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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 7153–018]
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Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC;
Notice of Scoping Meetings and
Environmental Site Review and
Soliciting Scoping Comments
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.: 7153–018.
c. Date filed: April 29, 2022.
d. Applicant: Consolidated Hydro
New York, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Victory Mills
Hydroelectric Project (Victory Mills
Project or project).
f. Location: On Fish Creek in Saratoga
County in the Village of Victory, 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, NH 03222, (603) 744–0846, or,
Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager,
Patriot Hydro, LLC, 670 N Commercial
Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH
03101, (603) 623–8222.
i. FERC Contact: Jacob Harrell,
jacob.harrell@ferc.gov, (202) 502–7313.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: May 30, 2024.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file scoping
comments 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/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, please
send a paper copy via U.S. Postal
Service 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
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page: Victory Mills Hydroelectric
Project (P–7153–018).
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all interveners
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 intervener
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 is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The Victory Mills Project consists of:
(1) a dam that includes: (a) an
approximately 150-foot-long concrete
spillway varying in height from 4 to 6
feet with a crest elevation of 187.5 feet
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929 (NGVD29), and (b) a sluice gate
section approximately 19 feet high and
40 feet long with four gated spillway
bays, each with a sill elevation of 181
feet NGVD29 and containing a 7-foothigh by 8-foot-wide wooden timber gate;
(2) a 4.3-acre reservoir with a gross
storage capacity of approximately 18
acre-feet at the normal surface elevation
of 187.5 feet NGVD29; (3) an intake
channel feeding a 51-foot-long, 25-foothigh concrete intake structure; (4) an 8foot-diameter, 300-foot-long steel
penstock; (5) a 27-foot by 46-foot
concrete powerhouse containing a
single turbine-generator unit with an
installed capacity of 1,656 kilowatts; (6)
an approximately 30-foot-wide by 530foot-long tailrace channel; (7) a 90-footlong generator lead extending through
the powerhouse to a transformer and
then a 100-foot-long underground and a
20-foot-long aerial, 4.16-kilovolt
transmission line to the point of
interconnection; and (8) appurtenant
facilities. There are no recreation
facilities at the project. An average of
6,073 MWh is generated at the project
annually.
The Victory Mills Project operates as
a run-of-river facility with no storage or
flood control capacity. A continuous
minimum bypassed reach flow of 36
cubic feet per second (cfs), or inflow,
whichever is less, is maintained through
operation of a sluice gate at the dam.
The minimum hydraulic capacity for
operating the turbine unit is 60 cfs,
therefore, the minimum river flow
needed for project operation is 96 cfs
(36 cfs plus 60 cfs). When inflow at the
project is less than 96 cfs, river flows are
allowed to pass downstream through the
bypassed reach. When the inflow
exceeds the maximum hydraulic
capacity of the project at 590 cfs, the
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impoundment level is permitted to rise
over the spillway.
m. Copies of the application can be
viewed on the Commission’s website at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the project’s
docket number, excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field, to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
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.
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 at
OPP@ferc.gov.
n. Scoping Process
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
Commission staff intends to prepare
either an environmental assessment
(EA) or an environmental impact
statement (EIS) (collectively referred to
as the ‘‘NEPA document’’) that describes
and evaluates the probable effects,
including an assessment of the sitespecific and cumulative effects, if any,
of the proposed action and alternatives.
The Commission’s scoping process will
help determine the required level of
analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether
the Commission issues an EA or an EIS.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will hold two public
scoping meetings and an environmental
site review in the vicinity of the project
to receive input on the scope of the
NEPA document. An evening meeting
will focus on receiving input from the
public and a daytime meeting will focus
on the concerns of resource agencies,
non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), and Indian Tribes. We invite all
interested agencies, Indian Tribes,
NGOs, and individuals to attend one or
both meetings. The times and locations
of these meetings are as follows:
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
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Place: Village of Victory Town Hall
Address: 23 Pine Street, Victory Mills,
NY 12884
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT
Place: Village of Victory Town Hall
Address: 23 Pine Street, Victory Mills,
NY 12884
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the NEPA document were
distributed to the parties on the
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of the
SD1 will be available at the scoping
meeting or may be viewed on the web
at https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above).
Environmental Site Review
The applicant and Commission staff
will conduct an environmental site
review of the project. All interested
individuals, agencies, Indian Tribes,
and NGOs are invited to attend. All
participants are responsible for their
own transportation to the site. Please
RSVP via email to Miley Kinney at
Mkinney@patriothydro.com or by phone
at (603) 732–8162 by April 19, 2024, if
you plan to attend the environmental
site review. The time and location of the
environmental site review is as follows:
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Place: Village of Victory Town Hall
Address: 23 Pine Street, Victory Mills,
NY 12884
All persons attending the
environmental site review must adhere
to the following requirements: (1) all
persons must wear sturdy, closed-toe
shoes or boots; (2) persons with opentoed shoes/sandals/flip flops/high heels,
etc. will not be allowed on the
environmental site review; (3) persons
must be 18 years or older; (4) no
photography will be allowed inside the
powerhouse; (5) no weapons are
allowed on-site; (6) no alcohol/drugs are
allowed on-site (or persons exhibiting
the effects thereof); and (7) no animals
(except for service animals) are allowed
on the environmental site review.
