Village of Gouverneur, New York; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, 31178 [2020-11118]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 100 (Friday, May 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 31178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11118]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14635-001]


Village of Gouverneur, New York; Notice of Application Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 14635-001.
    c. Date filed: September 20, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Village of Gouverneur, New York.
    e. Name of Project: Gouverneur Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Oswegatchie River, in the Village of 
Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. The project does not occupy 
any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ronald P. McDougall, Mayor, Village of 
Gouverneur, 33 Clinton Street, Gouverneur, NY 13642; (315) 287-1720.
    i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan, (202) 502-8278 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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).
    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 has been accepted for filing but is not ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. The Gouverneur Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 250-foot-long concrete gravity dam, including two 
bridge piers, which separate the dam into three spillways that range in 
crest elevation from 403.4 to 403.7 feet North American Vertical Datum 
of 1988 (NAVD88); (2) an impoundment with a surface area of 109 acres 
at the normal pool elevation of 403.8 feet NAVD88; (3) a concrete 
intake structure containing two trash rack bays separated by a 2-foot-
wide center pier; (4) a 20-foot-long by 36-foot-wide powerhouse that is 
integral with the dam and contains two vertical bulb turbines rated at 
100 kilowatts each and two 100-kilovolt-ampere Westinghouse generators 
with a power factor of 0.8; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The Village proposes to continue operating the project in a run-of-
river mode. In addition, the Village proposes to release a minimum flow 
of 110 cubic feet per second over the project's spillways. The project 
generated an annual average of 1,195 megawatt-hours between 2014 and 
2017.
    m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested individuals an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (www.ferc.gov) using the 
eLibrary link. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the 
Commission's Public Access Room due to the proclamation declaring a 
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), 
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC 
at [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.
    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. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title PROTEST 
or MOTION TO INTERVENE, NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION, 
or COMPETING APPLICATION; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing 
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the 
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Additional Information Request...  May 2020.
Responses to Additional Information      June 2020.
 Request.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments..  June 2020.
Comments on Scoping Document 1.........  July 2020.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental  July 2020.
 Analysis.
Issue Scoping Document 2...............  September 2020.
Commission issues EA...................  January 2021.
Comments on EA.........................  February 2021.
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    Dated: May 18, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-11118 Filed 5-21-20; 8:45 am]
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