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[FR Doc. 2020–28236 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Project No. 1904–078]
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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.: 1904–078.
c. Date Material Amendments Filed:
December 7, 2020.
d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC
(Great River Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Vernon
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Connecticut River in
Windham County, Vermont, and
Cheshire County, 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
Vernon Hydroelectric Project No. 1904
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
Vernon Project consists of: (1) A 956foot-long, 58-foot-high concrete dam
that includes: (a) 356-foot-long section
integral to the powerhouse; and (b) a
600-foot-long overflow spillway section
that includes: (i) A 9-foot-high, 6-footwide downstream fishway sluice; (ii) a
13-foot-high, 13-foot-wide trash/ice
sluice; (iii) two 20-foot-high, 50-footwide tainter gates; (iv) four 10-foot-high,
50-foot-wide tainter gates; (v) two 10foot-high, 50-foot-wide hydraulic panel
bays; (vi) two 10-foot-high, 50-foot-wide
stanchion bays; (vii) a 10-foot-high,
42.5-foot-wide stanchion bay; and (viii)
eight 7-foot-high, 9-foot-wide hydraulic
flood gates; (2) a 26-mile-long, 2,550acre impoundment with a useable
storage volume of 18,300 acre-feet
between elevations 212.13 and 220.13
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929 (NGVD 29); (3) eight
approximately 30-foot-high trashracks
with 1.75-inch clear bar spacing and
two approximately 30-foot-high
trashracks with 3.625-inch clear bar
spacing; (4) a 356-foot-long, 55-footwide, 45-foot-high reinforced concrete,
steel, and brick powerhouse containing
four 2-megawatt (MW) vertical Francis
turbine-generator units, four 4–MW
vertical Kaplan turbine-generator units,
and two 4.2–MW vertical Francis
turbine-generator units, for a total
project capacity of 32.4 MW; (5) ten
concrete draft tubes ranging from 16 to
27 feet in diameter; (6) a 500-foot-long,
13.8-kilovolt underground generator
lead that connects the turbine-generator
units to two step-up transformers; (7) a
984-foot-long, 15-foot-wide upstream
fishway; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
Great River Hydro operates the project
in coordination with its upstream
Wilder Project No. 1892 and Bellows
Falls Project No. 1855 and in a peaking
mode. Average annual generation is
approximately 158,028 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–1904).
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
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 ..............................................................
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Milestone
Target date
Reply Comments due .......................................................................................................................................................................
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. 2020–28244 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am]
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Applicants: Dry Lake Solar Holdings
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Filed Date: 12/11/20.
Accession Number: 20201211–5214.
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Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/6/21.
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Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2020–12–16_Shared Network Upgrades
Amendment Filing to be effective 2/1/
2021.
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Accession Number: 20201216–5146.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/6/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–653–000.
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LLC.
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Centerfield Cooper Solar, LLC MBR
Tariff to be effective 12/16/2020.
Filed Date: 12/15/20.
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Accession Number: 20201215–5158.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–654–000.
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Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
PGR Lessee O, LLC MBR Tariff to be
effective 12/16/2020.
Filed Date: 12/15/20.
Accession Number: 20201215–5161.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–655–000.
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Description: Notice of cancellation of
Rate Schedule No. 182 of Arizona
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Filed Date: 12/15/20.
Accession Number: 20201215–5176.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–656–000.
Applicants: Florida Power & Light
Company.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
FPL’s Seventh Amendment to LCEC
Rate Schedule No. 317 to be effective
12/16/2020.
Filed Date: 12/15/20.
Accession Number: 20201215–5181.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–657–000.
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Transmission Access Charge Balancing
Account Adjustment (2021 TACBAA) to
be effective 3/1/2021.
Filed Date: 12/15/20.
Accession Number: 20201215–5185.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–658–000.
Applicants: Florida Power & Light
Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
FPL’s Eighth Amendment to FKEC’s
Rate Schedule 322 to be effective 12/16/
2020.
Filed Date: 12/15/20.
Accession Number: 20201215–5186.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–659–000.
Applicants: NSTAR Electric
Company.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Cancellation Transfer Agrmnt between
NSTAR NEMC for transfer of CMEEC
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Filed Date: 12/15/20.
Accession Number: 20201215–5188.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–660–000.
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Filed Date: 12/15/20.
Accession Number: 20201215–5189.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–661–000.
Applicants: NSTAR Electric
Company.
Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Cancellation of NSTAR–HQUS Transfer
Agreement (ENE Use Rights) to be
effective 12/15/2020.
Filed Date: 12/15/20.
Accession Number: 20201215–5190.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/5/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–662–000.
Applicants: Mobile Energy, LLC.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Notice of Succession and Revisions to
MBR Tariff, and Request for Waivers to
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Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5038.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/6/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–663–000.
Applicants: Tri-State Generation and
Transmission Association, Inc.
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Notice of Cancellation of Rate Schedule
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Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5049.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/6/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–664–000.
Applicants: Elmwood Park Power,
LLC.
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Notice of Cancellation to be effective
3/12/2021.
Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5073.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/6/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–665–000.
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Queue No. AF1–194 (amend) to be
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Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5104.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/6/21.
Docket Numbers: ER21–666–000.
Applicants: WPPI Energy.
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Accession Number: 20201216–5160.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1904-078]
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.: 1904-078.
c. Date Material Amendments Filed: December 7, 2020.
d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC (Great River Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Vernon Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Connecticut
River in Windham County, Vermont, and Cheshire County, 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
Vernon Hydroelectric Project No. 1904 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 Vernon Project consists of:
(1) A 956-foot-long, 58-foot-high concrete dam that includes: (a) 356-
foot-long section integral to the powerhouse; and (b) a 600-foot-long
overflow spillway section that includes: (i) A 9-foot-high, 6-foot-wide
downstream fishway sluice; (ii) a 13-foot-high, 13-foot-wide trash/ice
sluice; (iii) two 20-foot-high, 50-foot-wide tainter gates; (iv) four
10-foot-high, 50-foot-wide tainter gates; (v) two 10-foot-high, 50-
foot-wide hydraulic panel bays; (vi) two 10-foot-high, 50-foot-wide
stanchion bays; (vii) a 10-foot-high, 42.5-foot-wide stanchion bay; and
(viii) eight 7-foot-high, 9-foot-wide hydraulic flood gates; (2) a 26-
mile-long, 2,550-acre impoundment with a useable storage volume of
18,300 acre-feet between elevations 212.13 and 220.13 feet National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (3) eight approximately 30-
foot-high trashracks with 1.75-inch clear bar spacing and two
approximately 30-foot-high trashracks with 3.625-inch clear bar
spacing; (4) a 356-foot-long, 55-foot-wide, 45-foot-high reinforced
concrete, steel, and brick powerhouse containing four 2-megawatt (MW)
vertical Francis turbine-generator units, four 4-MW vertical Kaplan
turbine-generator units, and two 4.2-MW vertical Francis turbine-
generator units, for a total project capacity of 32.4 MW; (5) ten
concrete draft tubes ranging from 16 to 27 feet in diameter; (6) a 500-
foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt underground generator lead that connects the
turbine-generator units to two step-up transformers; (7) a 984-foot-
long, 15-foot-wide upstream fishway; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
Great River Hydro operates the project in coordination with its
upstream Wilder Project No. 1892 and Bellows Falls Project No. 1855 and
in a peaking mode. Average annual generation is approximately 158,028
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-
1904). 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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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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. 2020-28244 Filed 12-21-20; 8:45 am]
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