Great River Hydro, LLC; Notice Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 83540-83541 [2020-28237]

Download as PDF 83540 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 22, 2020 / Notices Signed in Washington, DC, on December 17, 2020. LaTanya Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2020–28203 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1855–050] Great River Hydro, LLC; Notice Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments Take notice that the following amended hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 1855–050. c. Date Material Amendments Filed: December 7, 2020. d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC (Great River Hydro). e. Name of Project: Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The existing project is located on the Connecticut River in Windsor and Windham Counties, Vermont, and Sullivan and Cheshire Counties, New Hampshire. There are no federal lands within the project boundary. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: John Ragonese, FERC License Manager, Great River Hydro, LLC, 40 Pleasant Street, Suite 202, Portsmouth, NH 03801; (603) 498– 2851 or jragonese@greatriverhydro.com. i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202) 502–6131 or stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. Great River Hydro filed an application for a new license for the Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 1855 on May 1, 2017. In the license application, Great River Hydro stated that it could not develop a complete licensing proposal for the project since many of the required environmental studies were not complete as of May 1, 2017. Great River Hydro indicated that it would amend the license application after completing additional field work, consultation, and analyses on the required studies. Great River Hydro filed material amendments to the final license application on December 7, 2020. l. Project Description: The existing Bellows Falls Project consists of: (1) A 643-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam that includes: (a) Two 18-foot-high, 115-foot-wide steel roller gates; (b) two 13-foot-high, 121-foot-wide stanchion flashboards; and (c) a 13-foot-high, 100foot-wide stanchion flashboard; (2) a 26mile-long, 2,804-acre impoundment with a useable storage volume of 7,467 acre-feet between elevations 288.63 and 291.63 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (3) a 1,700foot-long, 36- to 100-foot-wide, 29-footdeep stone-lined power canal; (4) a 130.25-foot-wide concrete forebay that includes trashracks with 4-inch clear bar spacing; (5) a 186-foot-long, 106foot-wide, 52-foot-high steel frame, brick powerhouse containing three 13.6megawatt (MW) vertical Francis turbinegenerator units, for a total project capacity of 40.8 MW; (6) three approximately 20-foot-high, 31-footwide concrete draft tubes; (7) a 900-footlong tailrace; (8) a 12-foot-wide, 10-foothigh ice sluice; (9) three 80-foot-long, 6.6-kilovolt generator leads that connect the turbine-generator units to two stepup transformers; (10) a 920-foot-long, 8foot-wide fishway; (11) a concrete fish barrier dam in the bypassed reach; and (12) appurtenant facilities. Great River Hydro operates the project in coordination with its upstream Wilder Project No. 1892 and downstream Vernon Project No. 1904 and in a peaking mode. Average annual generation is approximately 239,070 MW-hours. Great River Hydro is proposing changes to project operation that would reduce impoundment fluctuations and increase the stability of downstream flow releases relative to current project operation, including targeted water surface elevation levels and flow ramping rates. Great River Hydro proposes several protection, mitigation, and enhancement measures for aquatic, terrestrial, cultural, and recreation resources, and threatened and endangered species. The specific proposed changes are described in the amended application. 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., license application) 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–1855). 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 (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. o. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. Milestone Target date jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Commission issues letter identifying application deficiencies and requesting additional information ............................................. Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ................................................................................................ Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions .............................................................. Reply Comments due ....................................................................................................................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:30 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1 January 2021. May 2021. July 2021. August 2021. Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 22, 2020 / Notices p. 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 16, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–28237 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER21–654–000] jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES PGR Lessee O, 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 proceeding of PGR Lessee O, LLC’s application for marketbased 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 January 5, 2021. 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 may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:30 Dec 21, 2020 Jkt 253001 delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 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 of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// 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 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FERCOnline Support@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Dated: December 16, 2020. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2020–28239 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP21–14–000] Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline Take notice that on December 7, 2020, Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia), 1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall, New Jersey, 07719, filed in the above referenced docket a prior notice pursuant to Section 157.210 and 157.216 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s regulations under the Natural Gas Act, seeking authorization to install and operate one new electric motor-driven 3,000 hp reciprocating compressor unit at its Marcus Hook Compressor Station in Delaware County, Pennsylvania including related equipment such as one horizontal process gas cooler, two variable frequency drives, one motor control center assembly and instrumentation and communication equipment, all within the existing certificated foot print of the station. Installation of unit will increase the overall hp at the facility from 5,625 hp to 8,625 hp and increase the certificated capacity of its system by 16,500 Dth/d, from 250,000 to PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 83541 266,500 Dth/d.1 The Project is designed to increase the discharge pressure at the Marcus Hook Compressor Station to provide firm service to a new shipper that will transport gas on Adelphia’s system to the interconnection with Columbia Gas. Adelphia proposes to install these facilities under authorities granted by its blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP18–46–000, et al.2 Adelphia estimates the cost of the project to be approximately $4.6 million, all as more fully set forth in the request which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. 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 of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// 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 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Any questions concerning this application should be directed to Ginger P. Richman, President, Adelphia Gateway, LLC, (732) 938–1268, GRichman@NJResources.com, 1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall, NJ 07719. Public Participation There are three ways to become involved in the Commission’s review of this project: You can file a protest to the project, you can file a motion to intervene in the proceeding, and you can file comments on the project. There is no fee or cost for filing protests, motions to intervene, or comments. The deadline for filing protests, motions to intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 16, 2021. How to file protests, motions to intervene, and comments is explained below. Protests Pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission’s regulations under the 1 Adelphia Gateway, LLC, errata letter, December 9, 2020. 2 Adelphia Gateway, LLC, 169 FERC 61,220 (2019), order denying reh’g 171 FERC 61,049 (2020). E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83540-83541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28237]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1855-050]


