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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 10482–122]
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Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC; Eagle
Creek Water Resources, LLC; Eagle
Creek Land Resources, LLC; Notice of
Application Accepted for Filing,
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and
Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary
Fishway Prescriptions
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 10482–122.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2020.
d. Applicants: Eagle Creek Hydro
Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water
Resources, LLC, and Eagle Creek Land
Resources, LLC (collectively referred to
as Eagle Creek).
e. Name of Project: Swinging Bridge
Hydroelectric Project (Swinging Bridge
Project).
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Mongaup River and Black
Lake Creek in Sullivan County, New
York. The project does not occupy
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Jody J. Smet,
Vice President Regulatory Affairs, 116 N
State Street, P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, WI
54960; Telephone (804) 739–0654.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema,
(312) 596–4447 or nicholas.ettema@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance
date of this notice; reply comments are
due 105 days from the issuance date of
this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file 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
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(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–
10482–122.
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 and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
The Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on July
15, 2020, revising the regulations under
40 CFR parts 1500–1518 that federal
agencies use to implement NEPA (see
Update to the Regulations Implementing
the Procedural Provisions of the
National Environmental Policy Act, 85
FR 43304). The Final Rule became
effective on and applies to any NEPA
process begun after September 14, 2020.
An agency may also apply the
regulations to ongoing activities and
environmental documents begun before
September 14, 2020, which includes the
proposed Swinging Bridge Project.
Commission staff intends to conduct its
NEPA review in accordance with CEQ’s
new regulations.
l. The Swinging Bridge Project
includes the Toronto Development, the
Cliff Lake Development, and the
Swinging Bridge Development. Water
stored in Toronto Reservoir is released
into Cliff Lake Reservoir, which is
connected to Swinging Bridge Reservoir
via a tunnel.
The Toronto Development consists of:
(1) A reservoir with a gross storage
capacity of 27,064 acre-feet and a
surface area of 843 acres; (2) a 1,620foot-long by 103-foot-high earth-fill dam
with a 25-foot-wide crest at elevation
1,230 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 (NGVD29); (3) a 700-footlong by 50-foot-wide concrete and rock
side-channel spillway equipped with 5foot-high by 50-foot-wide pin-type
flashboards; (4) a 17.5-foot-wide by
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11.5-foot-long gated concrete tower; (5)
an upper 4-foot-wide by 5-foot-high gate
and a lower 3-foot-wide by 5-foot-high
gate; and (6) a 565-foot-long by 8-footwide by 8-foot-high horseshoe-shaped
concrete conduit.
The Cliff Lake Development consists
of: (1) A reservoir with a gross storage
capacity of 3,200 acre-feet and a surface
area of 183 acres; (2) a 95-foot-long by
20-foot-wide by 36-foot-high east
earthen embankment; (3) a 150-foot-long
by 44-foot-wide by 36-foot-high concrete
non-overflow section; (4) a 100-foot-long
by 5-foot-wide by 26-foot-high concrete
overflow spillway section with 13-inchhigh flashboards; (5) a 270-foot-long by
20-foot-wide by 50-foot-high west
earthen embankment; (6) a 5.3-footwide,
6.7-foot-high, 2,100-foot-long horseshoeshaped tunnel; (7) a 4-foot by 4-foot
sluice gate; and (8) a 5-foot-wide by 5foot-high lift gate.
