for rate approval pursuant to Sections 284.123 and 284.224 of the Commission’s regulations. Peoples Gas is requesting that the Commission approve as fair and equitable rates for the services that Peoples Gas provides pursuant to its blanket certificate authority, and revised rates for its firm and interruptible transportation and storage service, firm one-cycle exchange service and its interruptible parking and loaning service, all as more fully set forth in the application. Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must file a motion E:\FR\FM\26OCN1.SGM 26OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2696-033]


Albany Engineering Corporation: Town of Stuyvesant; Notice of 
Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

October 16, 2009.
    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.: 2696-033.
    c. Date filed: July 31, 2009.
    d. Submitted by: Albany Engineering Corporation and the Town of 
Stuyvesant.
    e. Name of project: Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Kinderhook Creek (in the Hudson River drainage 
basin) in the town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, New York. The 
project does not occupy any federal lands.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant contact: Mr. James A. Besha, P.E., President, Albany 
Engineering Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, New York 12205; 
(518) 456-7712.
    i. FERC contact: Carolyn Templeton at (202) 502-8785 or 
carolyn.templeton@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: December 17, 2009.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the 
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at 
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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

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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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project is located on 
Kinderhook Creek in Columbia County, New York. All project features 
pre-date the license by 80 years, and there were no operational changes 
or construction when the project was licensed in 1980, backdated to 
1965. The Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric Project consists of a 13-foot-
high, 240-foot-long, masonry gravity dam and stone and concrete intake 
structure that impounds Kinderhook Creek, forming a 46-acre reservoir 
with a normal pool elevation of 174.3 feet USGS datum. A Taintor gate 
and trash sluice is located near the south abutment of the gravity dam. 
The intake structure is enclosed in a prefabricated steel intake house 
and carries water from the reservoir to two 7.5-foot-diameter, 2,860-
foot-long, riveted-steel pipelines. From the pipelines, water flows 
into a 25-foot-diameter surge tank. Water is then transported from the 
surge tank to a brick and steel powerhouse via two 200-foot-long steel 
penstocks. The powerhouse contains a single 2.8-megawatt horizontal 
double runner Francis turbine.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at https://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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above.
    You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Scoping Process.
    The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.

Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will conduct one daytime scoping meeting and one evening 
scoping meeting. The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource 
agency and non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the 
evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or 
both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope 
of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The 
times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Monday, November 16, 2009, at 6 p.m.
    Location: Stuyvesant Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant, NY 
12173.
    Phone Number: 518-758-6248.

Daytime Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at 10 a.m.
    Location: Stuyvesant Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant, NY 
12173.
    Phone Number: 518-758-6248.
    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to 
be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the 
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at https://www.ferc.gov 
using the ``eLibrary'' link [see item (m) above].

Environmental Site Review

    The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project environmental 
site review beginning at 1 p.m. (EST) on Monday, November 16, 2009. All 
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to 
attend. All participants should meet at the Stuyvesant Falls 
Hydroelectric Project powerhouse. All participants are responsible for 
their own transportation to the site. Please notify Wendy Carey, Albany 
Engineering Corporation at 518-456-7712, ext. 401 or 
wendy@albanyengineering.com by November 9, 2009, if you plan to attend 
the environmental site review. Directions are as follows:
    From Albany, take 90E to Exit 12, US-9 toward Hudson. Turn Right 
onto US-9 S. Stay straight through circular onto NY-9H S. Take slight 
right onto CR-25 into Stuyvesant Falls. Take right onto CR-25A. 
Driveway is on the left approximately 500 feet before old bridge.
    From Hudson, drive north on 66 to 9H. Go north on 9H to CR-25. Go 
south on CR-25 into Stuyvesant Falls. Take a right onto CR-25A. 
Driveway is on the left approximately 500 feet before old bridge.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that 
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not 
require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the 
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. Individuals, 
organizations, and agencies with environmental expertise and concerns 
are encouraged to attend the meeting and to assist the staff in 
defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the EA.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-25611 Filed 10-23-09; 8:45 am]
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