Great River Hydro, LLC; Notice Establishing Procedural Schedule 
for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following amended hydroelectric application 
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public 
inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 1855-050.
    c. Date Material Amendments Filed: December 7, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC (Great River Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Connecticut 
River in Windsor and Windham Counties, Vermont, and Sullivan and 
Cheshire Counties, New Hampshire. There are no federal lands within the 
project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: John Ragonese, FERC License Manager, Great 
River Hydro, LLC, 40 Pleasant Street, Suite 202, Portsmouth, NH 03801; 
(603) 498-2851 or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202) 502-6131 or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Great River Hydro filed an application for a new license for the 
Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 1855 on May 1, 2017. In the 
license application, Great River Hydro stated that it could not develop 
a complete licensing proposal for the project since many of the 
required environmental studies were not complete as of May 1, 2017. 
Great River Hydro indicated that it would amend the license application 
after completing additional field work, consultation, and analyses on 
the required studies. Great River Hydro filed material amendments to 
the final license application on December 7, 2020.
    l. Project Description: The existing Bellows Falls Project consists 
of: (1) A 643-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam that includes: (a) 
Two 18-foot-high, 115-foot-wide steel roller gates; (b) two 13-foot-
high, 121-foot-wide stanchion flashboards; and (c) a 13-foot-high, 100-
foot-wide stanchion flashboard; (2) a 26-mile-long, 2,804-acre 
impoundment with a useable storage volume of 7,467 acre-feet between 
elevations 288.63 and 291.63 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 
1929 (NGVD 29); (3) a 1,700-foot-long, 36- to 100-foot-wide, 29-foot-
deep stone-lined power canal; (4) a 130.25-foot-wide concrete forebay 
that includes trashracks with 4-inch clear bar spacing; (5) a 186-foot-
long, 106-foot-wide, 52-foot-high steel frame, brick powerhouse 
containing three 13.6-megawatt (MW) vertical Francis turbine-generator 
units, for a total project capacity of 40.8 MW; (6) three approximately 
20-foot-high, 31-foot-wide concrete draft tubes; (7) a 900-foot-long 
tailrace; (8) a 12-foot-wide, 10-foot-high ice sluice; (9) three 80-
foot-long, 6.6-kilovolt generator leads that connect the turbine-
generator units to two step-up transformers; (10) a 920-foot-long, 8-
foot-wide fishway; (11) a concrete fish barrier dam in the bypassed 
reach; and (12) appurtenant facilities.
    Great River Hydro operates the project in coordination with its 
upstream Wilder Project No. 1892 and downstream Vernon Project No. 1904 
and in a peaking mode. Average annual generation is approximately 
239,070 MW-hours. Great River Hydro is proposing changes to project 
operation that would reduce impoundment fluctuations and increase the 
stability of downstream flow releases relative to current project 
operation, including targeted water surface elevation levels and flow 
ramping rates. Great River Hydro proposes several protection, 
mitigation, and enhancement measures for aquatic, terrestrial, 
cultural, and recreation resources, and threatened and endangered 
species. The specific proposed changes are described in the amended 
application.
    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., license application) 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-
1855). 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, (866) 208-3676 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.
    o. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule may be made as appropriate.

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                  Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues letter identifying           January 2021.
 application deficiencies and requesting
 additional information.
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for       May 2021.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms   July 2021.
 and conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
Reply Comments due...........................  August 2021.
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    p. 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 16, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28237 Filed 12-21-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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