Energy Stream, 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, 47410-47411 [2022-16592]
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 148 / Wednesday, August 3, 2022 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 5679–041]
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Energy Stream, 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: Subsequent
Minor License.
b. Project No.: 5679–041.
c. Date Filed: July 15, 2022.
d. Applicant: Energy Stream, LLC.
e. Name of Project: M.S.C. Power
Project.
f. Location: On the Quinebaug River
in Windham County, Connecticut. 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. Rolland
Zeleny, Energy Stream, LLC, 18
Washington St., Suite 18, Canton, MA
02021; Phone at (603) 498–8089, or
email at indigoharbor@yahoo.com.
i. FERC Contact: Robert Haltner at
(202) 502–8612, or robert.haltner@
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.
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l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: September 13, 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: M.S.C.
Power Project (P–5679–041).
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. Project Description: The existing
M.S.C. Project consists of: (1) an
approximately 256-foot-long, 14.3-foothigh granite block and concrete dam
that includes: (a) an approximately 35foot-long headgate structure with four
aluminum sluice gates that are each 4
feet wide by 10 feet high; (b) a 109-footlong granite block spillway section with
a concrete cap, 1.6-foot-high
flashboards, and a crest elevation of
288.74 feet mean sea level (msl) at the
top of the flashboards; and (c) a 112foot-long auxiliary concrete gravity
spillway section with a crest elevation
of 288.94 feet msl; (2) an impoundment
with a surface area of 4.7 acres at an
elevation of 288.74 feet msl; (3) an
approximately 30-foot-wide, 25-footlong stone and concrete forebay
downstream of the headgate structure;
(4) an intake structure at the
downstream end of the forebay with a
19-foot-wide, 16.5-foot-high trashrack
with 1.6-inch clear bar spacing; (5) a 2foot-wide, 3-foot-high trash sluice gate
adjacent to the trashrack; (6) a 21-footlong, 33-foot-wide steel and reinforced
concrete powerhouse containing a 400kilowatt (kW) Kaplan turbine-generator
unit and a 112-kW Francis turbinegenerator unit, for a total installed
capacity of 512 kW; (7) a 39-foot-long,
28-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep tailrace; (8)
50-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV) lead lines
that connect the generators to three 2.4/
23-kV step-up transformers, and a 200foot-long, 13.8-kV transmission line that
connects the transformers to the
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regional grid; and (9) appurtenant
facilities. The project creates an
approximately 65-foot-long bypassed
reach of the Quinebaug River.
Article 401 of the current license
requires Energy Stream, LLC to operate
the project in a run-of-river mode, such
that project outflow approximates
inflow. Energy Stream, LLC maintains
the impoundment at the flashboard crest
elevation of 288.74 feet msl. To protect
aquatic resources, Article 26 of the
current license requires Energy Stream,
LLC to release a continuous minimum
flow of 144 cubic feet per second (cfs)
or inflow to the impoundment,
whichever is less, as measured
immediately below the tailrace. Article
402 of the current license specifies
seasonal minimum flow releases to the
downstream reach when refilling the
impoundment following emergency or
maintenance drawdowns, including 90
percent of impoundment inflow.
Article 404 of the current license
requires Energy Stream, LLC to provide
upstream and downstream passage for
American eels. Upstream passage for
American eels is provided from June 15
to September 1 by netting placed over
the dam and ramps extending to the
crest of the flashboards. Downstream
American eel passage is provided from
September 1 through November 15, on
rainy nights and three nights after rain
events through a notch in the
flashboards located on the west side of
the spillway, and a low-level outlet gate.
The minimum and maximum
hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse
are 40 and 545 cfs, respectively. The
average annual generation of the project
was approximately 2,885 megawatthours from 2017 through 2021.
Energy Stream, LLC is not proposing
any changes to project facilities or
operation.
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–5679).
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.
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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)
September 2022
Request Additional Information
September 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments December 2022
Request Additional Information (if
necessary) December 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter December
2022
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)
February 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis February 2023
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: July 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 5944–024]
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Moretown Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice
Soliciting Scoping Comments and
Extending Comment Period
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Minor
License.
b. Project No.: 5944–024.
c. Date filed: November 30, 2020.
d. Applicant: Moretown
Hydroelectric, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Moretown No. 8
Project.
f. Location: On the Mad River,
immediately downstream from the
Town of Moretown, Washington
County, Vermont. 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: Arion
Thiboumery, Moretown Hydroelectric,
LLC, 1273 Fowler Rd. Plainfield, VT
05667; (415) 260–6890 or email at
arion@ar-ion.net.
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i. FERC Contact: Maryam Zavareh at
(202) 502–8474, or email at
maryam.zavareh@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: August 29, 2022. The
commission is reissuing the notice and
extending the comment due date. Due to
a mailing error, not all recipients
received the original notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene and protests using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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: Moretown Hydroelectric
Project (P–5944–024).
