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Take notice that the Commission
received the following exempt
wholesale generator filings:
Docket Numbers: EG22–23–000.
Applicants: Arlington Energy Center
III, LLC.
Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status of Arlington Energy
Center III, LLC.
Filed Date: 11/16/21.
Accession Number: 20211116–5108.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/7/21.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following Complaints and
Compliance filings in EL Dockets:
Docket Numbers: EL22–9–000.
Applicants: ITC Midwest LLC.
Description: Petition for Declaratory
Order of ITC Midwest LLC.
Filed Date: 11/2/21.
Accession Number: 20211102–5230.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/2/21.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER20–1906–001.
Applicants: Story County Wind, LLC.
Description: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.
submits tariff filing per 35.19a(b):
Refund Report__Story County Wind,
LLC to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 11/16/21.
Accession Number: 20211116–5167.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/7/21.
Docket Numbers: ER22–1–001.
Applicants: Alliant Energy Corporate
Services, Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Amendment to Schedule 2 Submission
to be effective 11/30/2021.
Filed Date: 11/16/21.
Accession Number: 20211116–5101.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/7/21.
Docket Numbers: ER22–244–000;
TS22–1–000.
Applicants: Caddo Wind, LLC, Caddo
Wind, LLC.
Description: Amended Request for
Temporary Tariff Waiver, et al. of Caddo
Wind, LLC.
Filed Date: 11/10/21.
Accession Number: 20211110–5270.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/22/21.
Docket Numbers: ER22–355–000.
Applicants: ISO New England Inc.
Description: ISO New England Inc.
Resource Termination—Killingly Energy
Center.
Filed Date: 11/4/21.
Accession Number: 20211104–5202.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/26/21.
Docket Numbers: ER22–408–000.
Applicants: Persimmon Creek Wind
Farm 1, LLC.
Description: Request for Waiver and
Expedited Consideration of Persimmon
Creek Wind Farm 1, LLC.
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Filed Date: 11/12/21.
Accession Number: 20211112–5386.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/3/21.
Docket Numbers: ER22–413–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
L.L.C.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to WMPA SA No. 5588;
Queue No. AE2–114 to be effective 1/8/
2020.
Filed Date: 11/16/21.
Accession Number: 20211116–5086.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/7/21.
Docket Numbers: ER22–414–000.
Applicants: AES Marketing and
Trading, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
AES Marketing and Trading, LLC MBR
Tariff to be effective 11/17/2021.
Filed Date: 11/16/21.
Accession Number: 20211116–5140.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/7/21.
Docket Numbers: ER22–415–000.
Applicants: Arlington Energy Center
III, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Arlington Energy Center III, LLC
Application for Market-Based Rate
Authorization to be effective 1/16/2022.
Filed Date: 11/16/21.
Accession Number: 20211116–5172.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/7/21.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric securities
filings:
Docket Numbers: ES22–23–000.
Applicants: Basin Electric Power
Cooperative.
Description: Application Under
Section 204 of the Federal Power Act for
Authorization to Issue Securities of
Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
Filed Date: 11/16/21.
Accession Number: 20211116–5183.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/7/21.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
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Dated: November 16, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14634–003]
New England Hydropower Company,
LLC; 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: Minor
License.
b. Project No.: 14634–003.
c. Date filed: November 2, 2021.
d. Applicant: New England
Hydropower Company, LLC (NEHC).
e. Name of Project: Ashton Dam
Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Blackstone River
in Providence County, Rhode Island. No
federal or tribal lands would be
occupied by project works or located
within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael
Kerr, New England Hydropower
Company, LLC, 100 Cummings Center,
Suite 451C, Beverly, MA 01915; Phone
at (978) 360–2547, or email at michael@
nehydropower.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Baummer at
(202) 502–6837, or john.baummer@
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
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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: January 1, 2022.
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, MD 20852. All filings must
clearly identify the project name and
docket number on the first page: Ashton
Dam Hydroelectric Project (P–14634–
003).
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The proposed Ashton Dam
Hydroelectric Project would consist of:
(1) An existing stone masonry gravity
dam that includes: (a) A western
abutment section; (b) a 203-foot-long
western spillway section with a crest
elevation of 73.6 feet North American
Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88); (c)
an 18-foot-long stone masonry pier that
includes two 4-foot-wide, 8-foot-high
existing openings, to be modified to
include a new low-level steel bulkhead
panel; (d) an existing 54-foot-long
eastern spillway section that would be
replaced with a new 54-foot-long
concrete section that includes: (i) Two
19.7-foot-wide, 18.1-foot-high log sluice
gates with crest elevations of 82.1
NAVD 88; (ii) two 19.7-foot-wide,
horizontal steel trashracks sloped at 9
degrees to inflow with 0.5-inch clear bar
spacing; and (iii) two 19.7-foot-wide,
15.4-foot-high openings; and (e) an
eastern abutment section; (2) an existing
impoundment with a surface area of
11.73 acres at an elevation of 73.6 feet
NAVD 88; (3) four submersible
StreamDiver Kaplan turbine-generator
units (three 189-kilowatt (kW) and one
102-kW generators) located in the
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openings of the new concrete structure,
with a total installed capacity of 669
kW; (4) four new 8.1-foot-wide, 3.8-foothigh hinged crest gates with crest
elevations of 73.6 feet NAVD 88,
installed on top of the new concrete
structure; (5) a new 11.5-foot-long, 44.3foot-wide concrete tailrace and an
approximately 30- to 45-foot-long, 44.3foot-wide concrete apron; (6) a new 20foot-long, 8-foot-wide control building
located on the eastern shoreline of the
Blackstone River; (7) a new step-up
transformer and a 1,370-foot-long
underground transmission line
connecting the project to the
distribution system owned by the
Narragansett Electric Company; (8) a
new access road and parking area; and
(9) appurtenant facilities.