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Objectives
At the scoping meetings, Commission
staff will: (1) summarize the
environmental issues tentatively
identified for analysis in the NEPA
document; (2) solicit from the meeting
participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the
resources at issue; (3) encourage
statements from experts and the public
on issues that should be analyzed in the
NEPA document, including viewpoints
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in opposition to, or in support of, the
staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine
the resource issues to be addressed in
the NEPA document; and (5) identify
those issues that require a detailed
analysis, as well as those issues that do
not require a detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a
stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission
proceeding on the project. Individuals,
NGOs, Indian Tribes, and agencies with
environmental expertise and concerns
are encouraged to attend the meeting
and to assist the staff in defining and
clarifying the issues to be addressed in
the NEPA document.
Dated: March 29, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7153-018]
Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings and
Environmental Site Review and Soliciting Scoping Comments
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.: 7153-018.
c. Date filed: April 29, 2022.
d. Applicant: Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project (Victory
Mills Project or project).
f. Location: On Fish Creek in Saratoga County in the Village of
Victory, 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, NH 03222, (603) 744-
0846, or, Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, Patriot Hydro, LLC, 670
N Commercial Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH 03101, (603) 623-8222.
i. FERC Contact: Jacob Harrell, [email protected], (202) 502-
7313.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: May 30, 2024.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments 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, please send a paper copy via
U.S. Postal Service 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: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project (P-7153-018).
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners 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 intervener 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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The Victory Mills Project consists of: (1) a dam that includes:
(a) an approximately 150-foot-long concrete spillway varying in height
from 4 to 6 feet with a crest elevation of 187.5 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), and (b) a sluice gate section
approximately 19 feet high and 40 feet long with four gated spillway
bays, each with a sill elevation of 181 feet NGVD29 and containing a 7-
foot-high by 8-foot-wide wooden timber gate; (2) a 4.3-acre reservoir
with a gross storage capacity of approximately 18 acre-feet at the
normal surface elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD29; (3) an intake channel
feeding a 51-foot-long, 25-foot-high concrete intake structure; (4) an
8-foot-diameter, 300-foot-long steel penstock; (5) a 27-foot by 46-foot
concrete powerhouse containing a single turbine-generator unit with an
installed capacity of 1,656 kilowatts; (6) an approximately 30-foot-
wide by 530-foot-long tailrace channel; (7) a 90-foot-long generator
lead extending through the powerhouse to a transformer and then a 100-
foot-long underground and a 20-foot-long aerial, 4.16-kilovolt
transmission line to the point of interconnection; and (8) appurtenant
facilities. There are no recreation facilities at the project. An
average of 6,073 MWh is generated at the project annually.
The Victory Mills Project operates as a run-of-river facility with
no storage or flood control capacity. A continuous minimum bypassed
reach flow of 36 cubic feet per second (cfs), or inflow, whichever is
less, is maintained through operation of a sluice gate at the dam. The
minimum hydraulic capacity for operating the turbine unit is 60 cfs,
therefore, the minimum river flow needed for project operation is 96
cfs (36 cfs plus 60 cfs). When inflow at the project is less than 96
cfs, river flows are allowed to pass downstream through the bypassed
reach. When the inflow exceeds the maximum hydraulic capacity of the
project at 590 cfs, the impoundment level is permitted to rise over the
spillway.
m. Copies of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
project's docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field, to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
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.
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 at [email protected].
n. Scoping Process
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
Commission staff intends to prepare either an environmental assessment
(EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS) (collectively referred
to as the ``NEPA document'') that describes and evaluates the probable
effects, including an assessment of the site-specific and cumulative
effects, if any, of the proposed action and alternatives. The
Commission's scoping process will help determine the required level of
analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of
whether the Commission issues an EA or an EIS.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will hold two public scoping meetings and an
environmental site review in the vicinity of the project to receive
input on the scope of the NEPA document. An evening meeting will focus
on receiving input from the public and a daytime meeting will focus on
the concerns of resource agencies, non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), and Indian Tribes. We invite all interested agencies, Indian
Tribes, NGOs, and individuals to attend one or both meetings. The times
and locations of these meetings are as follows:
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
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Place: Village of Victory Town Hall
Address: 23 Pine Street, Victory Mills, NY 12884
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT
Place: Village of Victory Town Hall
Address: 23 Pine Street, Victory Mills, NY 12884
Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to
be addressed in the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on
the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at
the scoping meeting or may be viewed on the web at https://www.ferc.gov
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).
Environmental Site Review
The applicant and Commission staff will conduct an environmental
site review of the project. All interested individuals, agencies,
Indian Tribes, and NGOs are invited to attend. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation to the site. Please RSVP via
email to Miley Kinney at [email protected] or by phone at (603)
732-8162 by April 19, 2024, if you plan to attend the environmental
site review. The time and location of the environmental site review is
as follows:
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Place: Village of Victory Town Hall
Address: 23 Pine Street, Victory Mills, NY 12884
All persons attending the environmental site review must adhere to
the following requirements: (1) all persons must wear sturdy, closed-
toe shoes or boots; (2) persons with open-toed shoes/sandals/flip
flops/high heels, etc. will not be allowed on the environmental site
review; (3) persons must be 18 years or older; (4) no photography will
be allowed inside the powerhouse; (5) no weapons are allowed on-site;
(6) no alcohol/drugs are allowed on-site (or persons exhibiting the
effects thereof); and (7) no animals (except for service animals) are
allowed on the environmental site review.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, Commission staff will: (1) summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the NEPA
document; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available
information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue;
(3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that
should be analyzed in the NEPA document, including viewpoints in
opposition to, or in support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4)
determine the resource issues to be addressed in the NEPA document; and
(5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as
those issues that do not require a detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. Individuals,
NGOs, Indian Tribes, and agencies with environmental expertise and
concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to assist the staff
in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the NEPA
document.
Dated: March 29, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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