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Dated: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Dated: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2816–050]
North Hartland, LLC; 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: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: P–2816–050.
c. Date filed: November 26, 2019.
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d. Applicant: North Hartland, LLC
(North Hartland).
e. Name of Project: North Hartland
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Ottauquechee
River in the town of Hartland, Windsor
County, Vermont. The project occupies
20.8 acres of land managed by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J.
Locke, President, Essex Hydro
Associates, LLC, 55 Union Street,
Boston, MA 02108; Phone at (617) 367–
0032, or email at alocke@
essexhydro.com.
i. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly at (202)
502–8587, or william.connelly@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: January 25, 2020.
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
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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–2816–050.
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. Project Description: The existing
North Hartland Hydroelectric Project
consists of: (1) A steel-lined intake
structure in the Corps’ North Hartland
Dam that is equipped with 2-inch
trashracks; (2) a 470-foot-long, 12-footdiameter steel penstock that provides
flow to a 4.0-megawatt (MW) adjustable
blade, vertical shaft turbine-generator
unit located inside of a 59-foot-long, 40foot-wide concrete powerhouse; (3) a
12-foot-diameter bypass conduit that
branches off of the 12-foot-diameter
penstock about 100 feet before the
powerhouse, and that empties into a 60foot-long concrete-lined channel
through a bypass control gate; (4) a 30inch-diameter steel penstock that
branches off of the 12-foot-diamater
bypass conduit about 50 feet upstream
of the bypass control gate, and that
provides flow to a 0.1375–MW fixed
geometry, horizontal pump turbinegenerator unit located on a raised
platform outside of the southern wall of
the powerhouse; (5) a 400-foot-long, 50
to 150-foot-wide tailrace channel; (6) a
transmission line that comprises an
approximately 600-foot-long,12.5
kilovolt (kV) underground segment, and
a 4,000-foot-long, 12.5-kV overhead
segment that connect the generators to
Green Mountain Power Corporation’s
Clay Hill Road Line 66 Transmission
Project No. 12766; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
The project is managed to meet daily
peak electrical system demand, as
needed using the available head and
reservoir outflow from Corps’ North
Hartland dam. The current license
requires North Hartland to release a
continuous minimum flow of 23 cubic
feet per second (cfs) from July1 through
October 31, and 40 cfs during the
remainder of the year, or the inflow to
the reservoir, whichever is less, for the
purpose of protecting and enhancing
aquatic resources in the Ottauquechee
River. The project has an average annual
generation of approximately 13,991,990
kilowatt-hours from 2014 through 2018.
North Hartland proposes to provide
the following minimum and maximum
flows, respectively: (1) 60 and 700 cfs,
from October 1 through March 31; (2)
160 and 835 cfs, from April 1 through
April 31; (3) 160 and 550 cfs, from May
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1 through May 31; (4) 140 and 450 cfs,
from June 1 through June 30; and (5) 60
and 300 cfs, from July 1 through
September 30.
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
town of Hartland’s library, located at
153 Rt. 5, Hartland, VT.
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)—
January 2020
Request Additional Information—
January 2020
Issue Acceptance Letter—April 2020
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments—May 2020
Request Additional Information (if
necessary)—July 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2—August
2020
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis—August 2020
Commission issues Environmental
Assessment—February 2021
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: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–10002–94–Region 3]
Clean Water Act: Maryland—Chester
River Vessel Sewage No-Discharge
Zone—Final Affirmative Determination
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final determination.
AGENCY:
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The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has approved the
establishment of a no-discharge zone in
the Chester River, Kent and Queen
Anne’s Counties, Maryland and its
tributaries.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received in
writing to the EPA on or before January
15, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to
Matthew A. Konfirst, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency—
Mid-Atlantic Region, 1650 Arch Street,
Mail Code 3WD31, Philadelphia, PA
19103–2029, or emailed to
konfirst.matthew@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew A. Konfirst, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency—
Mid-Atlantic Region. Telephone: (215)
814–5801; Fax number: (215) 814–2301;
email address: konfirst.matthew@
epa.gov.
