City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments, 48218-48219 [2017-22414]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48218-48219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22414]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2386-004, Project No. 2387-003, and Project No. 2388-004]


City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department; Notice Soliciting 
Scoping Comments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Applications: Subsequent Licenses.
    b. Project Nos.: 2386-004, 2387-003, and 2388-004.
    c. Date filed: August 31, 2016.
    d. Applicant: City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department.
    e. Names of Projects: Holyoke Number 1 Hydro Project, P-2386-004; 
Holyoke Number 2 Hydro Project, P-2387-003; and Holyoke Number 3 Hydro 
Project, P-2388-004.
    f. Locations: Holyoke Number 1 (P-2386-004) and Holyoke Number 2 
(P-2387-003) are located between the first and second level canals, and 
Holyoke Number 3 (P-2388-004) is located between the second and third 
level canals on the Holyoke Canal System (Canal System), adjacent to 
the Connecticut River, in the city of Holyoke in Hampden County, 
Massachusetts. The projects do not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Paul Ducheney, Superintendent, City of 
Holyoke Gas and Electric Department, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA 
01040, (413) 536-9340 or ducheney@hged.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Kyle Olcott, (202) 502-8963 or 
kyle.olcott@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 9, 2017.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket numbers P-2386-004, P-2387-003, and/or P-2388-004.
    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. These applications are not ready for environmental analysis at 
this time.
    l. The City 1 project consists of: (1) An intake at the wall of the 
First Level Canal fed by the Canal System with two 14.7-foot-tall by 
24.6-foot-wide trashrack screens with 3.5-inch clear spacing; (2) two 
parallel 10-foot-diameter, 36.5-foot-long penstocks; (3) a 50-foot-long 
by 38-foot-wide brick powerhouse with two 240-kilowatt and two 288-
kilowatt turbine generator units; (4) two parallel 20-foot-wide, 328.5-
foot-long brick arched tailrace conduits discharging into the Second 
Level Canal; and, (5) appurtenant facilities. There is no transmission 
line associated with the project as it is located adjacent to the 
substation of interconnection.
    The City 2 project consists of: (1) An intake at the wall of the 
First Level Canal fed by the Canal System with three trashrack screens 
(one 16.2-foot-

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tall by 26.2-foot-wide and two 14.8-foot-tall by 21.8-foot-long) with 
3-inch clear spacing; (2) two 9-foot-diameter, 240-foot-long penstocks; 
(3) a 17-foot-high by 10-foot-diameter surge tank; (4) a 60-foot-long 
by 40-foot-wide by 50-foot high powerhouse with one 800-kilowatt 
vertical turbine generator unit; (5) two parallel 9-foot-wide, 10-foot-
high, 120-foot-long brick arched tailrace conduits discharging into the 
Second Level Canal; (6) an 800-foot-long, 4.8-kilovolt transmission 
line; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    The City 3 project consists of: (1) A 52.3-foot-long by 14-foot-
high intake trashrack covering an opening in the Second Level Canal fed 
by the Canal System; (2) two 11-foot-high by 11-foot-wide headgates; 
(3) two 85-foot-long, 93-square-foot in cross section low pressure 
brick penstocks; (4) a 42-foot-long by 34-foot-wide by 28-foot-high 
reinforced concrete powerhouse with one 450-kilowatt turbine generator 
unit; (5) a 29.7-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep, 118-foot-long open tailrace 
discharging into the Third Level Canal; and, (6) 4.8-kilovolt generator 
leads that connect directly to the 4.8-kilovolt area distribution 
system; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    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 address the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support. A copy is available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in Item H above.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare a single Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for the Holyoke Number 1 Hydro Project, Holyoke Number 
2 Hydro Project, and Holyoke Number 3 Hydro 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.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information on the Scoping Document (SD) issued on 
October 10, 2017.
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and 
the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the SD may be viewed on 
the web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or 
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: October 10, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-22414 Filed 10-16-17; 8:45 am]
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