The Swinging Bridge Development
consists of: (1) A reservoir with a gross
storage capacity of 35,925 acre-feet and
a surface area of 980 acres; (2) a 965foot-long by 135-foot-high earth-fill dam
with a 25-foot-wide crest at elevation
1,080 feet NGVD29; (3) a 750-foot-long
by 250-foot-wide concrete side channel
spillway; (4) a 5-foot-high by 122.5-footwide gate section and five motor driven
22.5-foot-wide by 5-foot-high verticallift timber gates; (5) a 692-foot-long, 10foot-diameter steel lined concrete
penstock that supplied water to the Unit
1 powerhouse (which has been retired
in place); (6) a 22-foot-wide, 32-foothigh reinforced concrete intake covered
by an inclined, 22-foot-wide, 32.3-foothigh trashrack with bar clear spacing of
2.6 inches; (7) 784-foot-long, 9.75-footdiameter concrete-lined tunnel
connected to a 188-foot-long, 10-footdiameter all-steel penstock that supplies
water to the Unit 2 powerhouse; (8) a
30-foot-diameter steel surge tank; (9) a
10-foot-long, 4-foot-diameter penstock
branching off the Unit 2 penstock that
supplies water to the Unit 3
powerhouse; (10) a 48-foot-wide by 33foot-long by 35-foot, 8-inch-high brick
and steel Unit 2 powerhouse containing
one 6.75 megawatt (MW) generating
unit; (11) a 30-foot-long by 30-foot-wide
by 20-foot-high concrete and steel Unit
3 powerhouse containing one 1.1 MW
generating unit; (12) one 25-foot-wide
by 75-foot-long tailrace and one 6-footwide by 20-foot-long tailrace; and (13) a
150-foot-long, 2.3-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line that connects the Unit
2 powerhouse to an adjacent substation
and a 250-foot-long, 4-kV transmission
line that connects the Unit 3
powerhouse to the same substation. The
project generates an average of 11,639
megawatt-hours annually (Unit 2 only).
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Eagle Creek proposes to continue to
operate the project in a peaking mode.
m. A copy of the application can be
viewed on the Commission’s website 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, contact FERC
Online Support.
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. 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.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION
TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘COMMENTS,’’
‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’
‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY
FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (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.
All comments, recommendations, terms
and conditions or prescriptions must set
forth their evidentiary basis and
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 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. A copy of all other filings
in reference to this application 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
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
o. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to
the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions ............
Deadline for Filing Reply Comments ..................................................................................................................................................
p. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
q. A license applicant must file no
later than 60 days following the date of
issuance of the notice of acceptance and
ready for environmental analysis
provided for in § 5.22: (1) a copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality
certification. Please note that the
certification request must be sent to the
certifying authority and to the
Commission concurrently.
Dated: January 29, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2804–037]
Goose River Hydro Inc.; Notice of
Termination of License (Minor Project)
by Implied Surrender and Soliciting
Comments, Protests, and Motions To
Intervene
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric proceeding has been
initiated by the Commission:
a. Application Type: Termination of
License by Implied Surrender.
b. Project No: 2804–037.
c. Date Initiated: January 29, 2021.
d. Licensee: Goose River Hydro Inc.
e. Name of Project: Goose River
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The Goose River
Hydroelectric Project is located on the
Goose River near Belfast and Swanville,
Waldo County, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Standard Article
16.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kyle J.
Skinner, Vice President, Goose River
Hydro Inc., P.O. Box 334, Belfast, ME
04915.
i. FERC Contact: Diana Shannon,
(202) 502–6136, diana.shannon@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene and protests:
March 1, 2021.
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May 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, and protests 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
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
numbers P–2804–037. Comments
emailed to Commission staff are not
considered part of the Commission
record.
k. Description of Project Facilities:
The project includes five developments,
along approximately 8 miles of the
Goose River: Swan Lake, Mason’s, Kelly,
Mill, and Central Maine Power (CMP).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10482-122]
Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC; Eagle Creek Water Resources, LLC;
Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 10482-122.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2020.
d. Applicants: Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water
Resources, LLC, and Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC (collectively
referred to as Eagle Creek).
e. Name of Project: Swinging Bridge Hydroelectric Project (Swinging
Bridge Project).
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Mongaup River
and Black Lake Creek in Sullivan County, New York. The project does not
occupy federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Jody J. Smet, Vice President Regulatory
Affairs, 116 N State Street, P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, WI 54960;
Telephone (804) 739-0654.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, (312) 596-4447 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice; reply
comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
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
[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-10482-122.
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 and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on
July 15, 2020, revising the regulations under 40 CFR parts 1500-1518
that federal agencies use to implement NEPA (see Update to the
Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act, 85 FR 43304). The Final Rule became effective
on and applies to any NEPA process begun after September 14, 2020. An
agency may also apply the regulations to ongoing activities and
environmental documents begun before September 14, 2020, which includes
the proposed Swinging Bridge Project. Commission staff intends to
conduct its NEPA review in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
l. The Swinging Bridge Project includes the Toronto Development,
the Cliff Lake Development, and the Swinging Bridge Development. Water
stored in Toronto Reservoir is released into Cliff Lake Reservoir,
which is connected to Swinging Bridge Reservoir via a tunnel.