DATES:
On behalf
of the State of Maryland, the Secretary
of the Maryland Department of Natural
Resources requested that the Regional
Administrator, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 3 approve a
no-discharge zone pursuant to section
312(f)(3) of the Clean Water Act, 33
U.S.C. 1322(f)(3). After review of
Maryland’s application, the EPA
determined that adequate facilities for
the safe and sanitary removal and
treatment of sewage from all vessels are
reasonably available for the entirety of
the Chester River and its tributaries. The
State’s application is available upon
request from the EPA (please contact the
person identified in the ADDRESSES
section of this document) or at https://
dnr.maryland.gov/boating/Documents/
FINAL_CRA_NDZ_APPLICATION.pdf.
The delineation of the proposed nodischarge zone of the Chester River and
its tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay
will begin at 39°8′54.48″ N, 76°16′37.11″
W and extend down to 39°2′23.56″ N,
76°18′8.89″ W. From there it will
continue east throughout any navigable
waters including all tributaries and
bays. Included within this zone are
Lankford Bay, Corsica River, Southeast
Creek, and many smaller tributaries.
The application identifies 19
stationary and four mobile cart pumpout
stations located at 17 marinas or docks
throughout the Chester River. Sixteen of
the nineteen stationary units also have
a method to empty portable toilets. The
pumpout stations were funded through
the Clean Vessel Act and Maryland
Waterway Improvement Fund with
grants administered by the Maryland
Department of Natural Resources. Use of
the pumpout stations incurs a fee of no
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2816-050]
North Hartland, LLC; 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: New Major License.
b. Project No.: P-2816-050.
c. Date filed: November 26, 2019.
d. Applicant: North Hartland, LLC (North Hartland).
e. Name of Project: North Hartland Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Ottauquechee River in the town of Hartland,
Windsor County, Vermont. The project occupies 20.8 acres of land
managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J. Locke, President, Essex Hydro
Associates, LLC, 55 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108; Phone at (617) 367-
0032, or email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly at (202) 502-8587, 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: January 25, 2020.
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
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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-2816-050.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing North Hartland Hydroelectric
Project consists of: (1) A steel-lined intake structure in the Corps'
North Hartland Dam that is equipped with 2-inch trashracks; (2) a 470-
foot-long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstock that provides flow to a 4.0-
megawatt (MW) adjustable blade, vertical shaft turbine-generator unit
located inside of a 59-foot-long, 40-foot-wide concrete powerhouse; (3)
a 12-foot-diameter bypass conduit that branches off of the 12-foot-
diameter penstock about 100 feet before the powerhouse, and that
empties into a 60-foot-long concrete-lined channel through a bypass
control gate; (4) a 30-inch-diameter steel penstock that branches off
of the 12-foot-diamater bypass conduit about 50 feet upstream of the
bypass control gate, and that provides flow to a 0.1375-MW fixed
geometry, horizontal pump turbine-generator unit located on a raised
platform outside of the southern wall of the powerhouse; (5) a 400-
foot-long, 50 to 150-foot-wide tailrace channel; (6) a transmission
line that comprises an approximately 600-foot-long,12.5 kilovolt (kV)
underground segment, and a 4,000-foot-long, 12.5-kV overhead segment
that connect the generators to Green Mountain Power Corporation's Clay
Hill Road Line 66 Transmission Project No. 12766; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
The project is managed to meet daily peak electrical system demand,
as needed using the available head and reservoir outflow from Corps'
North Hartland dam. The current license requires North Hartland to
release a continuous minimum flow of 23 cubic feet per second (cfs)
from July1 through October 31, and 40 cfs during the remainder of the
year, or the inflow to the reservoir, whichever is less, for the
purpose of protecting and enhancing aquatic resources in the
Ottauquechee River. The project has an average annual generation of
approximately 13,991,990 kilowatt-hours from 2014 through 2018.
North Hartland proposes to provide the following minimum and
maximum flows, respectively: (1) 60 and 700 cfs, from October 1 through
March 31; (2) 160 and 835 cfs, from April 1 through April 31; (3) 160
and 550 cfs, from May 1 through May 31; (4) 140 and 450 cfs, from June
1 through June 30; and (5) 60 and 300 cfs, from July 1 through
September 30.
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 town of Hartland's library, located at 153 Rt. 5,
Hartland, VT.
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)--January 2020
Request Additional Information--January 2020
Issue Acceptance Letter--April 2020
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--May 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--July 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2--August 2020
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2020
Commission issues Environmental Assessment--February 2021
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: December 10, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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