NEHC proposes to: (1) Operate the
project in a run-of-river mode with an
estimated annual energy production of
approximately 2,870 megawatt-hours;
(2) release a continuous minimum flow
of 100 cubic feet per second or inflow
whichever is less, over the western
spillway; (3) install a downstream fish
passage facility between the crest gates
on top of the new concrete structure;
and (4) install an upstream eel passage
facility at the project dam.
o. 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–14634).
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.
p. 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)—
January 2022
Request Additional Information—
January 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments—March 2022
Request Additional Information (if
necessary)—April 2022
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Issue Acceptance Letter—April 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2—June 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis—June 2022
q. 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: November 16, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project Nos. 12514–087, 12514–089]
Northern Indiana Public Service
Company LLC; Notice of Effectiveness
of Withdrawal of Temporary Variance
Requests
On September 13, 2021, Northern
Indiana Public Service Company LLC
(NIPSCO) filed a request for a temporary
variance from the required surface
elevation of Lake Shafer in Article 403
of the license for the Norway-Oakdale
Project. On October 8, 2021, NIPSCO
filed a request for a second temporary
variance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Technical Assistance Letter
requirement that generation cease
during an Abnormal Low Flow event to
allow NIPSCO to continue its concrete
restoration work at Oakdale Dam. On
November 1, 2021, NIPSCO filed a
notice of withdrawal of both temporary
variance requests.
No motion in opposition to the notice
of withdrawal has been filed, and the
Commission has taken no action to
disallow the withdrawal. Pursuant to
Rule 216(b) of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure,1 the
withdrawal of the temporary variance
requests became effective on November
16, 2021, and this proceeding is hereby
terminated.
Dated: November 16, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–25405 Filed 11–19–21; 8:45 am]
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CFR 385.216(b) (2020).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14634-003]
New England Hydropower Company, LLC; 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: Minor License.
b. Project No.: 14634-003.
c. Date filed: November 2, 2021.
d. Applicant: New England Hydropower Company, LLC (NEHC).
e. Name of Project: Ashton Dam Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Blackstone River in Providence County, Rhode
Island. No federal or tribal lands would be occupied by project works
or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael Kerr, New England Hydropower
Company, LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 451C, Beverly, MA 01915; Phone
at (978) 360-2547, or email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: John Baummer at (202) 502-6837, 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
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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: January 1, 2022.
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,
MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket
number on the first page: Ashton Dam Hydroelectric Project (P-14634-
003).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed Ashton Dam Hydroelectric Project would consist of:
(1) An existing stone masonry gravity dam that includes: (a) A western
abutment section; (b) a 203-foot-long western spillway section with a
crest elevation of 73.6 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(NAVD 88); (c) an 18-foot-long stone masonry pier that includes two 4-
foot-wide, 8-foot-high existing openings, to be modified to include a
new low-level steel bulkhead panel; (d) an existing 54-foot-long
eastern spillway section that would be replaced with a new 54-foot-long
concrete section that includes: (i) Two 19.7-foot-wide, 18.1-foot-high
log sluice gates with crest elevations of 82.1 NAVD 88; (ii) two 19.7-
foot-wide, horizontal steel trashracks sloped at 9 degrees to inflow
with 0.5-inch clear bar spacing; and (iii) two 19.7-foot-wide, 15.4-
foot-high openings; and (e) an eastern abutment section; (2) an
existing impoundment with a surface area of 11.73 acres at an elevation
of 73.6 feet NAVD 88; (3) four submersible StreamDiver Kaplan turbine-
generator units (three 189-kilowatt (kW) and one 102-kW generators)
located in the openings of the new concrete structure, with a total
installed capacity of 669 kW; (4) four new 8.1-foot-wide, 3.8-foot-high
hinged crest gates with crest elevations of 73.6 feet NAVD 88,
installed on top of the new concrete structure; (5) a new 11.5-foot-
long, 44.3-foot-wide concrete tailrace and an approximately 30- to 45-
foot-long, 44.3-foot-wide concrete apron; (6) a new 20-foot-long, 8-
foot-wide control building located on the eastern shoreline of the
Blackstone River; (7) a new step-up transformer and a 1,370-foot-long
underground transmission line connecting the project to the
distribution system owned by the Narragansett Electric Company; (8) a
new access road and parking area; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
NEHC proposes to: (1) Operate the project in a run-of-river mode
with an estimated annual energy production of approximately 2,870
megawatt-hours; (2) release a continuous minimum flow of 100 cubic feet
per second or inflow whichever is less, over the western spillway; (3)
install a downstream fish passage facility between the crest gates on
top of the new concrete structure; and (4) install an upstream eel
passage facility at the project dam.
o. 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-
14634). 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.
p. 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)--January 2022
Request Additional Information--January 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--March 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--April 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter--April 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--June 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--June 2022
q. 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: November 16, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-25404 Filed 11-19-21; 8:45 am]
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