Battenkill Hydro Associates; 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, 13073-13074 [2024-03425]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2024 / Notices on the south bank, housing two identical Kaplan turbine-generator units, with a combined generating capacity of 20.0 megawatts; (3) a 200foot-long, 100-foot wide unlined tailrace; (4) a 300-foot-long concrete retaining wall to be constructed downstream of the powerhouse; and (5) a 6-mile-long, 115 kilovolt transmission line. The proposed project would have an estimated annual generation of 127 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Kristen Fan, Kram Hydro 1, 12333 Sowden Rd., Suite B. PMB 50808, Houston, TX 77080; phone: (772) 418–2705. FERC Contact: Prabharanjani Madduri; phone: (202) 502–8017, or by email at prabharanjani.madduri@ ferc.gov. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/Quick Comment.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: Debbie-Anne Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–15326–000. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Feb 20, 2024 Jkt 262001 interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@ ferc.gov. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed, or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s website at https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search. Enter the docket number (P–15326) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: February 13, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–03424 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project Nos. 6904–043, 6903–037] Battenkill Hydro Associates; 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 applications have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection. a. Type of Applications: Subsequent Minor License. b. Project Nos.: 6904–043, 6903–037. c. Date filed: January 31, 2024. d. Applicant: Battenkill Hydro Associates (Battenkill Hydro). e. Name of Projects: Upper and Middle Greenwich Hydroelectric Projects (Upper Greenwich Project and Middle Greenwich Project). f. Location: On the Batten Kill in the Village of Greenwich in Washington County, New York. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Sherri Loon, Coordinator—Operations USA, Kruger Energy, LP, 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203–3026; sherri.loon@kruger.com or Lewis Loon, General Manager—Operations and Maintenance USA, Kruger Energy, LP, 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203–3027; lewis.loon@ kruger.com. i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at (202) 502–8256, or christopher.millard@ ferc.gov. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies with PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 13073 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 applications on their 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 applications, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: April 1, 2024.1 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:// ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting 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: Upper Greenwich Hydroelectric Project (P–6904–043) or Middle Greenwich Hydroelectric Project (P– 6903–037). m. The applications are not ready for environmental analysis at this time. 1 The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure provide that if a filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other day when the Commission is closed for business, the filing deadline does not end until the close of business on the next business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2). Because the 60-day filing deadline falls on a Sunday (i.e., March 31, 2024), the filing deadline is extended until the close of business on Monday, April 1, 2024. E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1 13074 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2024 / Notices n. Project Descriptions: The Upper Greenwich Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) an 11.5foot-high, 203-foot-long concrete gravity spillway dam topped with 2-foot-high flashboards; (2) a reservoir with a normal water surface area of 20 acres and a gross storage capacity of 70 acrefeet at a normal water surface elevation of 334 feet mean sea level (MSL); (3) two 12-foot by 7.5-foot intake gates; (4) a 200-foot-long, 40-foot-wide, and 10-foothigh earthen power canal; (5) 60-footwide, 11-foot-high, 1-inch clear trash racks angled at 45 degrees to the flow and toward a 3-foot-wide fish passage sluice; (6) a 53-foot-long, 14-foot-wide, concrete and steel powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a rated capacity of 300 kilowatts (kW) each for a total installed capacity of 600 kW; (7) a tailrace channel; (8) a 150-foot-long transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The Middle Greenwich Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a 10-foot-high, 235-footlong concrete gravity spillway dam; (2) a 9-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 80 acre-feet at a normal water surface elevation of 318 feet MSL; (3) a 150-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, and 10-foot-high power canal; (4) 24-footwide, 11-foot-high, 1-inch clear trash racks angled at 45 degrees to the flow and toward a 2.5-foot-wide fish passage sluice; (5) a 15-foot-long by 19.5-footwide concrete and steel powerhouse containing one turbine-generator unit with a capacity of 300 kW; (6) a tailrace channel; (7) a 150-foot-long transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The Upper and Middle Greenwich projects are operated in a run-of-river mode and release a minimum flow to the bypassed reach of 80 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 20 cfs, respectively, or inflow, whichever is less.2 A 20-cfs attraction flow is conveyed through the fish passage sluice to the bypassed reach at each project. Battenkill Hydro is not proposing any new project facilities or changes to the operation of either project. From 1999 to 2009, average annual generation at the Upper and Middle Greenwich projects was 146 kilowatthours (kWh) and 78 kWh, respectively. o. A copy of the applications 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 (P–6904 or P–6903). For assistance, contact FERC 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 these or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. 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. p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The applications will be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Milestone Target date Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ................................................................................................................................. Request Additional Information ........................................................................................................................................... Issue Acceptance Letter ..................................................................................................................................................... Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments .......................................................................................................................... Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) .......................................................................................................................... Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ............................................................................................................ Final amendments to the applications must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice ready for environmental analysis. Dated: February 13, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. EL24–56–000; EL24–57–000; EL24–58–000] Cottontail Solar 1, LLC; Cottontail Solar 2, LLC; Cottontail Solar 8, LLC; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date [FR Doc. 2024–03425 Filed 2–20–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY On February 12, 2024, the Commission issued an order in Docket Nos. EL24–56–000, EL24–57–000, and EL24–58–000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e, instituting an investigation to determine whether Cottontail Solar 1, LLC, Cottontail Solar 2, LLC, and Cottontail Solar 8, LLC’s (collectively, Applicants), proposed Reactive Service Rate Schedules are unjust, 2 Project operation occurred intermittently from 2009 to 2013. Both projects are currently offline and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 Feb 20, 2024 Jkt 262001 unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential, or otherwise unlawful. Cottontail Solar 1, LLC, Cottontail Solar 2, LLC, and Cottontail Solar 8, LLC, 186 FERC ¶ 61,101 (2024). The refund effective dates in Docket Nos. EL24–56–000, EL24–57–000, and EL24–58–000, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, or the dates Applicants’ Rate Schedules each become effective, whichever is later, provided, however, if the Rate Schedules do not become effective until after 5 months from the date of publication of the notice, the refund effective dates shall be 5 months from the date of publication of the notice. Any interested person desiring to be heard in Docket Nos. EL24–56–000, EL24–57–000, and EL24–58–000 must have not operated since June 2013 (see Battenkill Hydro’s letter filed November 7, 2022). PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 April 2024. April 2024. July 2024. August 2024. November 2024. November 2024. E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13073-13074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03425]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 6904-043, 6903-037]


Battenkill Hydro Associates; 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 applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Applications: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project Nos.: 6904-043, 6903-037.
