Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 15011-15012 [2023-04996]

Download as PDF 15011 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2023 / Notices Cold Weather Temperature definition, as discussed in the body of this order. (D) NERC is hereby directed to assess annual and event-based data submittals to address the following elements of Reliability Standard EOP–012–1: (1) generator owner declared constraints and explanations thereof; and (2) the adequacy of the Extreme Cold Weather Temperature definition, and to submit periodic reports to the Commission providing the results of the assessments, as discussed in the body of this order. By the Commission. Issued: February 16, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–04875 Filed 3–8–23; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2513–091] Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 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 Major License. b. Project No.: 2513–091. c. Date Filed: February 28, 2023. d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP). e. Name of Project: Essex No. 19 Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Winooski River in Chittenden County, Vermont. The project does not affect Federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Tedesco, Green Mountain Power Corporation, 163 Acorn Lane, Colchester, Vermont 05446; phone: (802) 655–8753 or email at John.Tedesco@ greenmountainpower.com. i. FERC Contact: Michael Tust at (202) 502–6522 or email at michael.tust@ ferc.gov. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. Project Description: The existing project consists of: (1) a 494-foot-long concrete gravity dam consisting of a 61foot-high non-overflow concrete abutment section and three overflow spillway sections 46-foot-high and each topped by a 5-foot-high inflatable rubber dam; (2) a 268-acre impoundment; (3) a 78-foot-wide, 36-foot-high concrete intake structure with two concrete wing walls, a steel trashrack with one-inch bar spacing, and an embedded downstream fishway; (4) two 3-footdiameter steel penstocks and four 9foot-diameter steel penstocks each running parallel to each other and extending underground from the dam to the powerhouse with lengths ranging from 382.9 to 389.3 feet; (5) a 154.6-footlong, 93.5-foot-wide, and 55.7-foot-high, reinforced-concrete and brick powerhouse located 400 feet downstream of the intake housing four horizontal Francis-type turbines with an installed capacity of 2,223 kilowatts (kW) each and four horizontal shaft generators rated at 1,800 kilowatts each as well as a double horizontal Francistype turbine (i.e., minimum flow unit) with an installed capacity of 874 kW connected to a generator rated at 850 kW; (6) a 300-foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt overhead transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. Green Mountain Power Corporation also owns and maintains the following recreation facilities: Overlook Park, an access site to the impoundment, an access site to the powerhouse tailrace area, and a canoe portage. The downstream fish passage facility consists of two entrance gates each 3feet-wide and 7.5-feet long located at the west end of the spillway. One entrance is located near the north end of the intake trashracks and the other is located closer to the center of the intake trashracks. The two entrances feed into a collection chamber behind the trashracks. The two collection chambers are connected via a 54-inch-diameter, 67-foot-long steel pipe which transports fish to an open channel sluice down the adjacent spillway and into a plunge pool. The plunge pool water level is controlled by a concrete weir with a bell-mouthed vertical slot with a 1-footwide opening which discharges flow into the bypassed reach. GMP currently operates the project in a modified daily peaking mode while raising and lowering the impoundment level a maximum of 3 feet but now proposes to operate the project in runof-river mode year-round while maintaining the impoundment at an elevation of 274.7 feet (under normal flow conditions). GMP would continue to provide minimum flows of 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow, if less, through the fish passage facility into the bypassed reach from April 15 through June 30 and from September 15 through December 15 and 50 cfs or inflow, if less, into the bypassed reach the remainder the year. The project has an average annual generation of 35,498 megawatt-hours. l. Location of the Application: 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–2513). For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). m. 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. n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Milestone Target date Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ................................................................................................................................. Issue Additional Information Request (if necessary) .......................................................................................................... Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ................................................................................... Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ................................................ VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MRN1.SGM 10MRN1 March 2023. April 2023. August 2023. October 2023. 15012 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2023 / Notices o. 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: March 6, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–04996 Filed 3–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP22–34–000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time Take notice that on February 28, 2023, Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C (SNG) requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) grant an extension of time, until April 4, 2023, to complete its North System 2022 Project. SNG received a prior notice authorization for the North System 2022 Project on March 5, 2022 which authorized: (1) the construction of approximately 2.2 miles of 8-inchdiameter pipeline (Cordova Connector Line) in Walker County, Alabama; (2) the modification of existing facilities along the SNG system in Walker, Morgan, Calhoun, Jefferson, and Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama; and (3) the re-wheeling the existing Compressor Unit #1 at SNG’s Providence Compressor Station in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The commission’s prior notice regulations require SNG to complete the construction of the North System 2022 Project and make it available for service within one year from issuance, or by March 4, 2023.1 In SNG’s request for an extension of time, SNG stated that as the construction of the Project was nearing completion, SNG determined that for operational safety a Remote Terminal Unit needed to be relocated to provide a 25-foot hazardous area radius with additional equipment at its Cordova Start site. Due to this scope addition and rainy condition SNG requests an extension of time in which to complete the Project from the one-year date of March 4, 2023, to the new projected completion date of April 4, 2023. This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on SNG’s request for an 1 18 CFR 157.207(c). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 extension of time may do so. No reply comments or answers will be considered. If you wish to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this request, you should, on or before the comment date stated below, file a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10).2 As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on requests for extensions of time to complete construction for Natural Gas Act facilities when such requests are contested before order issuance. For those extension requests that are contested,3 the Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.4 The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.5 The Commission will not consider arguments that re-litigate the issuance of the Certificate Order, including whether the Commission properly found the project to be in the public convenience and necessity and whether the Commission’s environmental analysis for the certificate complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.6 At the time a pipeline requests an extension of time, orders on certificates of public convenience and necessity are final and the Commission will not re-litigate their issuance.7 The OEP Director, or his or her designee, will act on those extension requests that are uncontested. 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:// 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 2 Only motions to intervene from entities that were party to the underlying proceeding will be accepted. Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,144, at P 39 (2020). 3 Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2020). 4 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 5 Id. P 40. 6 Similarly, the Commission will not re-litigate the issuance of an NGA section 3 authorization, including whether a proposed project is not inconsistent with the public interest and whether the Commission’s environmental analysis for the permit order complied with NEPA. 7 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 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. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFile’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original copy of the protest or intervention by U.S. mail to Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions by any other courier in docketed proceedings should be delivered to, Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 21, 2023. Dated: March 6, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–04998 Filed 3–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP23–76–000] ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline Take notice that on February 22, 2023, ANR Pipeline Company (ANR), 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed in the abovereferenced docket, a prior notice request pursuant to sections 157.205 and 157.216(b) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and ANR’s blanket certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–480–000,1 for authorization to abandon one injection/withdrawal well and appurtenant facilities located at the Goodwell Storage Field in Newaygo County, Michigan, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open for public inspection. 1 See Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company, 20 FERC ¶ 62,595 (1982). 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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15011-15012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04996]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2513-091]


Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for 
Licensing and 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2513-091.
    c. Date Filed: February 28, 2023.
    d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP).
    e. Name of Project: Essex No. 19 Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Winooski River in Chittenden County, Vermont. 
The project does not affect Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Tedesco, Green Mountain Power 
Corporation, 163 Acorn Lane, Colchester, Vermont 05446; phone: (802) 
655-8753 or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Tust at (202) 502-6522 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing project consists of: (1) a 
494-foot-long concrete gravity dam consisting of a 61-foot-high non-
overflow concrete abutment section and three overflow spillway sections 
46-foot-high and each topped by a 5-foot-high inflatable rubber dam; 
(2) a 268-acre impoundment; (3) a 78-foot-wide, 36-foot-high concrete 
intake structure with two concrete wing walls, a steel trashrack with 
one-inch bar spacing, and an embedded downstream fishway; (4) two 3-
foot-diameter steel penstocks and four 9-foot-diameter steel penstocks 
each running parallel to each other and extending underground from the 
dam to the powerhouse with lengths ranging from 382.9 to 389.3 feet; 
(5) a 154.6-foot-long, 93.5-foot-wide, and 55.7-foot-high, reinforced-
concrete and brick powerhouse located 400 feet downstream of the intake 
housing four horizontal Francis-type turbines with an installed 
capacity of 2,223 kilowatts (kW) each and four horizontal shaft 
generators rated at 1,800 kilowatts each as well as a double horizontal 
Francis-type turbine (i.e., minimum flow unit) with an installed 
capacity of 874 kW connected to a generator rated at 850 kW; (6) a 300-
foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt overhead transmission line; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities. Green Mountain Power Corporation also owns and 
maintains the following recreation facilities: Overlook Park, an access 
site to the impoundment, an access site to the powerhouse tailrace 
area, and a canoe portage.
    The downstream fish passage facility consists of two entrance gates 
each 3-feet-wide and 7.5-feet long located at the west end of the 
spillway. One entrance is located near the north end of the intake 
trashracks and the other is located closer to the center of the intake 
trashracks. The two entrances feed into a collection chamber behind the 
trashracks. The two collection chambers are connected via a 54-inch-
diameter, 67-foot-long steel pipe which transports fish to an open 
channel sluice down the adjacent spillway and into a plunge pool. The 
plunge pool water level is controlled by a concrete weir with a bell-
mouthed vertical slot with a 1-foot-wide opening which discharges flow 
into the bypassed reach.
    GMP currently operates the project in a modified daily peaking mode 
while raising and lowering the impoundment level a maximum of 3 feet 
but now proposes to operate the project in run-of-river mode year-round 
while maintaining the impoundment at an elevation of 274.7 feet (under 
normal flow conditions). GMP would continue to provide minimum flows of 
100 cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow, if less, through the fish 
passage facility into the bypassed reach from April 15 through June 30 
and from September 15 through December 15 and 50 cfs or inflow, if 
less, into the bypassed reach the remainder the year. The project has 
an average annual generation of 35,498 megawatt-hours.
    l. Location of the Application: 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-2513). For assistance, contact FERC at 
[email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY).
    m. 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.
    n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule may be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)..  March 2023.
Issue Additional Information Request (if  April 2023.
 necessary).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for  August 2023.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary    October 2023.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
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    o. 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: March 6, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-04996 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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