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984-foot-long, 15-foot-wide upstream
fishway; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
Great River Hydro operates the project
in a peaking mode in coordination with
its upstream Wilder Project No. 1892
and Bellows Falls Project No. 1855.
Average annual generation is
approximately 158,028 MW-hours.
Great River Hydro is proposing changes
to project operation that would reduce
impoundment fluctuations and increase
the stability of downstream flow
releases relative to current project
operation, including targeted water
surface elevation levels and flow
ramping rates. Great River Hydro also
proposes several protection, mitigation,
and enhancement measures for aquatic,
terrestrial, cultural, recreation resources,
and threatened and endangered species.
The specific proposed changes are
described in the amended application
and the settlement agreement filed on
August 4, 2022.
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.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a
protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.210, .211, and .214. In determining
the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
All filings must: (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION
TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’
‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’
‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY
FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set
forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and 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
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the applicant. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular
application. A copy of all other filings
in reference to this application 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.
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.
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.
o. 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.
p. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Deadline for filing motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments ...
April 2024.
May 2024.
q. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: February 22, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1855–050]
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene
and Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary
Fishway Prescriptions; Great River
Hydro, LLC
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.: 1855–050.
c. Date Filed: May 1, 2017; material
amendment filed December 7, 2020.
d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC
(Great River Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Bellows Falls
Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: The project is located on
the Connecticut River in Windsor and
Windham Counties, Vermont, and
Sullivan and Cheshire Counties, New
Hampshire.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: John Ragonese,
FERC License Manager, Great River
Hydro, LLC, 40 Pleasant Street, Suite
202, Portsmouth, NH 03801; (603) 498–
2851 or jragonese@greatriverhydro.com.
i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202)
502–6131 or stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway 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 motions to
intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.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
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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.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–1855–050.
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 ready for environmental analysis
at this time.
l. Project Description: The Bellows
Falls Project consists of: (1) a 643-footlong, 30-foot-high concrete dam that
includes: (a) two 18-foot-high, 115-footwide steel roller gates; (b) two 13-foothigh, 121-foot-wide stanchion
flashboards; and (c) a 13-foot-high, 100foot-wide stanchion flashboard; (2) a 26mile-long, 2,804-acre impoundment
with a useable storage volume of 7,467
acre-feet between elevations 288.63 and
291.63 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (3) a 1,700foot-long, 36- to 100-foot-wide, 29-footdeep stone-lined power canal; (4) a
130.25-foot-wide concrete forebay that
includes trashracks with 4-inch clear
bar spacing; (5) a 186-foot-long, 106foot-wide, 52-foot-high steel frame,
brick powerhouse containing three 13.6megawatt (MW) vertical Francis turbinegenerator units, for a total project
capacity of 40.8 MW; (6) three
approximately 20-foot-high, 31-footwide concrete draft tubes; (7) a 900-footlong tailrace; (8) a 12-foot-wide, 10-foothigh ice sluice; (9) three 80-foot-long,
6.6-kilovolt generator leads that connect
the turbine-generator units to two stepup transformers; (10) a 920-foot-long, 8foot-wide fishway; (11) a concrete fish
barrier dam in the bypassed reach; and
(12) appurtenant facilities.
Great River Hydro operates the project
in a peaking mode in coordination with
its upstream Wilder Project No. 1892
and downstream Vernon Project No.
1904. Average annual generation is
approximately 239,070 MW-hours.
Great River Hydro is proposing several
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protection, mitigation, and
enhancement measures for aquatic,
terrestrial, cultural, recreation resources,
and threatened and endangered species,
as well as changes to project operation
that would reduce impoundment
fluctuations and increase the stability of
downstream flow releases relative to
current project operation, including
targeted water surface elevation levels
and flow ramping rates. Great River
Hydro also proposes to install a new
turbine on the downstream side of the
spillway that would generate power
using the 300-cubic feet per second
proposed minimum flow to the
bypassed reach. The specific proposed
changes are described in the amended
application, the settlement agreement
filed on August 4, 2022, and the revised
relicensing proposal filed on June 8,
2023.
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.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a
protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.210, .211, and .214. In determining
the appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments filed, but only those
who file a motion to intervene in
accordance with the Commission’s
Rules may become a party to the
proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
All filings must: (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION
TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’
‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’
‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY
FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set
forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and 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. A copy of any protest or
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motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular
application. A copy of all other filings
in reference to this application 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.
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.
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.
o. 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.
p. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to
the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
Milestone
Deadline for filing motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments ...
Target date
April 2024.
May 2024.
q. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: February 22, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–04179 Filed 2–28–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1855-050]
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To
Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions,
and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions; Great River Hydro, LLC
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.: 1855-050.
c. Date Filed: May 1, 2017; material amendment filed December 7,
2020.
d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC (Great River Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: The project is located on the Connecticut River in
Windsor and Windham Counties, Vermont, and Sullivan and Cheshire
Counties, New Hampshire.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: John Ragonese, FERC License Manager, Great
River Hydro, LLC, 40 Pleasant Street, Suite 202, Portsmouth, NH 03801;
(603) 498-2851 or [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202) 502-6131 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway 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
motions to intervene and protests, comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions using the Commission's eFiling system at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration,
using the eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a
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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. The first
page of any filing should include docket number P-1855-050.
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 ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project Description: The Bellows Falls Project consists of: (1)
a 643-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete dam that includes: (a) two 18-
foot-high, 115-foot-wide steel roller gates; (b) two 13-foot-high, 121-
foot-wide stanchion flashboards; and (c) a 13-foot-high, 100-foot-wide
stanchion flashboard; (2) a 26-mile-long, 2,804-acre impoundment with a
useable storage volume of 7,467 acre-feet between elevations 288.63 and
291.63 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (3) a
1,700-foot-long, 36- to 100-foot-wide, 29-foot-deep stone-lined power
canal; (4) a 130.25-foot-wide concrete forebay that includes trashracks
with 4-inch clear bar spacing; (5) a 186-foot-long, 106-foot-wide, 52-
foot-high steel frame, brick powerhouse containing three 13.6-megawatt
(MW) vertical Francis turbine-generator units, for a total project
capacity of 40.8 MW; (6) three approximately 20-foot-high, 31-foot-wide
concrete draft tubes; (7) a 900-foot-long tailrace; (8) a 12-foot-wide,
10-foot-high ice sluice; (9) three 80-foot-long, 6.6-kilovolt generator
leads that connect the turbine-generator units to two step-up
transformers; (10) a 920-foot-long, 8-foot-wide fishway; (11) a
concrete fish barrier dam in the bypassed reach; and (12) appurtenant
facilities.
Great River Hydro operates the project in a peaking mode in
coordination with its upstream Wilder Project No. 1892 and downstream
Vernon Project No. 1904. Average annual generation is approximately
239,070 MW-hours. Great River Hydro is proposing several protection,
mitigation, and enhancement measures for aquatic, terrestrial,
cultural, recreation resources, and threatened and endangered species,
as well as changes to project operation that would reduce impoundment
fluctuations and increase the stability of downstream flow releases
relative to current project operation, including targeted water surface
elevation levels and flow ramping rates. Great River Hydro also
proposes to install a new turbine on the downstream side of the
spillway that would generate power using the 300-cubic feet per second
proposed minimum flow to the bypassed reach. The specific proposed
changes are described in the amended application, the settlement
agreement filed on August 4, 2022, and the revised relicensing proposal
filed on June 8, 2023.
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.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and 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. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application 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.
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].
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.
o. 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.
p. 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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Deadline for filing motions to intervene, April 2024.
protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments........ May 2024.
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q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: February 22, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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