Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With The Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and A Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 50879-50880 [2021-19675]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 174 / Monday, September 13, 2021 / Notices Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Signed in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2021. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. [Project No. 5261–023] [FR Doc. 2021–19701 Filed 9–10–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 1061–103] Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification Application On August 26, 2021, Pacific Gas and Electric Company submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a copy of their application for a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification filed with the California State Water Resources Control Board (California Water Board), in conjunction with the above captioned project. Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6, we hereby notify the California Water Board of the following: Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: August 26, 2021. Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: One year. Date Waiver Occurs for Failure to Act: August 26, 2022. If the California Water Board 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: September 7, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–19677 Filed 9–10–21; 8:45 am] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Sep 10, 2021 Jkt 253001 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With The Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and A Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments 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.: 5261–023. c. Date filed: August 27, 2021. d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation. e. Name of Project: Newbury Hydroelectric Project (project). f. Location: On the Wells River, in the town of Newbury, Orange County, Vermont. The project does not occupy any federal land. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: John Greenan, Green Mountain Power Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; Phone at (802) 770–2195, or email at John.Greenan@ greenmountainpower.com. i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer at (202) 502–8449, or adam.peer@ferc.gov. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission’s policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant. PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 50879 l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: October 26, 2021. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Newbury Hydroelectric Project (P– 5261–023). m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. Project Description: The existing Newbury Project consists of: (1) An 11.4-acre impoundment at a normal water surface elevation of 463.9 feet mean sea level; (2) a 26-foot-high by 90foot-long concrete gravity dam that includes a 73.3-foot-long spillway topped with 5-foot-high pneumatic crest gates; (3) a seasonally installed, 8-footlong by 4-foot-wide steel sluice box on the south side of the spillway to provide downstream fish passage; (4) an 11.2foot-wide, 9-foot-long intake structure with trash racks, connected to a 5-footdiameter, 435-foot-long underground steel penstock; (5) a 1,892-square-foot powerhouse containing a single 315kilowatt turbine-generator unit; (6) a second 50-kilowatt turbine-generator unit located outside of the powerhouse approximately 75-feet downstream of the dam along the bypassed reach; (7) a 125-foot-long tailrace; (8) three 150-footlong generator leads that create a 480 Volt, 3 phase 150-foot-long underground transmission line connected to three pole mounted 167 kilovolt-ampere stepup transformers; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The project creates a 590-footlong bypassed reach of the Wells River. o. The current license requires Green Mountain Power Corporation to: (1) Operate the project in run-of-river mode; (2) release a continuous bypassed reach minimum flow of 50 cubic feet per second (cfs) from April 15 to June 10 and 25 cfs during the remainder of the year; and (3) release a year-round, E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1 50880 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 174 / Monday, September 13, 2021 / Notices continuous aesthetic flow of 5 cfs over the dam. The average annual generation of the project is approximately 882 megawatt-hours. p. Green Mountain Power Corporation proposes to: (1) Continue operating the project in run-of-river mode; (2) release new bypassed reach minimum flows of 35 cfs from May 15 to October 15 and 30 cfs from October 16 to May 14; and (3) release a new aesthetic flow of 10 cfs over the dam from May 15 to October 15 during daytime hours and no aesthetic flow the remainder of the year. q. 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–5261). 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 on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). 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. r. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ...................................................................................................... Request Additional Information .............................................................................................................. Issue Acceptance Letter ............................................................................................................................ Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments ............................................................................................... Issue Scoping Document 2 ....................................................................................................................... Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ................................................................................ s. 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: September 7, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–19675 Filed 9–10–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP21–488–000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Applications and Establishing Intervention Deadline Take notice that on August 27, 2021, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed an application pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), in Docket No. CP21– 488–000, for authorization to implement working gas capacity-to base gas capacity conversions (‘‘Storage Conversion Plan’’) at the Goodwell Storage Field, located in Newaygo County, Michigan, and at the LincolnFreeman Storage Field, located in Clare County, Michigan. ANR states that the Storage Conversion Plan is needed to allow ANR to access and utilize stranded working storage capacity and improve late season deliverability and reliability at the Goodwell and LincolnFreeman fields. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:39 Sep 10, 2021 Jkt 253001 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. Any questions concerning this application should be directed to Alexander Kass, Legal Counsel, ANR Pipeline Company, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas, by phone at 832.320.5226, or by email at alexander_kass@tcenergy.com. Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure,1 within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: Complete its environmental review and place it into the Commission’s public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff’s issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or environmental assessment (EA) for this proposal. The filing of an EA in the 1 18 PO 00000 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) 157.9. Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 November 2021. November 2021. March 2022. March 2022. May 2022. May 2022. Commission’s public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the Commission staff’s FEIS or EA. 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 September 28, 2021. How to file comments and motions to intervene is explained below. Comments Any person wishing to comment on the project may do so. The Commission considers all comments received about the project in determining the appropriate action to be taken. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your comments on or before September 28, 2021. However, the filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. To become a party, you must intervene in the proceeding. Persons who comment on the environmental review of this project will be placed on the Commission’s environmental mailing list, and will receive notification when the E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50879-50880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19675]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5261-023]


Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With The Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and A Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    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.: 5261-023.
    c. Date filed: August 27, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Newbury Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Wells River, in the town of Newbury, Orange 
County, Vermont. The project does not occupy any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: John Greenan, Green Mountain Power 
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; Phone at (802) 770-
2195, or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer at (202) 502-8449, or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: October 26, 2021.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and 
docket number on the first page: Newbury Hydroelectric Project (P-5261-
023).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing Newbury Project consists of: 
(1) An 11.4-acre impoundment at a normal water surface elevation of 
463.9 feet mean sea level; (2) a 26-foot-high by 90-foot-long concrete 
gravity dam that includes a 73.3-foot-long spillway topped with 5-foot-
high pneumatic crest gates; (3) a seasonally installed, 8-foot-long by 
4-foot-wide steel sluice box on the south side of the spillway to 
provide downstream fish passage; (4) an 11.2-foot-wide, 9-foot-long 
intake structure with trash racks, connected to a 5-foot-diameter, 435-
foot-long underground steel penstock; (5) a 1,892-square-foot 
powerhouse containing a single 315-kilowatt turbine-generator unit; (6) 
a second 50-kilowatt turbine-generator unit located outside of the 
powerhouse approximately 75-feet downstream of the dam along the 
bypassed reach; (7) a 125-foot-long tailrace; (8) three 150-foot-long 
generator leads that create a 480 Volt, 3 phase 150-foot-long 
underground transmission line connected to three pole mounted 167 
kilovolt-ampere step-up transformers; and (9) appurtenant facilities. 
The project creates a 590-foot-long bypassed reach of the Wells River.
    o. The current license requires Green Mountain Power Corporation 
to: (1) Operate the project in run-of-river mode; (2) release a 
continuous bypassed reach minimum flow of 50 cubic feet per second 
(cfs) from April 15 to June 10 and 25 cfs during the remainder of the 
year; and (3) release a year-round,

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continuous aesthetic flow of 5 cfs over the dam. The average annual 
generation of the project is approximately 882 megawatt-hours.
    p. Green Mountain Power Corporation proposes to: (1) Continue 
operating the project in run-of-river mode; (2) release new bypassed 
reach minimum flows of 35 cfs from May 15 to October 15 and 30 cfs from 
October 16 to May 14; and (3) release a new aesthetic flow of 10 cfs 
over the dam from May 15 to October 15 during daytime hours and no 
aesthetic flow the remainder of the year.
    q. 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-
5261). 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 on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY).
    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.
    r. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

 
 
 
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)....  November 2021.
Request Additional Information............  November 2021.
Issue Acceptance Letter...................  March 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  March 2022.
Issue Scoping Document 2..................  May 2022.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental     May 2022.
 Analysis.
 

    s. 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: September 7, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-19675 Filed 9-10-21; 8:45 am]
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