Town of Wells; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process, 56600-56601 [2020-20173]
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f. Location: On Crooked Creek and
Jim’s Lake, near the community of Elfin
Cove, in the Sitka Recording District,
Unorganized Borough, Alaska. The
project would occupy 13.98 acres of
federal land in the Tongass National
Forest, managed by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Joel Groves,
Polarconsult Alaska, Inc., 1503 W 33rd
Avenue, #310, Anchorage, Alaska
99503; phone: (907) 258–2420 ext. 204.
i. FERC Contact: John Matkowski at
(202) 502–8576; or email at
john.matkowski@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: October 23, 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
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY).
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The proposed project would consist
of two developments, the Upper System
and the Lower System.
The Upper System development
would consist of the following new
facilities: (1) A 16-foot-long, 6-footdiameter intake structure to divert up to
five cubic feet per second (cfs) from
Crooked Creek; (2) a 1,050-foot-long, 14-
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inch-diameter buried penstock
extending between the intake structure
and the powerhouse; (3) a 16-foot-long,
20-foot-wide, 20-foot-high powerhouse
containing a 35-kilowatt (kW) crossflow
turbine; (4) a tailrace discharging flows
into Jim’s Lake; and (5) appurtenant
facilities.
The Lower System development
would consist of the following facilities:
(1) 225-foot-long, 18-foot-high rock-fill
dam and intake structure at the outlet of
Jim’s Lake to divert up to 6.5 cfs from
Jim’s Lake; (2) a 2,550-foot-long, 16 to
18-inch-diameter buried penstock
extending between the intake and the
powerhouse; (3) 20-foot-long, 28-footwide, 14-foot-high powerhouse
containing a 105-kW impulse turbine;
(4) a tailrace discharging flows into Port
Althorp; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
The project would also include an
underground 8,800-foot-long, 7.2/12.47kilovolt (kV) transmission line
extending from the project powerhouses
at each of the developments to Elfin
Cove’s existing 7.2/12.47-kV
transmission line. The project would
generate an average of 788.3 megawatthours annually.
o. In addition to publishing the full
text of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents 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. 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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (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.
p. Procedural schedule: 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)—
November 2020
Request Additional Information—
November 2020
Issue Acceptance Letter—February 2021
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Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments—March 2021
Request Additional Information (if
necessary)—May 2021
Issue Scoping Document 2—June 2021
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis—June 2021
Commission issues Environmental
Assessment—December 2021
Dated: September 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 7274–034]
Town of Wells; Notice of Intent To File
License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document, Approving Use
of the Traditional Licensing Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 7274–034.
c. Date Filed: July 28, 2020.
d. Submitted By: Town of Wells.
e. Name of Project: Lake Algonquin
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Sacandaga River in
the Town of Wells, Hamilton County,
New York. The project does not occupy
any federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the
Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact:
Nicholas Mauro, Town of Wells, 1438
State Route 30, Wells, NY 12190; (518)
775–9390; email—nick-mauro@
townofwells.org.
i. FERC Contact: Samantha Pollak at
(202) 502–6419; or email at
samantha.pollak@ferc.gov.
j. The Town of Wells filed its request
to use the Traditional Licensing Process
on July 28, 2020. The Town of Wells
provided public notice of its request on
July 20, 2020. In a letter dated
September 8, 2020, the Director of the
Division of Hydropower Licensing
approved the Town of Wells’ request to
use the Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service under section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act and the
joint agency regulations thereunder at
50 CFR, Part 402. We are also initiating
consultation with the New York State
Historic Preservation Officer, as
required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
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implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating
the Town of Wells as the Commission’s
non-federal representative for carrying
out informal consultation pursuant to
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
and consultation pursuant to section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. The Town of Wells filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including
a proposed process plan and schedule)
with the Commission, pursuant to 18
CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s
regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed
on the Commission’s website (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. 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
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY).
o. The licensee states its unequivocal
intent to submit an application for a
subsequent license for Project No. 7274.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.20, each
application for a subsequent license and
any competing license applications
must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration
of the existing license. All applications
for license for this project must be filed
by July 31, 2023.
p. Register online at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Dated: September 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14635–001]
Village of Gouverneur, New York;
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: Original
Minor License.
b. Project No.: P–14635–001.
c. Date filed: September 20, 2019.
d. Applicant: Village of Gouverneur,
New York.
e. Name of Project: Gouverneur
Hydroelectric Project (Gouverneur
Project).
f. Location: The existing unlicensed
project is located on the Oswegatchie
River in the Village of Gouverneur in St.
Lawrence County, New York.
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;
ronaldpmcdougall@gmail.com.
i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at
jody.callihan@ferc.gov or (202) 502–
8278.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: October 9, 2020.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
comments using the Commission’s
eFiling system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.aspx. 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, 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–
14635–001.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
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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 Gouverneur
Project consists of: (1) A 250-foot-long
concrete gravity dam that includes two
bridge piers and three separate
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, each containing a 14-footwide trash rack; (4) a 20-foot by 36-foot
powerhouse integral to the dam and
containing two vertical axial flow
propeller type turbines rated at 100
kilowatts each and two 100-kilovoltampere Westinghouse generators with a
power factor of 0.8; (5) two generator
leads from the turbine-generator units to
a switchgear at the powerhouse
interconnecting with the local grid; and
(6) appurtenant facilities. The project
generates about 1,195 megawatt-hours
annually.
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–14635).
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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3673 or (202) 502–
8659 (TTY).
n. You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7274-034]
Town of Wells; Notice of Intent To File License Application,
Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the Traditional
Licensing Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 7274-034.
c. Date Filed: July 28, 2020.
d. Submitted By: Town of Wells.
e. Name of Project: Lake Algonquin Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Sacandaga River in the Town of Wells, Hamilton
County, New York. The project does not occupy any federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Nicholas Mauro, Town of Wells, 1438
State Route 30, Wells, NY 12190; (518) 775-9390; email_nick-
[email protected]
i. FERC Contact: Samantha Pollak at (202) 502-6419; or email at
[email protected].
j. The Town of Wells filed its request to use the Traditional
Licensing Process on July 28, 2020. The Town of Wells provided public
notice of its request on July 20, 2020. In a letter dated September 8,
2020, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved the
Town of Wells' request to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part
402. We are also initiating consultation with the New York State
Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
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implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating the Town of Wells as the
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. The Town of Wells filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD;
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission,
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed on the Commission's website
(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. 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 Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an
application for a subsequent license for Project No. 7274. Pursuant to
18 CFR 16.20, each application for a subsequent license and any
competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All
applications for license for this project must be filed by July 31,
2023.
p. Register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: September 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20173 Filed 9-11-20; 8:45 am]
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