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Dated: October 4, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–22032 Filed 10–7–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3025–031]
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Green Mountain Power Corporation;
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene
and Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary
Fishway 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.: 3025–031.
c. Date Filed: March 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power
Corporation (GMP).
e. Name of Project: Kelley’s Falls
Hydroelectric Project (project).
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f. Location: On the Piscataquog River
in Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire. 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; email at
John.Greenan@
greenmountainpower.com.
i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at
(202) 502–6207, or Arash.JalaliBarsari@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway 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, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway 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
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–3025–
031.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure 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.
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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
April 20, 2022, revising the regulations
under 40 CFR parts 1502, 1507, and
1508 that federal agencies use to
implement the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) (see National
Environmental Policy Act Implementing
Regulations Revisions, 87 FR 23453–70).
The final rule became effective on May
20, 2022. Commission staff intends to
conduct its NEPA review in accordance
with CEQ’s new regulations.
l. Project Description: The existing
Kelley’s Falls Project consists of: (1) an
approximately 230-foot-long, 31-foothigh concrete and stone masonry dam
that includes: (a) an approximately 31foot-long stone masonry east abutment
with an intake structure that includes an
11-foot-wide, 11-foot-high headgate
equipped with a 22.2-foot-wide, 17-foothigh trashrack with 2.5-inch clear bar
spacing; (b) a 192-foot-long concrete
ogee spillway section with: (i) a 6-footwide, 2.75-foot-high steel slide gate that
includes a 3-foot-wide, 2-foot-high
notch; (ii) a 3-foot-diameter, low-level
outlet pipe that is plugged and nonoperational; (iii) 2.75-foot-high
flashboards; and (iv) a crest elevation of
160.75 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) at the top of
the flashboards; and (c) an
approximately 7-foot-long concrete west
abutment with a 3.5-foot-diameter gated,
low-level outlet pipe; (2) a 284-footlong, 2.5-foot-wide stone retaining wall
on the east river bank that connects to
the east abutment of the dam; (3) an
impoundment (Namaske Lake) with a
surface area of 154 acres at an elevation
of 160.75 feet NGVD 29; (4) a 65-footlong underground steel and concrete
penstock; (5) a 28-foot-long, 28-footwide brick masonry and steel
powerhouse containing a 450-kilowatt
vertical Francis turbine-generator unit;
(6) a 125-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV)
underground transmission line that
connects the generator to a 2.4/12-kV
step-up transformer; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The project
creates an approximately 65-foot-long
bypassed reach of the Piscataquog River.
GMP voluntarily operates the project
in a run-of-river mode using an
automatic pond level control system,
such that project outflow approximates
inflow to the impoundment. GMP
maintains the impoundment at the
flashboard crest elevation of 160.75 feet
NGVD 29.
Article 25 of the current license
requires GMP to release a continuous
minimum flow of 45 cubic feet per
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second or inflow to the impoundment,
whichever is less, as measured
immediately downstream of the
powerhouse. Downstream fish passage
is provided for river herring through the
notch in the slide gate located on top of
the spillway. There are no upstream fish
passage facilities at the project.
The minimum and maximum
hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse
are 175 and 420 cfs, respectively. The
average annual generation of the project
was approximately 1,572 megawatthours from 2014 through 2020.
GMP is not proposing any changes to
project facilities or operation.
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,’’
‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY
FISHWAY 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
to the following preliminary 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 ..........................................................................................................................................
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: October 3, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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AGENCY
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[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765; FRL–10248–01–
ORD]
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)
Review Panel Meeting—October 2022
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of
SUMMARY:
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virtual meetings of the Board of
Scientific Counselors (BOSC) panel
review of the New Chemicals
Collaborative Research Program.
DATES: The deliberation meeting will be
held over two days via videoconference:
a. Monday, October 24, 2022, from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. (EDT); and
b. Tuesday, October 25, 2022, from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. (EDT).
Attendees must register by October
23, 2022.
