Briar Hydro Associates, 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, 77823-77824 [2022-27586]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 20, 2022 / Notices Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department. Katherine Neas, Deputy Assistant Secretary. Delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. [FR Doc. 2022–27486 Filed 12–19–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0128] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind Annual Report (7–OB) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR). DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 19, 2023. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request (ICR) by selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this information collection request. Information collection forms and instructions may be found by clicking on the ‘‘View Information Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting statements and other supporting documentation may be found by clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting Statement and Other Documents’’ link. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Nicole Jeffords, 202–245–6387. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) is this collection lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:41 Dec 19, 2022 Jkt 259001 necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Please note that written comments received in response to this notice will be considered public records. Title of Collection: Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind Annual Report (7–OB). OMB Control Number: 1820–0608. Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR. Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 56. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 280. Abstract: RSA uses this form to meet the specific data collection requirements of Section 752 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by the Workforce Innovation Act (WIOA) and implementing regulations at 34 CFR 367.31(c). Each Designated State Agency (DSA) that administers the ILOIB program is required to submit the RSA– 7–OB report annually to the RSA Commissioner on or before December 30. Dated: December 14, 2022. Juliana Pearson, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. [FR Doc. 2022–27499 Filed 12–19–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 6689–018] Briar Hydro Associates, 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: New License. PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 77823 b. Project No.: 6689–018. c. Date Filed: November 30, 2022. d. Applicant: Briar Hydro Associates. e. Name of Project: Penacook Upper Falls Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Contoocook River, in City of Concord, and Town of Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. No federal lands are located within the project boundary. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J. Locke, Essex Hydro Associates, LLC, 55 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108; (617) 357–0032; email—alocke@ essexhydro.com. i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502–6181; or jeanne.edwards@ 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. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: January 29, 2023. 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:// 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: E:\FR\FM\20DEN1.SGM 20DEN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 77824 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 243 / Tuesday, December 20, 2022 / Notices 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: Penacook Upper Falls Project (P–6689–018). m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The Penacook Upper Falls Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) an impoundment with a surface area of 11.4-acres at an elevation of 306.0 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929; (2) a 21-foot-high, 187-foot-long timber stoplog dam with a gated concrete spillway ; (3) a 58-footwide, 15-foot-long forebay; (4) a 12.5foot-wide, 39.3-foot-high trashrack with 3.5-inch clear spacing; (5) a 44-footwide by 81-foot-long, concrete powerhouse, integral to the dam, containing one Kaplan turbine generating unit with a capacity of 3.02 megawatts; (6) a 350-foot-long, 47-footwide tailrace; (7) transmission facilities consisting of a 4.16/34.5- kilovolt (kV) transformer and a 50-foot-long, 34.5-kV transmission line; and (8) other appurtenances. The project operates in a run-of-river mode and had an average annual generation of 13,825,011 kilowatt-hours between 2012 and 2021. No changes to the project are proposed. o. Copies of the application may 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 (P–6689). For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 8659 (TTY). 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. p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: 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 2023 Request Additional Information (if necessary)—March 2023 Issue Acceptance Letter—May 2023 Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments—May 2023 Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)—August 2023 Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis August—2023 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:41 Dec 19, 2022 Jkt 259001 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: December 14, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–27586 Filed 12–19–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Filings Instituting Proceedings Docket Numbers: CP23–25–000. Applicants: Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. Description: Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C submits Abbreviated Application for Authorization to Abandon Services Under Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under CP23–25. Filed Date: 12/13/2022. Accession Number: 20221213–5057. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 1/3/23. Docket Numbers: RP23–280–000. Applicants: Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Negotiated PAL Koch Energy Services, LLC GN0822 to be effective 12/14/2022. Filed Date: 12/14/22. Accession Number: 20221214–5030. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/22. Docket Numbers: RP23–281–000. Applicants: Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Georgia Pacific Negotiated Rate to be effective 12/15/2022. Filed Date: 12/14/22. Accession Number: 20221214–5042. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/22. Docket Numbers: RP23–282–000. Applicants: Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: New Service Agreements—Brotman to be effective 1/1/2023. Filed Date: 12/14/22. Accession Number: 20221214–5048. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/22. Docket Numbers: RP23–283–000. Applicants: Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Update Non-Conforming List—Brotman to be effective 1/1/2023. PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Filed Date: 12/14/22. Accession Number: 20221214–5049. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/22. Docket Numbers: RP23–284–000. Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Tariff Notice Address Change Filing to be effective 1/14/2023. Filed Date: 12/14/22. Accession Number: 20221214–5075. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/27/22. 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. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ fercgensearch.asp) by querying the docket number. 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. Dated: December 14, 2022. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–27622 Filed 12–19–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 3342–025] Briar Hydro Associates, 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: New License. b. Project No.: 3342–025. c. Date Filed: November 30, 2022. d. Applicant: Briar Hydro Associates. e. Name of Project: Penacook Lower Falls Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Contoocook River, in City of Concord, and Town of Boscawen, Merrimack County, New E:\FR\FM\20DEN1.SGM 20DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77823-77824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27586]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 6689-018]


Briar Hydro Associates, 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: New License.
    b. Project No.: 6689-018.
    c. Date Filed: November 30, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Briar Hydro Associates.
    e. Name of Project: Penacook Upper Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Contoocook River, in City of Concord, and Town 
of Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. No federal lands are 
located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J. Locke, Essex Hydro Associates, LLC, 
55 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108; (617) 357-0032; email_
[email protected]
    i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502-6181; 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: January 29, 2023.
    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://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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:

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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: 
Penacook Upper Falls Project (P-6689-018).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Penacook Upper Falls Project consists of the following 
existing facilities: (1) an impoundment with a surface area of 11.4-
acres at an elevation of 306.0 feet above National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum 1929; (2) a 21-foot-high, 187-foot-long timber stoplog dam with a 
gated concrete spillway ; (3) a 58-foot-wide, 15-foot-long forebay; (4) 
a 12.5-foot-wide, 39.3-foot-high trashrack with 3.5-inch clear spacing; 
(5) a 44-foot-wide by 81-foot-long, concrete powerhouse, integral to 
the dam, containing one Kaplan turbine generating unit with a capacity 
of 3.02 megawatts; (6) a 350-foot-long, 47-foot-wide tailrace; (7) 
transmission facilities consisting of a 4.16/34.5- kilovolt (kV) 
transformer and a 50-foot-long, 34.5-kV transmission line; and (8) 
other appurtenances.
    The project operates in a run-of-river mode and had an average 
annual generation of 13,825,011 kilowatt-hours between 2012 and 2021. 
No changes to the project are proposed.
    o. Copies of the application may 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 (P-6689). For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: 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 2023
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--March 2023
Issue Acceptance Letter--May 2023
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--May 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--August 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis August--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: December 14, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-27586 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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