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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on August 30, 2021.
Dated: August 12, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 4718–039]
Cocheco Falls Associates; Notice of
Application Accepted for Filing,
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and
Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent
Minor License.
b. Project No.: 4718–039.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2020.
d. Applicant: Cocheco Falls
Associates (CFA).
e. Name of Project: Cocheco Falls
Dam Project.
f. Location: On the Cocheco River in
the city of Dover, Strafford County, New
Hampshire. The project does not occupy
federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John
Webster, Cocheco Falls Associates, P.O.
Box 178, South Berwick, ME 03908;
Phone at (207) 384–5334, or email at
Hydromagnt@gwi.net.
i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang at (202)
502–8250, or amy.chang@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and 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 motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions 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
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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–4718–
039.
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 the National
Environmental Policy Act (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.
Commission staff intends to conduct its
NEPA review in accordance with CEQ’s
new regulations.
l. Project Description: The existing
Cocheco Falls Dam Project consists of:
(1) A 150-foot-long, 13.5-foot-high stone
masonry arch dam that includes the
following sections: (a) A 4-foot-long left
abutment section; (b) a 140-foot-long
spillway section with 24-inch-high
flashboards, a 5-foot-wide, 10-foot-high
low-level outlet gate, and a crest
elevation of 36.25 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29) at the
top of the flashboards; and (c) a 6-footlong right abutment section with a 4foot-wide, 9-foot-high debris sluice gate;
(2) an impoundment with a surface area
of 20 acres and a storage capacity of 150
acre-feet at an elevation of 36.25 feet
NGVD29; (3) a 64-foot-wide, 10-foothigh intake structure equipped with a
trashrack with 1-inch clear bar spacing;
(4) an 8.5-foot-diameter, 184-foot-long
gated steel penstock that trifurcates into
three 5-foot-diameter, 8-foot-long
sections, each controlled by a 5-footdiameter butterfly valve; (5) a 40-footlong, 40-foot-wide concrete and brick
masonry powerhouse containing three
238-kilowatt (kW) vertical Flygt
submersible turbine-generator units for
a total installed capacity of 714 kW; (6)
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a 40-foot-long, 40-foot-wide tailrace that
discharges into the Cocheco River; (7) a
0.48/34.5-kilovolt (kV) step-up
transformer and a 1,000-foot-long, 34.5kV underground transmission line that
connects the project to the local utility
distribution system; and (8) appurtenant
facilities.
CFA voluntarily operates the project
in a run-of-river mode using an
automatic pond level control system to
regulate turbine operation, such that
outflow from the project approximates
inflow. The project creates an
approximately 200-foot-long bypassed
reach of the Cocheco River.
Downstream fish passage is provided
by a bypass facility located on the left
side of the dam that consist of a 5.6-footwide, 7-foot-long fish collection box, a
trashrack with 6-inch clear bar spacing,
and a 24-inch-diameter PVC fish
passage pipe. Upstream fish passage is
provided by a Denil fish ladder located
on the right side of the dam. The Denil
fish ladder is owned and maintained by
the New Hampshire Fish and Game
Department, and is not a project facility.
Article 25 of the current license, as
amended on September 24, 2002,
requires a minimum flow release to the
bypassed reach of: (1) 20 cubic feet per
second (cfs) through the fish ladder
from April 15–June 30; (2) 20 cfs
through the trash sluiceway from April
15–June 15, to attract anadromous fish
to the fish ladder; and (3) 20 cfs through
the downstream fish passage facility
from April 15 until ice forms on the
river. The average annual energy
production from 2014 to 2018 was 1,438
megawatt-hours.
CFA proposes to: (1) Continue to
operate the project in a run-of-river
mode; (2) continue to facilitate upstream
and downstream fish passage by
providing the minimum flows required
by the current license; (3) design and
install an upstream eel passage facility
within 4 years of the effective date of a
subsequent license; and (4) consult with
the New Hampshire State Historic
Preservation Officer before beginning
any land-disturbing activities or
alterations to known historic structures
within the project boundary.
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.
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
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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,’’ ‘‘TERMS
AND CONDITIONS,’’ or
‘‘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 on the service list
prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR
4.34(b) and 385.2010.
You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/
overview to be notified via email of new
filings and issuances related to this or
other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
o. The applicant must file no later
than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (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 comply with
40 CFR 121.5(b), including
documentation that a pre-filing meeting
request was submitted to the certifying
authority at least 30 days prior to
submitting the certification request.
Please also note that the certification
request must be sent to the certifying
authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
p. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
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to the following schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Deadline for filing interventions, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments ..............................................................................................................................................
November 2021.
q. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: August 12, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
I. General Information
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Although others may be affected, this
action applies directly to the submitters
of the PMNs addressed in this action.
