Bard College, New York; Notice of Application Accepted For Filing, Intent To Waive Scoping, and Soliciting Motions To Intervene And Protests, 20681-20682 [2021-08232]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 21, 2021 / Notices Dated: April 14, 2021. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–08221 Filed 4–20–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15021–000] khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Bard College, New York; Notice of Application Accepted For Filing, Intent To Waive Scoping, and Soliciting Motions To Intervene And Protests Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Exemption from Licensing. b. Project No.: 15021–000. c. Date filed: December 23, 2019. d. Applicant: Bard College, New York. e. Name of Project: Annandale Micro Hydropower Project (Annandale Project). f. Location: On Saw Kill, a tributary of the Hudson River, in the Town of Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. The project does not occupy federal land. g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708 (2018), amended by the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013, Public Law 113–23, 127 Stat. 493 (2013). h. Applicant Contact: Randy Clum, Director, Buildings and Grounds, Bard College, 30 Campus Road, Annandaleon-Hudson, NY 12504; and/or Joel Herm/Jan Borchert, Current Hydro, Inc., PO Box 224, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury, (202) 502–6736 or monir.chowdhury@ ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with the Commission within 75 days from the issuance date of this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file motions to intervene and protests 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.. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Apr 20, 2021 Jkt 253001 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–15021–000. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all interveners 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 intervener 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 but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The Annandale Project would consist of: (1) An existing 240-foot-long dam with a maximum height of 13 feet impounding a 3-acre reservoir at a normal pool elevation of 148 feet North American Vertical datum of 1988; (2) one new 9-foot-wide, 9-foot-long, 8-foothigh concrete tank with a spiral internal shape and housing a 10-kilowatt gravitational vortex turbine-generator unit; (3) a new 60-foot-long, 480-volt underground generator lead connecting the turbine-generator unit with an electrical panel that is connected to a step-up transformer via a new 10-footlong, 480-volt underground transmission line; (4) a new 50-footlong, 7.6-kilovolt underground transmission line connecting the stepup transformer to the local grid; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to generate an average of 51 megawatt-hours annually. The applicant proposes to operate the project in a runof-river 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. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20681 For assistance, contact FERC Online Support n. Due to the small size and location of this project, the applicant’s close coordination with federal and state agencies during preparation of the application, and studies completed during pre-filing consultation, we intend to waive scoping and expedite the licensing process. Based on a review of the application and resource agency consultation letters including comments filed to date, Commission staff intends to prepare a NEPA document to address resource issues identified during the pre-filing period. Commission staff does not anticipate that any new issues would be identified through additional scoping. The NEPA document will assess the potential effects of project operation on geology and soils, aquatic, terrestrial, threatened and endangered species, recreation, cultural and historic resources, and flooding upstream of the dam. o. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing development application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be accepted in response to this notice. A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. p. 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,’’ ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ or ‘‘REPLY COMMENTS;’’ (2) set forth in E:\FR\FM\21APN1.SGM 21APN1 20682 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 21, 2021 / Notices 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. 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. q. Updated procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following procedural schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. Milestone Target date Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 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: April 15, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–08232 Filed 4–20–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. RM20–10–000; AD19–19–000] khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act; Notice of Workshop Take notice that Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff will convene a workshop to discuss certain performance-based ratemaking approaches, particularly shared savings, that may foster deployment of transmission technologies. Commissioners may attend and participate in the workshop. Transmission technologies, as deployed in certain circumstances, may enhance reliability, efficiency, and capacity, and improve the operation of new or existing transmission facilities. The workshop will discuss issues related to shared savings approaches 1 for transmission technologies seeking incentives under Federal Power Act section 219.2 The workshop will focus on how to calculate ex ante and ex post benefit analyses for transmission technologies seeking incentives. Specifically, the workshop will explore the maturity of the modeling approaches for various transmission technologies; the data needed to study the benefits/ costs of such technologies; issues pertaining to access to or confidentiality of this data; the time horizons that 1 See, e.g., WATT Coalition and Advanced Energy Economy July 1, 2020 Comments. 