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 is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The project consists of the following
existing facilities: (1) a 333-foot-long,
31-foot-high concrete gravity dam with
a 164-foot-long overflow spillway and a
crest elevation of 524.7 feet; (2) a 36acre impoundment with a normal
maximum elevation of 524.7; (3) a 40foot-long, 17-foot-wide, 28-foot-high
concrete intake structure with a
trashrack; (4) a 40-foot-long, 8.5-footdiameter buried steel penstock; (5) a
39.4-foot-long, 19.7-foot-wide concrete
powerhouse containing a single 1.25megawatt Kaplan turbine-generator unit;
(6) a tailrace; (7) a 106-foot-long, 12.5kilovolt transmission line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities. The Moretown
Project is operated in a run-of-river
mode with an average annual generation
of 2,094 megawatt-hours.
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Moretown hydroelectric LLC proposes
to continue to operate the project in a
run-of-river mode.
m. 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 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. For assistance, contact FERC
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
n. You may also 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.
o. Scoping Process.
Commission staff will prepare either
an environmental assessment (EA) or an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
that describes and evaluates the
probable effects of the licensee’s
proposed action and alternatives. The
EA or EIS will consider both sitespecific and cumulative environmental
impacts and reasonable alternatives to
the proposed action. The Commission’s
scoping process will help determine the
required level of analysis and satisfy the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) scoping requirements,
irrespective of whether the Commission
prepares an EA or an EIS.
At this time, we do not anticipate
holding on-site scoping meetings.
Instead, we are soliciting written
comments and suggestions on the
preliminary list of issues and
alternatives to be addressed in the
NEPA document, as described in
scoping document 1 (SD1), issued July
28, 2022.
Copies of the SD1 outlining the
subject areas to be addressed in the
NEPA document were distributed to the
parties on the Commission’s mailing list
and the applicant’s distribution list.
Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the
web 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, call 1–866–
208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659.
Dated: July 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 5679-041]
Energy Stream, 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: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 5679-041.
c. Date Filed: July 15, 2022.
d. Applicant: Energy Stream, LLC.
e. Name of Project: M.S.C. Power Project.
f. Location: On the Quinebaug River in Windham County, Connecticut.
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. Rolland Zeleny, Energy Stream, LLC, 18
Washington St., Suite 18, Canton, MA 02021; Phone at (603) 498-8089, or
email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Robert Haltner at (202) 502-8612, 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: September 13, 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: M.S.C. Power Project (P-5679-041).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing M.S.C. Project consists of:
(1) an approximately 256-foot-long, 14.3-foot-high granite block and
concrete dam that includes: (a) an approximately 35-foot-long headgate
structure with four aluminum sluice gates that are each 4 feet wide by
10 feet high; (b) a 109-foot-long granite block spillway section with a
concrete cap, 1.6-foot-high flashboards, and a crest elevation of
288.74 feet mean sea level (msl) at the top of the flashboards; and (c)
a 112-foot-long auxiliary concrete gravity spillway section with a
crest elevation of 288.94 feet msl; (2) an impoundment with a surface
area of 4.7 acres at an elevation of 288.74 feet msl; (3) an
approximately 30-foot-wide, 25-foot-long stone and concrete forebay
downstream of the headgate structure; (4) an intake structure at the
downstream end of the forebay with a 19-foot-wide, 16.5-foot-high
trashrack with 1.6-inch clear bar spacing; (5) a 2-foot-wide, 3-foot-
high trash sluice gate adjacent to the trashrack; (6) a 21-foot-long,
33-foot-wide steel and reinforced concrete powerhouse containing a 400-
kilowatt (kW) Kaplan turbine-generator unit and a 112-kW Francis
turbine-generator unit, for a total installed capacity of 512 kW; (7) a
39-foot-long, 28-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep tailrace; (8) 50-foot-long,
2.4-kilovolt (kV) lead lines that connect the generators to three 2.4/
23-kV step-up transformers, and a 200-foot-long, 13.8-kV transmission
line that connects the transformers to the regional grid; and (9)
appurtenant facilities. The project creates an approximately 65-foot-
long bypassed reach of the Quinebaug River.
Article 401 of the current license requires Energy Stream, LLC to
operate the project in a run-of-river mode, such that project outflow
approximates inflow. Energy Stream, LLC maintains the impoundment at
the flashboard crest elevation of 288.74 feet msl. To protect aquatic
resources, Article 26 of the current license requires Energy Stream,
LLC to release a continuous minimum flow of 144 cubic feet per second
(cfs) or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less, as measured
immediately below the tailrace. Article 402 of the current license
specifies seasonal minimum flow releases to the downstream reach when
refilling the impoundment following emergency or maintenance drawdowns,
including 90 percent of impoundment inflow.
Article 404 of the current license requires Energy Stream, LLC to
provide upstream and downstream passage for American eels. Upstream
passage for American eels is provided from June 15 to September 1 by
netting placed over the dam and ramps extending to the crest of the
flashboards. Downstream American eel passage is provided from September
1 through November 15, on rainy nights and three nights after rain
events through a notch in the flashboards located on the west side of
the spillway, and a low-level outlet gate.
The minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are
40 and 545 cfs, respectively. The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 2,885 megawatt-hours from 2017 through 2021.
Energy Stream, LLC is not proposing any changes to project
facilities or operation.
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-
5679). 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.
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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) September 2022
Request Additional Information September 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments December 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary) December 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter December 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) February 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis February 2023
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: July 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-16592 Filed 8-2-22; 8:45 am]
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