Meeting times are subject to change.
This series of meetings is open to the
public. Comments must be received by
October 23, 2022, to be considered by
the BOSC. Requests for the draft agenda
or making a presentation at the meeting
will be accepted until October 23, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Instructions on how to
connect to the videoconference will be
provided upon registration at: https://
bosc-ocspp-review.eventbrite.com.
Submit your comments to Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0765 by one
of the following methods:
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December 2022.
January 2023.
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
D Note: Comments submitted to the
www.regulations.gov website are
anonymous unless identifying
information is included in the body of
the comment.
• Email: Send comments by
electronic mail (email) to: ORD.Docket@
epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–ORD–2015–0765.
D Note: Comments submitted via email
are not anonymous. The sender’s email
will be included in the body of the
comment and placed in the public
docket which is made available on the
internet.
Instructions: All comments received,
including any personal information
provided, will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at
www.regulations.gov. Information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3025-031]
Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Accepted
for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway 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.: 3025-031.
c. Date Filed: March 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP).
e. Name of Project: Kelley's Falls Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Piscataquog River in Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire. 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; email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at (202) 502-6207, or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway 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,
preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway 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
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-3025-031.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 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
April 20, 2022, revising the regulations under 40 CFR parts 1502, 1507,
and 1508 that federal agencies use to implement the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (see National Environmental Policy Act
Implementing Regulations Revisions, 87 FR 23453-70). The final rule
became effective on May 20, 2022. Commission staff intends to conduct
its NEPA review in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
l. Project Description: The existing Kelley's Falls Project
consists of: (1) an approximately 230-foot-long, 31-foot-high concrete
and stone masonry dam that includes: (a) an approximately 31-foot-long
stone masonry east abutment with an intake structure that includes an
11-foot-wide, 11-foot-high headgate equipped with a 22.2-foot-wide, 17-
foot-high trashrack with 2.5-inch clear bar spacing; (b) a 192-foot-
long concrete ogee spillway section with: (i) a 6-foot-wide, 2.75-foot-
high steel slide gate that includes a 3-foot-wide, 2-foot-high notch;
(ii) a 3-foot-diameter, low-level outlet pipe that is plugged and non-
operational; (iii) 2.75-foot-high flashboards; and (iv) a crest
elevation of 160.75 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD
29) at the top of the flashboards; and (c) an approximately 7-foot-long
concrete west abutment with a 3.5-foot-diameter gated, low-level outlet
pipe; (2) a 284-foot-long, 2.5-foot-wide stone retaining wall on the
east river bank that connects to the east abutment of the dam; (3) an
impoundment (Namaske Lake) with a surface area of 154 acres at an
elevation of 160.75 feet NGVD 29; (4) a 65-foot-long underground steel
and concrete penstock; (5) a 28-foot-long, 28-foot-wide brick masonry
and steel powerhouse containing a 450-kilowatt vertical Francis
turbine-generator unit; (6) a 125-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV)
underground transmission line that connects the generator to a 2.4/12-
kV step-up transformer; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project
creates an approximately 65-foot-long bypassed reach of the Piscataquog
River.
GMP voluntarily operates the project in a run-of-river mode using
an automatic pond level control system, such that project outflow
approximates inflow to the impoundment. GMP maintains the impoundment
at the flashboard crest elevation of 160.75 feet NGVD 29.
Article 25 of the current license requires GMP to release a
continuous minimum flow of 45 cubic feet per
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second or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less, as measured
immediately downstream of the powerhouse. Downstream fish passage is
provided for river herring through the notch in the slide gate located
on top of the spillway. There are no upstream fish passage facilities
at the project.
The minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are
175 and 420 cfs, respectively. The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 1,572 megawatt-hours from 2014 through 2020.
GMP is not proposing any changes to project facilities or
operation.
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,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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
to the following preliminary 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, December 2022.
protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments........ January 2023.
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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: October 3, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-21952 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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