Blackstone Hydro Associates; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 43122-43123 [2019-17900]
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Dated: August 14, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3063–021]
On July 16, 2019, the Commission
issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Putnam Expansion Project
and Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI
was sent to affected landowners; federal,
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Blackstone Hydro Associates; Notice
of Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission and Soliciting
Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent
Minor License.
b. Project No.: 3063–021.
c. Date filed: July 31, 2019.
d. Applicant: Blackstone Hydro
Associates (BHA).
e. Name of Project: Central Falls
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Blackstone River,
in the City of Central Falls, Providence
County, Rhode Island. No federal lands
are occupied by the project works or
located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert
Leahy, 130 Prospect Street, Cambridge,
MA 02139; Phone at (617) 491–2320, or
email at rleahy@theshorelinecorp.com.
i. FERC Contact: Patrick Crile, (202)
502–8042 or patrick.crile@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,
local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues
that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See 94
FERC 61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or
person believes that an additional
scientific study should be conducted in
order to form an adequate factual basis
for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource
agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
a request for a study with the
Commission not later than 60 days from
the date of filing of the application, and
serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: September 29, 2019.
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The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file additional
study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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–3063–021.
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The existing Central Falls Project
consists of: (1) A 190-foot-long, 24-foothigh, curved granite-masonry dam
(Valley Falls Dam); (2) an approximately
64.5-acre impoundment with a normal
maximum elevation of 49.5 feet
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929 (NGVD 1929); (3) a granite block
and wood-framed gatehouse that is
integral with the dam’s right abutment
and contains ten 9-foot-wide, 6-foot-tall
gates in five gate openings; (4) a 290foot-long, granite block-lined headrace;
(5) an intake structure with two 8-foothigh hydraulic gates and 24-foot-wide,
11.5-foot-high, inclined trashracks
having 3-inch clear bar spacing; (6) two
30-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter penstocks;
(7) an approximately 53-foot-long, 32foot-wide concrete powerhouse
containing two Allis-Chalmers tube
turbines with a total installed capacity
of 700 kilowatts (kW); (6) an
approximately 1,200-foot-long, 36-footwide tailrace; (7) two 4.16 kilovolt (kV)
generator leads; (8) a 150-foot-long, 4.16
kV transmission line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
BHA operates the project as a run-ofriver facility, such that outflow from the
project approximates inflow. The
project bypasses approximately 1,500
feet of the Blackstone River. A 108-cubic
feet per second (cfs) minimum flow is
released over the dam into the bypassed
reach. BHA discharges a continuous
minimum flow of 238 cfs, or inflow,
whichever is less, as measured at the
confluence of the tailrace and the river
channel. The average annual generation
of the project is approximately 1,230
megawatt-hours (MWh).
BHA proposes to: (1) Continue
operating the project in a run-of-river
mode; (2) retrofit the two existing
turbines to increase the turbine
operating ranges; (3) install a new
bypassed flow pipe from the headrace to
the toe of the dam to provide a
minimum flow of 210 cfs to the
bypassed reach; (4) install three new 38-
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kW Kaplan turbine-generator units in
the proposed bypassed flow pipe; (5)
install a new trashrack with 1-inch clear
bar spacing in the headrace to prevent
fish impingement and entrainment; (6)
install a new downstream fish passage
facility in the headrace, immediately
upstream of the new trashrack; (7)
maintain a 13-cfs aesthetic flow over the
Valley Falls Dam; (8) provide a flow of
up to 3 cfs to an adjacent canal; (9)
install an eel passage facility at the
project dam; and (10) install 20 longeared bat boxes and implement a
Northern Long Eared Bat Management
and Protection Plan. BHA estimates the
project enhancements will result in an
average annual generation of
approximately 3,200 MWh.
o. 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 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.
p. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: The application will be
processed according to the following
preliminary schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)—
September 2019
Request Additional Information—
September 2019
Issue Acceptance Letter—December
2019
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
Comments—January 2020
Request Additional Information (if
necessary)—February 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2—March 2020
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis—March 2020
Issue Notice of Availability of
Environmental Assessment—October
2020
Final amendments to the application
must be filed with the Commission no
later than 30 days from the issuance
date of the notice of ready for
environmental analysis.
