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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 6115–016]
Pyrites Hydro, LLC; Notice Soliciting
Scoping Comments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 6115–016.
c. Date filed: August 31, 2021.
d. Applicant: Pyrites Hydro, LLC
(Pyrites Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Pyrites
Hydroelectric Project (Pyrites Project or
project).
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Grass River near the
Town of Canton, St. Lawrence County,
New York. 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. Kevin M.
Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager,
Pyrites Hydro, LLC, 670 N Commercial
Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH
03101, (978) 935–6039; email—kwebb@
centralriverspower.com.
i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at
(202) 502–8256; or email at
christopher.millard@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: November 12, 2022.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
comments using the Commission’s
eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration,
using the eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. 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, please
send a paper copy via U.S. Postal
Service to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A,
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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:
Pyrites Hydroelectric Project (P–6115–
016).
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: (1) a 170foot-long and 12-foot-high concrete
Ambursen overflow spillway dam with
1.5-foot-high flashboards, a 115-footlong concrete auxiliary spillway, and a
208-foot-long non-overflow intake dam,
which includes a 50-foot-wide intake
structure; (2) a 6-foot-diameter, 700-footlong steel penstock running from the
intake structure to an upper powerhouse
and a 10-foot-diameter, 2,160-foot-long
penstock running from the intake
structure to a lower powerhouse; (3) a
21-foot by 31-foot upper powerhouse
located 700 feet downstream of the
intake structure containing one 1.2megawatt (MW) turbine/generator unit
operating under a rated head of 76 feet
and a 50-foot by 53-foot lower
powerhouse located 1,200 feet
downstream of the upper powerhouse
tailrace containing two 3.5–MW
turbine/generator units operating under
a rated head of 111 feet; (4) a 405-footlong, 20-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot
by 97-foot, 115/4.16/2.3-kilovolt (kV)
switchyard and substation for use by
both powerhouses; (6) a 470-foot-long
2.3-kV transmission line connecting the
upper powerhouse to the switchyard; (7)
a 1,150-foot-long 4.16-kV transmission
line connecting the lower powerhouse
to the switchyard; and (8) appurtenant
facilities.
The project is operated in a run-ofriver mode, whereby outflow from the
project approximates inflow. The lower
powerhouse is operated in an automatic
control mode using water level
transducers to maintain normal
impoundment elevation at the
flashboard crest (i.e., 484.8 feet).1 The
1 Elevation data are presented using the National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29).
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upper powerhouse is manually operated
and serves as a backup to the lower
powerhouse when inflows exceed the
hydraulic capacity of the lower
powerhouse (i.e., 860 cubic feet per
second [cfs]).2 The minimum and
maximum hydraulic capacities of the
project are 232 cfs and 1,090 cfs,
respectively.
A continuous minimum flow of 45 cfs
or inflow, whichever is less, is passed
into the bypassed reach. The minimum
flow comprises 30 cfs at the spillway
and 15 cfs of leakage flow from the
upper powerhouse. Project operation
ceases when inflow falls below the
project’s minimum hydraulic capacity
and all flow is passed via a minimum
flow weir 3 and/or over the project
spillway. From 2010 to 2020, the project
generated an average of 27,865
megawatt-hours annually.
m. 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., scoping document)
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–6115).
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, if
any, of the licensee’s proposed action
and alternatives. The EA or EIS will
consider 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
2 Pyrites Hydro estimates that the upper
powerhouse operates about 16% of the time on an
annual basis.
3 The 8-foot-wide by 1.5-foot-deep minimum flow
weir is located at the north end of the spillway dam.
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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
October 13, 2022.
Copies of 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: October 13, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2496–286]
Eugene Water & Electric Board; Notice
of Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Non-capacity
Amendment of License.
b. Project No: 2496–286.
c. Date Filed: October 6, 2022 1
d. Applicant: Eugene Water & Electric
Board (licensee).
e. Name of Project: LeaburgWalterville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the McKenzie River in Lane County,
Oregon.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Frank
Lawson, Eugene Water & Electric Board,
4200 Roosevelt Blvd., Eugene, Oregon
97402, (541) 685–7000, frank.lawson@
eweb.org.
i. FERC Contact: Jeremy Jessup, (202)
502–6779, Jeremy.Jessup@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests:
November 14, 2022.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
1 The October 6, 2022 filing supersedes a
September 1, 2022 filing.