The Toronto Development consists of: (1) A reservoir with a gross
storage capacity of 27,064 acre-feet and a surface area of 843 acres;
(2) a 1,620-foot-long by 103-foot-high earth-fill dam with a 25-foot-
wide crest at elevation 1,230 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929 (NGVD29); (3) a 700-foot-long by 50-foot-wide concrete and rock
side-channel spillway equipped with 5-foot-high by 50-foot-wide pin-
type flashboards; (4) a 17.5-foot-wide by 11.5-foot-long gated concrete
tower; (5) an upper 4-foot-wide by 5-foot-high gate and a lower 3-foot-
wide by 5-foot-high gate; and (6) a 565-foot-long by 8-foot-wide by 8-
foot-high horseshoe-shaped concrete conduit.
The Cliff Lake Development consists of: (1) A reservoir with a
gross storage capacity of 3,200 acre-feet and a surface area of 183
acres; (2) a 95-foot-long by 20-foot-wide by 36-foot-high east earthen
embankment; (3) a 150-foot-long by 44-foot-wide by 36-foot-high
concrete non-overflow section; (4) a 100-foot-long by 5-foot-wide by
26-foot-high concrete overflow spillway section with 13-inch-high
flashboards; (5) a 270-foot-long by 20-foot-wide by 50-foot-high west
earthen embankment; (6) a 5.3-footwide, 6.7-foot-high, 2,100-foot-long
horseshoe-shaped tunnel; (7) a 4-foot by 4-foot sluice gate; and (8) a
5-foot-wide by 5-foot-high lift gate.
The Swinging Bridge Development consists of: (1) A reservoir with a
gross storage capacity of 35,925 acre-feet and a surface area of 980
acres; (2) a 965-foot-long by 135-foot-high earth-fill dam with a 25-
foot-wide crest at elevation 1,080 feet NGVD29; (3) a 750-foot-long by
250-foot-wide concrete side channel spillway; (4) a 5-foot-high by
122.5-foot-wide gate section and five motor driven 22.5-foot-wide by 5-
foot-high vertical-lift timber gates; (5) a 692-foot-long, 10-foot-
diameter steel lined concrete penstock that supplied water to the Unit
1 powerhouse (which has been retired in place); (6) a 22-foot-wide, 32-
foot-high reinforced concrete intake covered by an inclined, 22-foot-
wide, 32.3-foot-high trashrack with bar clear spacing of 2.6 inches;
(7) 784-foot-long, 9.75-foot-diameter concrete-lined tunnel connected
to a 188-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter all-steel penstock that supplies
water to the Unit 2 powerhouse; (8) a 30-foot-diameter steel surge
tank; (9) a 10-foot-long, 4-foot-diameter penstock branching off the
Unit 2 penstock that supplies water to the Unit 3 powerhouse; (10) a
48-foot-wide by 33-foot-long by 35-foot, 8-inch-high brick and steel
Unit 2 powerhouse containing one 6.75 megawatt (MW) generating unit;
(11) a 30-foot-long by 30-foot-wide by 20-foot-high concrete and steel
Unit 3 powerhouse containing one 1.1 MW generating unit; (12) one 25-
foot-wide by 75-foot-long tailrace and one 6-foot-wide by 20-foot-long
tailrace; and (13) a 150-foot-long, 2.3-kilovolt (kV) transmission line
that connects the Unit 2 powerhouse to an adjacent substation and a
250-foot-long, 4-kV transmission line that connects the Unit 3
powerhouse to the same substation. The project generates an average of
11,639 megawatt-hours annually (Unit 2 only).
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Eagle Creek proposes to continue to operate the project in a peaking
mode.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website 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, contact FERC Online
Support.
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. 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.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (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. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 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. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application 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 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
o. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deadline for filing comments, March 2021.
recommendations, preliminary terms and
conditions, and preliminary fishway
prescriptions.
Deadline for Filing Reply Comments....... May 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 this notice.
q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for
environmental analysis provided for in Sec. 5.22: (1) a copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of the request for
certification, including proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality
certification. Please note that the certification request must be sent
to the certifying authority and to the Commission concurrently.
Dated: January 29, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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