Pyrites Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions, 39841-39842 [2023-13079]
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process plan and schedule for pre-filing
activity that incorporates the time
frames provided for in part 5 of the
Commission’s regulations and, to the
extent possible, maximizes coordination
of Federal, State, and Tribal permitting
and certification processes; and (5)
discuss the potential of any Federal or
State agency or Native American Tribe
to act as a cooperating agency for
development of an environmental
document. Meeting participants should
come prepared to discuss their issues
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD
in preparation for the scoping meetings.
Directions on how to obtain a copy of
the PAD and SD1 are included in item
n of this document.
Meeting Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a
court reporter and become part of the
Commission’s formal record on the
project.
Agencies, Native American Tribes,
NGOs, and individuals with
environmental expertise and concerns
are encouraged to attend the meetings
and to assist Commission staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the NEPA document.
Dated: June 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 6115–016]
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Pyrites Hydro, LLC; Notice of
Application Ready for Environmental
Analysis and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
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: On the Grass River near
the Town of Canton, St. Lawrence
County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
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h. Applicant Contact: Curtis Mooney,
Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Patriot
Hydro, LLC, 59 Ayers Island Road,
Bristol, New Hampshire 03222; (603)
744–0846 or cmooney@
patriothydro.com.
i. FERC Contact: Josh Dub at (202)
502–8138, or email at joshua.dub@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and 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 comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.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. 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 has been accepted
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
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Environmental Policy Act Implementing
Regulations Revisions, 87 FR 23,453–
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. The Pyrites Project consists of: (1) a
170-foot-long and 12-foot-high concrete
Ambursen overflow spillway with 1.5foot-high flashboards, a 115-foot-long
concrete auxiliary spillway, and a 208foot-long non-overflow 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 1.2megawatt (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 tailrace containing
two 3.5–MW turbine/generator units
operating under a rated head of 111 feet;
(4) a 50-foot by 97-foot, 115/4.16/2.3kilovolt (kV) switchyard and substation
for use by both powerhouses; (5) a 470foot-long 2.3-kV transmission line
connecting the upper powerhouse to the
switchyard; (6) a 1,150-foot-long 4.16kV transmission line connecting the
lower powerhouse to the switchyard;
and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The Pyrites Project is operated in a
run-of-river mode with an average
annual generation of 27,865 megawatthours.
Pyrites Hydro proposes to continue to
operate the project in a run-of-river
mode and maintain a continuous
minimum flow to the bypassed reach of
45 cubic feet per second or inflow to the
impoundment, whichever is less.
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. At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room. For assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnline Support@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
502–8659.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY
COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS
AND CONDITIONS,’’ or
‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the
heading the name of the applicant and
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the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the
filing; 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.
Each filing 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/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.
n. 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.
o. Procedural schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Target
date
Milestone
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Filing of Comments, Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments ..........
August
2023.
September
2023
p. The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
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interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: June 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AC23–125–000]
Western Power Pool; Notice of Petition
for Waiver
Take notice that on June 9, 2023,
Northwest Power Pool d/b/a Western
Power Pool (WPP or Petitioner), filed a
petition for waiver of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)
requirement to provide its FERC Form
No. 3–Qs for 2023 on the basis that WPP
was not a public utility until January 1,
2023 and requires additional time to
align its accounting with the
Commission’s Uniform System of
Accounts, all as more fully explained in
the petition.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. Anyone filing a motion
to intervene, or protest must serve a
copy of that document on the Petitioner.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically may
mail similar pleadings to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Hand delivered submissions in
docketed proceedings should be
delivered to Health and Human
Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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
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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. For
assistance, contact the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
July 13, 2023.
Dated: June 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Project No. 3211–010]
Power Authority of the State of New
York; Notice of Waiver Period for
Water Quality Certification Application
On June 1, 2023, the Power Authority
of the State of New York submitted to
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) a copy of its
application for a Clean Water Act
section 401(a)(1) water quality
certification filed with the New York
State Department of Environmental
Conservation (New York DEC), in
conjunction with the above captioned
project. Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6 and
section 5.23(b) of the Commission’s
regulations,1 we hereby notify the New
York DEC of the following:
Date of Receipt of the Certification
Request: May 26, 2023.
Reasonable Period of Time to Act on
the Certification Request: One year (May
26, 2024).
If New York DEC fails or refuses to act
on the water quality certification request
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6115-016]
Pyrites Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental
Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
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: On the Grass River near the Town of Canton, St.
Lawrence County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Curtis Mooney, Manager, Regulatory Affairs,
Patriot Hydro, LLC, 59 Ayers Island Road, Bristol, New Hampshire 03222;
(603) 744-0846 or [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Josh Dub at (202) 502-8138, or email at
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and 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
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.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]">FERCOnline[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. 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 has been accepted 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 23,453-70). 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. The Pyrites Project consists of: (1) a 170-foot-long and 12-
foot-high concrete Ambursen overflow spillway with 1.5-foot-high
flashboards, a 115-foot-long concrete auxiliary spillway, and a 208-
foot-long non-overflow 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 tailrace containing two 3.5-MW turbine/generator units operating
under a rated head of 111 feet; (4) a 50-foot by 97-foot, 115/4.16/2.3-
kilovolt (kV) switchyard and substation for use by both powerhouses;
(5) a 470-foot-long 2.3-kV transmission line connecting the upper
powerhouse to the switchyard; (6) a 1,150-foot-long 4.16-kV
transmission line connecting the lower powerhouse to the switchyard;
and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The Pyrites Project is operated in a run-of-river mode with an
average annual generation of 27,865 megawatt-hours.
Pyrites Hydro proposes to continue to operate the project in a run-
of-river mode and maintain a continuous minimum flow to the bypassed
reach of 45 cubic feet per second or inflow to the impoundment,
whichever is less.
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. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the
Commission's Public Reference Room. For assistance, contact FERC at
[email protected]">FERCOnline[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY,
(202) 502-8659.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and
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the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3)
furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person
submitting the filing; 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. Each filing 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/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.
n. 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.
o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of Comments, Recommendations, Terms August 2023.
and Conditions, and Prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments.................. September 2023
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p. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
Dated: June 13, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-13079 Filed 6-16-23; 8:45 am]
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