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motions to intervene, and protests using
the Commission’s eFiling system at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. 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 the
docket number P–2496–286. Comments
emailed to Commission staff are not
considered part of the Commission
record.
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 whose name appears 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. Description of Request: The
licensee proposes to remove from the
project boundary two 7.6-mile-long, 69kilovolt (kV) transmission lines which
no longer qualify as primary
transmission lines. These lines, referred
to as the A–2 and B–2, formerly
connected the Leaburg Substation with
the Walterville Substation and then to
load centers and the interconnected
transmission system at the Hayden
Bridge Substation. The A–2 and B–2
transmission lines have been taken out
of service and the licensee is removing
them. The licensee installed a new 11.5kV generation feed line between the
Leaburg power plant and the new
Holden Creek Substation in the
easternmost 0.43 mile of the right-ofway previously occupied by the two 69kV transmission lines. The Leaburg
plant’s power generation is now
delivered to the interconnected
transmission system at the Holden
Creek Substation, which is connected to
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6115-016]
Pyrites Hydro, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 6115-016.
c. Date filed: August 31, 2021.
d. Applicant: Pyrites Hydro, LLC (Pyrites Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Pyrites Hydroelectric Project (Pyrites Project
or project).
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Grass River
near the Town of Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York. 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. Kevin M. Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager,
Pyrites Hydro, LLC, 670 N Commercial Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH
03101, (978) 935-6039; [email protected]
i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at (202) 502-8256; or email at
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 12, 2022.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. 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, please send a paper copy via
U.S. Postal Service 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:
Pyrites Hydroelectric Project (P-6115-016).
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: (1) a 170-foot-long and 12-foot-high
concrete Ambursen overflow spillway dam with 1.5-foot-high flashboards,
a 115-foot-long concrete auxiliary spillway, and a 208-foot-long non-
overflow intake dam, which includes a 50-foot-wide intake structure;
(2) a 6-foot-diameter, 700-foot-long steel penstock running from the
intake structure to an upper powerhouse and a 10-foot-diameter, 2,160-
foot-long penstock running from the intake structure to a lower
powerhouse; (3) a 21-foot by 31-foot upper powerhouse located 700 feet
downstream of the intake structure containing one 1.2-megawatt (MW)
turbine/generator unit operating under a rated head of 76 feet and a
50-foot by 53-foot lower powerhouse located 1,200 feet downstream of
the upper powerhouse tailrace containing two 3.5-MW turbine/generator
units operating under a rated head of 111 feet; (4) a 405-foot-long,
20-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a 50-foot by 97-foot, 115/4.16/2.3-kilovolt
(kV) switchyard and substation for use by both powerhouses; (6) a 470-
foot-long 2.3-kV transmission line connecting the upper powerhouse to
the switchyard; (7) a 1,150-foot-long 4.16-kV transmission line
connecting the lower powerhouse to the switchyard; and (8) appurtenant
facilities.
The project is operated in a run-of-river mode, whereby outflow
from the project approximates inflow. The lower powerhouse is operated
in an automatic control mode using water level transducers to maintain
normal impoundment elevation at the flashboard crest (i.e., 484.8
feet).\1\ The
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upper powerhouse is manually operated and serves as a backup to the
lower powerhouse when inflows exceed the hydraulic capacity of the
lower powerhouse (i.e., 860 cubic feet per second [cfs]).\2\ The
minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the project are 232 cfs and
1,090 cfs, respectively.
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\1\ Elevation data are presented using the National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29).
\2\ Pyrites Hydro estimates that the upper powerhouse operates
about 16% of the time on an annual basis.
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A continuous minimum flow of 45 cfs or inflow, whichever is less,
is passed into the bypassed reach. The minimum flow comprises 30 cfs at
the spillway and 15 cfs of leakage flow from the upper powerhouse.
Project operation ceases when inflow falls below the project's minimum
hydraulic capacity and all flow is passed via a minimum flow weir \3\
and/or over the project spillway. From 2010 to 2020, the project
generated an average of 27,865 megawatt-hours annually.
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\3\ The 8-foot-wide by 1.5-foot-deep minimum flow weir is
located at the north end of the spillway dam.
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m. 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., scoping document) 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-
6115). For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected] 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, if any, of the
licensee's proposed action and alternatives. The EA or EIS will
consider 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 October 13, 2022.
Copies of 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: October 13, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-22769 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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