2 16 U.S.C. 824s(b)(3). VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Apr 20, 2021 Jkt 253001 should be considered for such studies; and other issues related to verifying forecasted benefits. The workshop may also discuss other issues, including whether and how to account for circumstances in which benefits do not materialize as anticipated. The workshop may also explore other performance-based ratemaking approaches for transmission technologies seeking incentives under Federal Power Act section 219, particularly market-based incentives.3 The workshop will be held on September 10, 2021, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. At this time, the workshop is expected to be held remotely. A supplemental notice will be issued prior to the workshop with further details regarding the agenda and organization, as well as the details for accessing the workshop. Individuals interested in participating as panelists should submit a selfnomination email by 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2021 to Samin.Peirovi@ferc.gov. Each nomination should indicate the proposed panelist’s name, contact information, organizational affiliation, and what topics the proposed panelist would speak on. The workshop will be open for the public to attend electronically. There is no fee for attendance. Commission workshops are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208– 8659 (TTY) or send a fax to 202–208– 2106 with the required accommodations. For more information about this workshop, please contact: Samin Peirovi (Technical Information) Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, (202) 502–8080, samin.peirovi@ferc.gov 3 See, e.g., Potomac Economics July 1, 2020 Comments at 11–12, 19; Independent Market Monitor for PJM July 1, 2020 Comments at 7–15. PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 July 9, 2021. Meghan O’Brien (Legal Information) Office of the General Counsel, (202) 502–6137, meghan.o’brien@ferc.gov Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information) Office of External Affairs, (202) 502– 8004, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov Dated: April 15, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–08237 Filed 4–20–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP21–94–000] Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification Application On April 5, 2021, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a copy of its application for a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), in conjunction with the above captioned project. Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6, we hereby notify the PA DEP of the following: Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: March 31, 2021. Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One year. Date Waiver Occurs for Failure to Act: March 31, 2022. If PA DEP fails or refuses to act on the water quality certification request by the above waiver date, then the agency’s certifying authority is deemed waived pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). Dated: April 13, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–08127 Filed 4–20–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P E:\FR\FM\21APN1.SGM 21APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20681-20682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08232]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15021-000]


Bard College, New York; Notice of Application Accepted For 
Filing, Intent To Waive Scoping, and Soliciting Motions To Intervene 
And Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Exemption from Licensing.
    b. Project No.: 15021-000.
    c. Date filed: December 23, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Bard College, New York.
    e. Name of Project: Annandale Micro Hydropower Project (Annandale 
Project).
    f. Location: On Saw Kill, a tributary of the Hudson River, in the 
Town of Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. The project does not 
occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708 (2018), amended by the Hydropower Regulatory 
Efficiency Act of 2013, Public Law 113-23, 127 Stat. 493 (2013).
    h. Applicant Contact: Randy Clum, Director, Buildings and Grounds, 
Bard College, 30 Campus Road, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504; and/or 
Joel Herm/Jan Borchert, Current Hydro, Inc., PO Box 224, Rhinebeck, NY 
12572.
    i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury, (202) 502-6736 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and 
protests: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 75 days from the 
issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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.. 
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-15021-000.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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 but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Annandale Project would consist of: (1) An existing 240-
foot-long dam with a maximum height of 13 feet impounding a 3-acre 
reservoir at a normal pool elevation of 148 feet North American 
Vertical datum of 1988; (2) one new 9-foot-wide, 9-foot-long, 8-foot-
high concrete tank with a spiral internal shape and housing a 10-
kilowatt gravitational vortex turbine-generator unit; (3) a new 60-
foot-long, 480-volt underground generator lead connecting the turbine-
generator unit with an electrical panel that is connected to a step-up 
transformer via a new 10-foot-long, 480-volt underground transmission 
line; (4) a new 50-foot-long, 7.6-kilovolt underground transmission 
line connecting the step-up transformer to the local grid; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to generate an average 
of 51 megawatt-hours annually. The applicant proposes to operate the 
project in a run-of-river 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. Due to the small size and location of this project, the 
applicant's close coordination with federal and state agencies during 
preparation of the application, and studies completed during pre-filing 
consultation, we intend to waive scoping and expedite the licensing 
process. Based on a review of the application and resource agency 
consultation letters including comments filed to date, Commission staff 
intends to prepare a NEPA document to address resource issues 
identified during the pre-filing period. Commission staff does not 
anticipate that any new issues would be identified through additional 
scoping. The NEPA document will assess the potential effects of project 
operation on geology and soils, aquatic, terrestrial, threatened and 
endangered species, recreation, cultural and historic resources, and 
flooding upstream of the dam.
    o. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    p. 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,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,'' or 
``REPLY COMMENTS;'' (2) set forth in

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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. 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.
    q. Updated procedural schedule and final amendments: The 
application will be processed according to the following procedural 
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Notice of Ready for               July 9, 2021.
 Environmental Analysis.
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    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: April 15, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-08232 Filed 4-20-21; 8:45 am]
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