Lovejoy Tool Company Inc.; 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, 58152-58153 [2024-15735]
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To file via any other courier: DebbieAnne A. Reese, Acting Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852.
The Commission encourages
electronic filing of motions to intervene
(option 1 above) and has eFiling staff
available to assist you at (202) 502–8258
or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.
Protests and motions to intervene
must be served on the applicant either
by mail or email at: to Jerrod L.
Harrison, Assistant General Counsel
Sempra Infrastructure, 488 8th Avenue,
San Diego, CA 92101or at jharrison@
sempraglobal.com. Any subsequent
submissions by an intervenor must be
served on the applicant and all other
parties to the proceeding. Contact
information for parties can be
downloaded from the service list at the
eService link on FERC Online. Service
can be via email with a link to the
document.
All timely, unopposed 10 motions to
intervene are automatically granted by
operation of Rule 214(c)(1).11 Motions to
intervene that are filed after the
intervention deadline are untimely, and
may be denied. Any late-filed motion to
intervene must show good cause for
being late and must explain why the
time limitation should be waived and
provide justification by reference to
factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the
Commission’s Rules and Regulations.12
A person obtaining party status will be
placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and
will receive copies (paper or electronic)
of all documents filed by the applicant
and by all other parties.
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10 The applicant has 15 days from the submittal
of a motion to intervene to file a written objection
to the intervention.
11 18 CFR 385.214(c)(1).
12 18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and (d).
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notification of these filings, document
summaries, and direct links to the
documents. For more information and to
register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp.
Intervention Deadline: 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on August 1, 2024.
Dated: July 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–15728 Filed 7–16–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1394–000]
Southern California Edison Company;
Notice of Authorization for Continued
Project Operation
The license for the Bishop Creek
Hydroelectric Project No. 1394 was
issued for a period ending June 30,
2024.
Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C.
808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at
the expiration of a license term, to issue
from year-to-year an annual license to
the then licensee(s) under the terms and
conditions of the prior license until a
new license is issued, or the project is
otherwise disposed of as provided in
section 15 or any other applicable
section of the FPA. If the project’s prior
license waived the applicability of
section 15 of the FPA, then, based on
section 9(b) of the Administrative
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as
set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the
licensee of such project has filed an
application for a subsequent license, the
licensee may continue to operate the
project in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the license after the
minor or minor part license expires,
until the Commission acts on its
application. If the licensee of such a
project has not filed an application for
a subsequent license, then it may be
required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b),
to continue project operations until the
Commission issues someone else a
license for the project or otherwise
orders disposition of the project.
If the project is subject to section 15
of the FPA, notice is hereby given that
an annual license for Project No. 1394
is issued to Southern California Edison
Company for a period effective July 1,
2024, through June 30, 2025, or until the
issuance of a new license for the project
or other disposition under the FPA,
whichever comes first.
If issuance of a new license (or other
disposition) does not take place on or
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before June 30, 2025, notice is hereby
given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c),
an annual license under section 15(a)(1)
of the FPA is renewed automatically
without further order or notice by the
Commission, unless the Commission
orders otherwise.
If the project is not subject to section
15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given
that Southern California Edison
Company is authorized to continue
operation of the Bishop Creek
Hydroelectric Project under the terms
and conditions of the prior license until
the issuance of a subsequent license for
the project or other disposition under
the FPA, whichever comes first.
Dated: July 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 9649–020]
Lovejoy Tool Company Inc.; 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 application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent
Minor License.
b. Project No.: 9649–020.
c. Date Filed: June 28, 2024.
d. Applicant: Lovejoy Tool Company
Inc. (Lovejoy Company).
e. Name of Project: Lovejoy Dam
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Black River,
Windsor County, Vermont.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Todd Priestley,
Lovejoy Tool Company, Inc., 133 Main
Street, Springfield, Vermont, 05156;
Phone at (800) 843–8376 or email at
todd.priestley@lovejoytool.com.
i. FERC Contact: Erin Kimsey at (202)
502–8621, or erin.kimsey@ferc.gov.
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
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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 § 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 application on
its 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 application, and serve a copy of the
request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: August 27, 2024.
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://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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, MD 20852. All
filings must clearly identify the project
name and docket number on the first
page: Lovejoy Dam Hydroelectric Project
(P–9649–020).
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The existing Lovejoy Dam Project
consists of the following: (1) a 150-footlong, 15-foot-high concrete gravity dam
(Lovejoy Dam) that includes a spillway
with 1-foot-high flashboards with a crest
elevation of 345 feet mean sea level
(msl) at top of the flashboards; (2) an
impoundment with a surface area of 3.6
acres at an elevation of 345 feet msl; (3)
an intake structure equipped with a
headgate and trashrack with 1.5-inch
clear bar spacing; (4) a 15-foot-long, 4foot-wide, 8-foot-deep concrete
penstock; (5) a 40-foot-long, 18-footwide, brick and concrete powerhouse
with two Vertical Francis turbinegenerator unit with a total authorized
installed capacity of 150 kilowatts; (6) a
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36-foot-long tailrace; (7) two 0.6 kilovolt
(kV) generator leads; (8) a 0.6/4.16 kV
step-up transformer; (9) a 100-foot-long
4.16 kV transmission line; (10) a
downstream fish passage facility for
Atlantic Salmon; and (11) appurtenant
facilities.
