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; Green Mountain Power Corporation, 1737-1738 [2022-00413]

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[FR Doc. 2022–00411 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Jan 11, 2022 Jkt 256001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2445–028] 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; Green Mountain Power Corporation 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.: 2445–028. c. Date filed: December 23, 2021. d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP). e. Name of Project: Center Rutland Hydroelectric Project (project). f. Location: On Otter Creek in Rutland 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: Mr. John Greenan, PE, 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: Taconya D. Goar at (202) 502–8394, or Taconya.Goar@ 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 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1737 l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: February 21, 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: Center Rutland Hydroelectric Project (P–2445– 028). m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. Project Description: The existing Center Rutland Project consists of: (1) A 190-foot-long, 14-foot-high concrete and stone masonry gravity dam that includes: (i) A 174-foot-long spillway section with 2.3-foot-high wooden flashboards and a crest elevation of 507.1 feet mean seal level (msl) at the top of the flashboards; and (ii) a 16-footlong non-overflow section; (2) an impoundment with a surface area of 13 acres and a storage capacity of 30 acrefeet at an elevation of 507.4 feet msl; (3) a forebay; (4) a concrete and marble masonry intake structure; (5) a 6-footdiameter, 75-foot-long steel penstock; (6) a 40-foot-long, 33-foot-wide stone and marble masonry powerhouse containing one 275-kilowatt horizontalshaft turbine-generator unit; (7) a substation; (8) an 80-foot-long, 12.47kilovolt transmission line; (9) a 0.35mile-long fiber optic cable for smart grid communications with the electric system; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an approximately 100-foot-long bypassed reach of Otter Creek. The project includes a small off-street parking area (with 3 to 5 car spaces), signage, landscaping, and a marked footpath to Otter Creek. The current license requires the project to operate in a run-of-river mode such that outflow from the project approximates inflow to the impoundment to protect aquatic resources in Otter Creek. The current E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 1738 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 12, 2022 / Notices license also requires a minimum bypassed reach flow of 80 cubic feet per second or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less, from June 1 through October 15 to protect aquatic resources in Otter Creek and aesthetic resources in the project area. The average annual generation of the project was approximately 541.7 megawatt-hours from 2014 through 2020. The applicant proposes to: (1) Continue to operate the project in a runof-river mode to protect aquatic resources; (2) continue to release a minimum bypassed reach flow of 80 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, from June 1 through October 15, to protect aquatic resources; (3) release a minimum bypassed reach flow of 40 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, from October 16 through May 31, to protect aquatic resources; and (4) implement a seasonal clearing restriction from April 15 through October 31, for trees that are 4 inches in diameter or greater, to protect the federally threatened northern longeared bat. In addition, GMP states that the flashboards have not been in place since prior to 2012, and proposes to reinstall them. 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–2445). 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)— February 2022 Request Additional Information— February 2022 Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments—May 2022 Request Additional Information (if necessary)—June 2022 Issue Acceptance Letter—June 2022 Issue Scoping Document 2—July 2022 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Jan 11, 2022 Jkt 256001 Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis—July 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: January 6, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–00413 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP22–33–000] Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline; Northern Natural Gas Company Take notice that on December 27, 2021, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern), 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, filed in the above referenced docket, a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.213(b) and 157.216(b) of the Commission’s regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Northern’s blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–401–000, for authorization to replace an injection and withdrawal well at its Redfield Storage Field, located in Dallas County, Iowa. Northern purposes to (1) install and operate an injection and withdrawal well; (2) install a natural gas pipeline lateral; (3) install a water production line; and (4) abandon an existing injection and withdrawal well. Northern estimates that the cost of the Project is approximately $3.8 million. Northern states that the replacement injection and withdrawal well will have no impact on the Redfield storage field’s certificated physical parameters, including total gas storage inventory, reservoir pressure, reservoir and buffer boundaries and certificated capacity. In addition, Northern states that there will be no impact to service of Northern’s customers as a result of the proposed Project, all as more fully set forth in the application, which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal 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:// PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Any questions regarding this prior notice request should be directed to Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director, Certificates and External Affairs for Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, Omaha, NE 68124, at 402–398–7103, or by email to mike.loeffler@nngco.com. 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 March 7, 2022. How to file protests, motions to intervene, and comments is explained below. Protests Pursuant to section 157.205 of the Commission’s regulations under the NGA,1 any person 2 or the Commission’s staff may file a protest to the request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed or if a protest is filed and then withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a protest, the proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day after the time allowed for protest. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a protest, the instant request for authorization will be considered by the Commission. Protests must comply with the requirements specified in section 157.205(e) of the Commission’s regulations,3 and must be submitted by the protest deadline, which is March 7, 2022. A protest may also serve as a motion to intervene so long as the 1 18 CFR 157.205. include individuals, organizations, businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 CFR 385.102(d). 3 18 CFR 157.205(e). 2 Persons E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2445-028]


