City of Watervliet, NY; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments, 56594 [2020-20164]
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motions to intervene, or protests must
set forth their evidentiary basis. Any
filing made by an intervenor must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
385.2010.
Dated: September 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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City of Watervliet, NY; Notice Soliciting
Scoping Comments
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.: P–2955–011.
c. Date filed: February 28, 2020.
d. Applicant: City of Watervliet, New
York.
e. Name of Project: Normanskill
Hydropower Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the Normans Kill in Guilderland,
Albany 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: Michele E.
Stottler, Gomez and Sullivan Engineers,
DPC, 399 Albany Shaker Road, Suite
203, Loudonville, NY 12211; (518) 407–
0050; email—mstottler@
gomezandsullivan.com or Joseph
LaCivita, General Manager, The City of
Watervliet, 2 Fifteenth Street,
Watervliet, NY 12189; (518) 270–3800;
email—jlacivita@watervliet.com.
i. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi at
(202) 502–6336; or email at
woohee.choi@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: October 8, 2020.
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
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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, you
may submit a paper copy. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–2955–011.
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. The Normanskill Project consists of
the following existing facilities: (1) A
380-foot-long reinforced concrete
Ambursen-type dam with a 306-footlong overflow section having a crest
elevation of 259 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29)
surmounted by 3-foot-high flashboards;
(2) a 380-acre reservoir with a gross
volume of 3,600 acre-feet at the normal
maximum pool elevation of 262 feet
NGVD29; (3) an intake structure and
sluiceway; (4) a 700-foot-long, 6-footdiameter, concrete-encased steel, buried
penstock; (5) a reinforced concrete
underground powerhouse containing a
single 1,250-kilowatt tube-type
generating unit; (6) a 600-foot-long, 2.4kilovolt (kV) transmission line; (7) a 2.4/
13.2-kV transformer bank; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
m. In addition to publishing the full
text of this notice in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
notice, as well as other documents in
the proceeding (e.g., scoping document)
via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (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 (P–2955).
At this time, the Commission has
suspended access to the Commission’s
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Public Reference 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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3673 or (202) 502–
8659 (TTY).
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 Normanskill
Hydroelectric Project in accordance
with the National Environmental Policy
Act. The EA will consider both sitespecific 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 September 8, 2020.
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: September 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2955-011]
City of Watervliet, NY; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
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.: P-2955-011.
c. Date filed: February 28, 2020.
d. Applicant: City of Watervliet, New York.
e. Name of Project: Normanskill Hydropower Project.
f. Location: The project is located on the Normans Kill in
Guilderland, Albany 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: Michele E. Stottler, Gomez and Sullivan
Engineers, DPC, 399 Albany Shaker Road, Suite 203, Loudonville, NY
12211; (518) 407-0050; [email protected] or Joseph
LaCivita, General Manager, The City of Watervliet, 2 Fifteenth Street,
Watervliet, NY 12189; (518) 270-3800; [email protected]
i. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi at (202) 502-6336; or email at
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: October 8, 2020.
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, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket
number P-2955-011.
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. The Normanskill Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) A 380-foot-long reinforced concrete Ambursen-type dam
with a 306-foot-long overflow section having a crest elevation of 259
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29) surmounted by 3-
foot-high flashboards; (2) a 380-acre reservoir with a gross volume of
3,600 acre-feet at the normal maximum pool elevation of 262 feet
NGVD29; (3) an intake structure and sluiceway; (4) a 700-foot-long, 6-
foot-diameter, concrete-encased steel, buried penstock; (5) a
reinforced concrete underground powerhouse containing a single 1,250-
kilowatt tube-type generating unit; (6) a 600-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt
(kV) transmission line; (7) a 2.4/13.2-kV transformer bank; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
m. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., scoping document) via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 (P-2955). At
this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's
Public Reference 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) 208-3673 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
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 Normanskill 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 (SD) issued
on September 8, 2020.
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: September 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20164 Filed 9-11-20; 8:45 am]
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