The current license requires Lovejoy
Company to operate the project in
instantaneous run-of-river mode, so that
flow in the Black River, as measured
immediately downstream from the
project tailrace, approximates the
instantaneous sum of the inflow to the
project impoundment. The current
license also request Lovejoy Company to
release a minimum flow of 4 cubic feet
per second (cfs) over the dam spillway
or through the fish passage facility
during passage season, and operate the
downstream fish passage facility from
April 1 through June 15 with an
attraction flow of 20 cfs plus the 4 cfs
minimum flow. The project has an
average annual generation of 500
megawatt-hours.
Lovejoy Tool Company Inc is not
proposing any changes to project
facilities or operation.
o. Copies of the application may 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–9649). For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
tollfree, (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 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 OPP@
ferc.gov.
p. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: The application will be
processed according to the following
preliminary schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).
Request Additional Information ..
Issue Acceptance Letter .............
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments.
Request Additional Information
(if necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if
necessary).
August 2024.
August 2024.
January 2025.
January 2025.
March 2025.
March 2025.
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: July 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–15735 Filed 7–16–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 4472–000]
Union Falls Hydropower, LP; Notice of
Authorization for Continued Project
Operation
The license for the Saranac
Hydroelectric Project No. 4472 was
issued for a period ending June 30,
2024.
Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C.
808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at
the expiration of a license term, to issue
from year-to-year an annual license to
the then licensee(s) under the terms and
conditions of the prior license until a
new license is issued, or the project is
otherwise disposed of as provided in
section 15 or any other applicable
section of the FPA. If the project’s prior
license waived the applicability of
section 15 of the FPA, then, based on
section 9(b) of the Administrative
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as
set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the
licensee of such project has filed an
application for a subsequent license, the
licensee may continue to operate the
project in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the license after the
minor or minor part license expires,
until the Commission acts on its
application. If the licensee of such a
project has not filed an application for
a subsequent license, then it may be
required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b),
to continue project operations until the
Commission issues someone else a
license for the project or otherwise
orders disposition of the project.
If the project is subject to section 15
of the FPA, notice is hereby given that
an annual license for Project No. 4472
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 9649-020]
Lovejoy Tool Company Inc.; 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 application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 9649-020.
c. Date Filed: June 28, 2024.
d. Applicant: Lovejoy Tool Company Inc. (Lovejoy Company).
e. Name of Project: Lovejoy Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Black River, Windsor County, Vermont.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Todd Priestley, Lovejoy Tool Company, Inc.,
133 Main Street, Springfield, Vermont, 05156; Phone at (800) 843-8376
or email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Erin Kimsey at (202) 502-8621, 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
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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 Sec. 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
application on its 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 application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: August 27, 2024.
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://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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, MD 20852. All filings must clearly
identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Lovejoy
Dam Hydroelectric Project (P-9649-020).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Lovejoy Dam Project consists of the following: (1)
a 150-foot-long, 15-foot-high concrete gravity dam (Lovejoy Dam) that
includes a spillway with 1-foot-high flashboards with a crest elevation
of 345 feet mean sea level (msl) at top of the flashboards; (2) an
impoundment with a surface area of 3.6 acres at an elevation of 345
feet msl; (3) an intake structure equipped with a headgate and
trashrack with 1.5-inch clear bar spacing; (4) a 15-foot-long, 4-foot-
wide, 8-foot-deep concrete penstock; (5) a 40-foot-long, 18-foot-wide,
brick and concrete powerhouse with two Vertical Francis turbine-
generator unit with a total authorized installed capacity of 150
kilowatts; (6) a 36-foot-long tailrace; (7) two 0.6 kilovolt (kV)
generator leads; (8) a 0.6/4.16 kV step-up transformer; (9) a 100-foot-
long 4.16 kV transmission line; (10) a downstream fish passage facility
for Atlantic Salmon; and (11) appurtenant facilities.
The current license requires Lovejoy Company to operate the project
in instantaneous run[hyphen]of[hyphen]river mode, so that flow in the
Black River, as measured immediately downstream from the project
tailrace, approximates the instantaneous sum of the inflow to the
project impoundment. The current license also request Lovejoy Company
to release a minimum flow of 4 cubic feet per second (cfs) over the dam
spillway or through the fish passage facility during passage season,
and operate the downstream fish passage facility from April 1 through
June 15 with an attraction flow of 20 cfs plus the 4 cfs minimum flow.
The project has an average annual generation of 500 megawatt-hours.
Lovejoy Tool Company Inc is not proposing any changes to project
facilities or operation.
o. Copies of the application may 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-9649). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at [email protected] or call tollfree, (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 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 [email protected].
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).. August 2024.
Request Additional Information.......... August 2024.
Issue Acceptance Letter................. January 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... January 2025.
Request Additional Information (if March 2025.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). March 2025.
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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: July 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-15735 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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