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; Green Mountain Power Corporation

    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.: 2445-028.
    c. Date filed: December 23, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP).
    e. Name of Project: Center Rutland Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On Otter Creek in Rutland 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: Mr. John Greenan, PE, Green Mountain Power 
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; Phone at (802) 770-
2195, or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Taconya D. Goar at (202) 502-8394, 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: February 21, 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: Center Rutland Hydroelectric Project (P-2445-
028).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing Center Rutland Project 
consists of: (1) A 190-foot-long, 14-foot-high concrete and stone 
masonry gravity dam that includes: (i) A 174-foot-long spillway section 
with 2.3-foot-high wooden flashboards and a crest elevation of 507.1 
feet mean seal level (msl) at the top of the flashboards; and (ii) a 
16-foot-long non-overflow section; (2) an impoundment with a surface 
area of 13 acres and a storage capacity of 30 acre-feet at an elevation 
of 507.4 feet msl; (3) a forebay; (4) a concrete and marble masonry 
intake structure; (5) a 6-foot-diameter, 75-foot-long steel penstock; 
(6) a 40-foot-long, 33-foot-wide stone and marble masonry powerhouse 
containing one 275-kilowatt horizontal-shaft turbine-generator unit; 
(7) a substation; (8) an 80-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt transmission 
line; (9) a 0.35-mile-long fiber optic cable for smart grid 
communications with the electric system; and (10) appurtenant 
facilities. The project creates an approximately 100-foot-long bypassed 
reach of Otter Creek.
    The project includes a small off-street parking area (with 3 to 5 
car spaces), signage, landscaping, and a marked footpath to Otter 
Creek.
    The current license requires the project to operate in a run-of-
river mode such that outflow from the project approximates inflow to 
the impoundment to protect aquatic resources in Otter Creek. The 
current

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license also requires a minimum bypassed reach flow of 80 cubic feet 
per second or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less, from June 1 
through October 15 to protect aquatic resources in Otter Creek and 
aesthetic resources in the project area. The average annual generation 
of the project was approximately 541.7 megawatt-hours from 2014 through 
2020.
    The applicant proposes to: (1) Continue to operate the project in a 
run-of-river mode to protect aquatic resources; (2) continue to release 
a minimum bypassed reach flow of 80 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, 
from June 1 through October 15, to protect aquatic resources; (3) 
release a minimum bypassed reach flow of 40 cfs or inflow, whichever is 
less, from October 16 through May 31, to protect aquatic resources; and 
(4) implement a seasonal clearing restriction from April 15 through 
October 31, for trees that are 4 inches in diameter or greater, to 
protect the federally threatened northern long-eared bat. In addition, 
GMP states that the flashboards have not been in place since prior to 
2012, and proposes to reinstall them.
    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-
2445). 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)--February 2022
Request Additional Information--February 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--May 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--June 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter--June 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--July 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--July 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: January 6, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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