    c. Date filed: January 31, 2024.
    d. Applicant: Battenkill Hydro Associates (Battenkill Hydro).
    e. Name of Projects: Upper and Middle Greenwich Hydroelectric 
Projects (Upper Greenwich Project and Middle Greenwich Project).
    f. Location: On the Batten Kill in the Village of Greenwich in 
Washington County, New York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Sherri Loon, Coordinator--Operations USA, 
Kruger Energy, LP, 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, ME 04345; (207) 203-
3026; [email protected] or Lewis Loon, General Manager--Operations 
and Maintenance USA, Kruger Energy, LP, 423 Brunswick Ave., Gardiner, 
ME 04345; (207) 203-3027; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at (202) 502-8256, 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 
applications on their 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 applications, and serve a 
copy of the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: April 1, 2024.\1\
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    \1\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide 
that if a filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or 
other day when the Commission is closed for business, the filing 
deadline does not end until the close of business on the next 
business day. 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2). Because the 60-day filing 
deadline falls on a Sunday (i.e., March 31, 2024), the filing 
deadline is extended until the close of business on Monday, April 1, 
2024.
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    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://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting 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: 
Upper Greenwich Hydroelectric Project (P-6904-043) or Middle Greenwich 
Hydroelectric Project (P-6903-037).
    m. The applications are not ready for environmental analysis at 
this time.

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    n. Project Descriptions: The Upper Greenwich Project consists of 
the following existing facilities: (1) an 11.5-foot-high, 203-foot-long 
concrete gravity spillway dam topped with 2-foot-high flashboards; (2) 
a reservoir with a normal water surface area of 20 acres and a gross 
storage capacity of 70 acre-feet at a normal water surface elevation of 
334 feet mean sea level (MSL); (3) two 12-foot by 7.5-foot intake 
gates; (4) a 200-foot-long, 40-foot-wide, and 10-foot-high earthen 
power canal; (5) 60-foot-wide, 11-foot-high, 1-inch clear trash racks 
angled at 45 degrees to the flow and toward a 3-foot-wide fish passage 
sluice; (6) a 53-foot-long, 14-foot-wide, concrete and steel powerhouse 
containing two turbine-generator units with a rated capacity of 300 
kilowatts (kW) each for a total installed capacity of 600 kW; (7) a 
tailrace channel; (8) a 150-foot-long transmission line; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The Middle Greenwich Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 10-foot-high, 235-foot-long concrete gravity spillway 
dam; (2) a 9-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 80 acre-
feet at a normal water surface elevation of 318 feet MSL; (3) a 150-
foot-long, 20-foot-wide, and 10-foot-high power canal; (4) 24-foot-
wide, 11-foot-high, 1-inch clear trash racks angled at 45 degrees to 
the flow and toward a 2.5-foot-wide fish passage sluice; (5) a 15-foot-
long by 19.5-foot-wide concrete and steel powerhouse containing one 
turbine-generator unit with a capacity of 300 kW; (6) a tailrace 
channel; (7) a 150-foot-long transmission line; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The Upper and Middle Greenwich projects are operated in a run-of-
river mode and release a minimum flow to the bypassed reach of 80 cubic 
feet per second (cfs) and 20 cfs, respectively, or inflow, whichever is 
less.\2\ A 20-cfs attraction flow is conveyed through the fish passage 
sluice to the bypassed reach at each project. Battenkill Hydro is not 
proposing any new project facilities or changes to the operation of 
either project.
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    \2\ Project operation occurred intermittently from 2009 to 2013. 
Both projects are currently offline and have not operated since June 
2013 (see Battenkill Hydro's letter filed November 7, 2022).
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    From 1999 to 2009, average annual generation at the Upper and 
Middle Greenwich projects was 146 kilowatt-hours (kWh) and 78 kWh, 
respectively.
    o. A copy of the applications 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 (P-6904 or P-6903). For assistance, 
contact FERC 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 these or other pending projects. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support.
    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].
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The applications 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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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)..  April 2024.
Request Additional Information..........  April 2024.
Issue Acceptance Letter.................  July 2024.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...  August 2024.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).  November 2024.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental   November 2024.
 Analysis.
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    Final amendments to the applications must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: February 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-03425 Filed 2-20-24; 8:45 am]
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