Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP, 50655 [2018-21776]
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Dated: September 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–21777 Filed 10–5–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
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Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments:
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP
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.: 2837–033.
c. Date filed: March 29, 2018.
d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard
Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
e. Name of Project: Granby
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Oswego River in
the town of Fulton in Oswego County,
New York. The project does not affect
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Steven P.
Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing, Erie
Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West
1st Street South, Fulton, NY 13069;
(315) 598–6130.
i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner,
(202) 502–6082 or allyson.conner@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: 30 days from the issuance
date of this notice.
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
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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 number P–2837–033.
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. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project Description
The existing Granby Hydroelectric
Project (Granby Project) consists of: (1)
An 88-foot-wide reinforced concrete
intake structure that includes two bays
containing trashracks and fixed-roller,
vertical-lift type gates; (2) a 17-foot-wide
sluice opening adjacent to the intake
structure; (3) a 112-foot-long, 88-footwide powerhouse containing two 5.04megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units,
with a total capacity of 10.08 MW; (4)
a 3,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace;
(5) two 4.16-kilovolt, 120-foot-long
underground generator leads; (6) a 60foot-long by 48-foot-wide electrical
switchyard; and (7) appurtenant
facilities.
The Granby Project is operated in a
modified run-of-river mode. The Granby
Project and the Fulton Development at
Erie’s Oswego River Hydroelectric
Project (FERC Project No. 2474) are
located at opposite ends of the same
dam and share a single bypassed reach
and reservoir. The flow and
impoundment elevation requirements in
the Oswego Project license,1 which were
based on a 2004 Offer of Settlement,
affect the Granby Project. The average
annual generation at the Granby Project
is estimated to be 44,181 megawatthours.
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 website at
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FERC ¶ 62, 141 (2004).
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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. 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 an Environmental Assessment
(EA) for the Granby Hydroelectric
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
1 (SD1) issued on September 28, 2018.
Copies of SD1 outlining the subject
areas to be addressed in the EA were
distributed to the parties on the
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of
SD1 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: September 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2837-033]
Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP
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.: 2837-033.
c. Date filed: March 29, 2018.
d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
e. Name of Project: Granby Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Oswego River in the town of Fulton in Oswego
County, New York. The project does not affect federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Steven P. Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing,
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY
13069; (315) 598-6130.
i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the issuance
date of this notice.
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
[email protected], (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 number P-2837-033.
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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. Project Description
The existing Granby Hydroelectric Project (Granby Project) consists
of: (1) An 88-foot-wide reinforced concrete intake structure that
includes two bays containing trashracks and fixed-roller, vertical-lift
type gates; (2) a 17-foot-wide sluice opening adjacent to the intake
structure; (3) a 112-foot-long, 88-foot-wide powerhouse containing two
5.04-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units, with a total capacity of
10.08 MW; (4) a 3,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace; (5) two 4.16-
kilovolt, 120-foot-long underground generator leads; (6) a 60-foot-long
by 48-foot-wide electrical switchyard; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The Granby Project is operated in a modified run-of-river mode. The
Granby Project and the Fulton Development at Erie's Oswego River
Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2474) are located at opposite
ends of the same dam and share a single bypassed reach and reservoir.
The flow and impoundment elevation requirements in the Oswego Project
license,\1\ which were based on a 2004 Offer of Settlement, affect the
Granby Project. The average annual generation at the Granby Project is
estimated to be 44,181 megawatt-hours.
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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 website 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. 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 an Environmental Assessment
(EA) for the Granby Hydroelectric 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 1 (SD1)
issued on September 28, 2018.
Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA
were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list.
Copies of SD1 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: September 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-21776 Filed 10-5-18; 8:45 am]
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