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Dated: August 14, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER19–2557–000]
Missisquoi, LLC; Supplemental Notice
That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing
Includes Request for Blanket Section
204 Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced Missisquoi, LLC’s
application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is September 3,
2019.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic review in the Commission’s
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DC. There is an eSubscription link on
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receive email notification when a
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docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: August 13, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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[Docket No. ER19–2564–000]
Supplemental Notice That Initial
Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
Request for Blanket Section 204
Authorization; Hickory Run Energy,
LLC
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced Hickory Run Energy,
LLC’s application for market-based rate
authority, with an accompanying rate
tariff, noting that such application
includes a request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is September 3,
2019.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3063-021]
Blackstone Hydro Associates; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 3063-021.
c. Date filed: July 31, 2019.
d. Applicant: Blackstone Hydro Associates (BHA).
e. Name of Project: Central Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Blackstone River, in the City of Central Falls,
Providence County, Rhode Island. No federal lands are occupied by the
project works or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Leahy, 130 Prospect Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139; Phone at (617) 491-2320, or email at
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Patrick Crile, (202) 502-8042 or
[email protected].
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC 61,076
(2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: September 29, 2019.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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-3063-021.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Central Falls Project consists of: (1) A 190-foot-
long, 24-foot-high, curved granite-masonry dam (Valley Falls Dam); (2)
an approximately 64.5-acre impoundment with a normal maximum elevation
of 49.5 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 1929); (3)
a granite block and wood-framed gatehouse that is integral with the
dam's right abutment and contains ten 9-foot-wide, 6-foot-tall gates in
five gate openings; (4) a 290-foot-long, granite block-lined headrace;
(5) an intake structure with two 8-foot-high hydraulic gates and 24-
foot-wide, 11.5-foot-high, inclined trashracks having 3-inch clear bar
spacing; (6) two 30-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter penstocks; (7) an
approximately 53-foot-long, 32-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing
two Allis-Chalmers tube turbines with a total installed capacity of 700
kilowatts (kW); (6) an approximately 1,200-foot-long, 36-foot-wide
tailrace; (7) two 4.16 kilovolt (kV) generator leads; (8) a 150-foot-
long, 4.16 kV transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
BHA operates the project as a run-of-river facility, such that
outflow from the project approximates inflow. The project bypasses
approximately 1,500 feet of the Blackstone River. A 108-cubic feet per
second (cfs) minimum flow is released over the dam into the bypassed
reach. BHA discharges a continuous minimum flow of 238 cfs, or inflow,
whichever is less, as measured at the confluence of the tailrace and
the river channel. The average annual generation of the project is
approximately 1,230 megawatt-hours (MWh).
BHA proposes to: (1) Continue operating the project in a run-of-
river mode; (2) retrofit the two existing turbines to increase the
turbine operating ranges; (3) install a new bypassed flow pipe from the
headrace to the toe of the dam to provide a minimum flow of 210 cfs to
the bypassed reach; (4) install three new 38-
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kW Kaplan turbine-generator units in the proposed bypassed flow pipe;
(5) install a new trashrack with 1-inch clear bar spacing in the
headrace to prevent fish impingement and entrainment; (6) install a new
downstream fish passage facility in the headrace, immediately upstream
of the new trashrack; (7) maintain a 13-cfs aesthetic flow over the
Valley Falls Dam; (8) provide a flow of up to 3 cfs to an adjacent
canal; (9) install an eel passage facility at the project dam; and (10)
install 20 long-eared bat boxes and implement a Northern Long Eared Bat
Management and Protection Plan. BHA estimates the project enhancements
will result in an average annual generation of approximately 3,200 MWh.
o. 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 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.
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--September 2019
Request Additional Information--September 2019
Issue Acceptance Letter--December 2019
Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments--January 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--February 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2--March 2020
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--March 2020
Issue Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment--October 2020
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: August 14, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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