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OCSPP]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Certain New Chemicals or Significant
New Uses; Statements of Findings for
June 2021
[Docket No. AD21–8–00]
Technical Conference on
Reassessment of the Electric Quarterly
Report Requirements; Notice of
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AGENCY:
Take notice that on October 14, 2021,
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) will convene
a staff-led technical conference via
webcast as part of a reassessment of the
Electric Quarterly Report (EQR)
requirements. A supplemental notice
will be issued prior to the conference
with further details regarding the
agenda, meeting registration
information, and electronic log-in
information.
The purpose of this technical
conference is to provide a forum for
Commission staff, filers, and data users
to discuss potential changes to the
current EQR data fields. This technical
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conferences related to a reassessment of
the EQR requirements.
Commission conferences 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 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a FAX
to 202–208–2106 with the required
accommodations.
For more information about the EQR
technical conference, please contact Jeff
Sanders of the Commission’s Office of
Enforcement at (202) 502–6455, or send
an email to EQR@ferc.gov. Additional
information will also be provided on the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4718-039]
Cocheco Falls Associates; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 4718-039.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2020.
d. Applicant: Cocheco Falls Associates (CFA).
e. Name of Project: Cocheco Falls Dam Project.
f. Location: On the Cocheco River in the city of Dover, Strafford
County, New Hampshire. The project does not occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Webster, Cocheco Falls Associates,
P.O. Box 178, South Berwick, ME 03908; Phone at (207) 384-5334, or
email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Amy Chang at (202) 502-8250, or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, and 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
motions to intervene and protests, comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions 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
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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-4718-039.
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 the National Environmental
Policy Act (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. Commission staff intends to
conduct its NEPA review in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
l. Project Description: The existing Cocheco Falls Dam Project
consists of: (1) A 150-foot-long, 13.5-foot-high stone masonry arch dam
that includes the following sections: (a) A 4-foot-long left abutment
section; (b) a 140-foot-long spillway section with 24-inch-high
flashboards, a 5-foot-wide, 10-foot-high low-level outlet gate, and a
crest elevation of 36.25 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(NGVD29) at the top of the flashboards; and (c) a 6-foot-long right
abutment section with a 4-foot-wide, 9-foot-high debris sluice gate;
(2) an impoundment with a surface area of 20 acres and a storage
capacity of 150 acre-feet at an elevation of 36.25 feet NGVD29; (3) a
64-foot-wide, 10-foot-high intake structure equipped with a trashrack
with 1-inch clear bar spacing; (4) an 8.5-foot-diameter, 184-foot-long
gated steel penstock that trifurcates into three 5-foot-diameter, 8-
foot-long sections, each controlled by a 5-foot-diameter butterfly
valve; (5) a 40-foot-long, 40-foot-wide concrete and brick masonry
powerhouse containing three 238-kilowatt (kW) vertical Flygt
submersible turbine-generator units for a total installed capacity of
714 kW; (6) a 40-foot-long, 40-foot-wide tailrace that discharges into
the Cocheco River; (7) a 0.48/34.5-kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer
and a 1,000-foot-long, 34.5-kV underground transmission line that
connects the project to the local utility distribution system; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
CFA voluntarily operates the project in a run-of-river mode using
an automatic pond level control system to regulate turbine operation,
such that outflow from the project approximates inflow. The project
creates an approximately 200-foot-long bypassed reach of the Cocheco
River.
Downstream fish passage is provided by a bypass facility located on
the left side of the dam that consist of a 5.6-foot-wide, 7-foot-long
fish collection box, a trashrack with 6-inch clear bar spacing, and a
24-inch-diameter PVC fish passage pipe. Upstream fish passage is
provided by a Denil fish ladder located on the right side of the dam.
The Denil fish ladder is owned and maintained by the New Hampshire Fish
and Game Department, and is not a project facility.
Article 25 of the current license, as amended on September 24,
2002, requires a minimum flow release to the bypassed reach of: (1) 20
cubic feet per second (cfs) through the fish ladder from April 15-June
30; (2) 20 cfs through the trash sluiceway from April 15-June 15, to
attract anadromous fish to the fish ladder; and (3) 20 cfs through the
downstream fish passage facility from April 15 until ice forms on the
river. The average annual energy production from 2014 to 2018 was 1,438
megawatt-hours.
CFA proposes to: (1) Continue to operate the project in a run-of-
river mode; (2) continue to facilitate upstream and downstream fish
passage by providing the minimum flows required by the current license;
(3) design and install an upstream eel passage facility within 4 years
of the effective date of a subsequent license; and (4) consult with the
New Hampshire State Historic Preservation Officer before beginning any
land-disturbing activities or alterations to known historic structures
within the project boundary.
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.
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,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``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 on the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. The applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date
of issuance of this notice: (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 comply with 40 CFR 121.5(b),
including documentation that a pre-filing meeting request was submitted
to the certifying authority at least 30 days prior to submitting the
certification request. Please also note that the certification request
must be sent to the certifying authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
p. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
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to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Deadline for filing interventions, October 2021.
protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments.... November 2021.
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q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: August 12, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17697 Filed 8-17-21; 8:45 am]
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