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Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5080.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–3047–000.
Applicants: Coffeen Solar BESS LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Application for Market-Based Rate
Authorization to be effective 11/1/2024.
Filed Date: 9/13/24.
Accession Number: 20240913–5212.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/4/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–3048–000.
Applicants: Baldwin Solar BESS LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Application for Market-Based Rate
Authorization to be effective 11/1/2024.
Filed Date: 9/13/24.
Accession Number: 20240913–5214.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/4/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–3049–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
LLC.
Description: 205(d) Rate Filing:
Original CSA, SA No. 7293; Queue No.
NQ–123 to be effective 8/15/2024.
Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5028.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–3050–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
LLC.
Description: 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to ISA, Service Agreement
No. 6912; Queue No. AD2–038 to be
effective 11/18/2024.
Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5031.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–3051–000.
Applicants: PacifiCorp.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
Termination of Tri-State Construction
Agreement Thermopolis Sub to be
effective 5/4/2024.
Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5037.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–3052–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
LLC.
Description: 205(d) Rate Filing:
Original GIA Service Agreement No.
7346, AE2–339 to be effective 8/15/
2024.
Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5045.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–3053–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
LLC.
Description: 205(d) Rate Filing:
Original WMPA Service Agreement No.
7347, AG1–480 to be effective 8/15/
2024.
Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5049.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
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Docket Numbers: ER24–3055–000.
Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
LLC.
Description: 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendment to WMPA, Service
Agreement No. 6129; Queue No. AF1–
287 to be effective 11/16/2024.
Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5084.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
Docket Numbers: ER24–3056–000.
Applicants: New England Power
Company.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2024–09–16 Notice of Cancellation of
Construction Services Agreement with
WMECO to be effective 11/16/2024.
Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5086.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following foreign utility
company status filings:
Docket Numbers: FC24–4–000.
Applicants: Algonquin Power Co.
Description: Algonquin Power Co.
submits Notice of Self–Certification of
Foreign Utility Company Status.
Filed Date: 9/16/24.
Accession Number: 20240916–5074.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/7/24.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercgen
search.asp) by querying the docket
number.
Any person desiring to intervene, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the
specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is
necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (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
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Dated: September 16, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2538–102]
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and 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: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2538–102.
c. Date Filed: August 30, 2024.
d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard
Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
e. Name of Project: Beebee Island
Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Black River in
Jefferson County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Steven P.
Murphy, Director—U.S. Licensing,
Brookfield Renewable, 33 West 1st
Street South, Fulton, NY 13069;
telephone at (315) 598–6130; email at
Stephen.Murphy@
brookfieldrenewable.com.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema,
Project Coordinator, Great Lakes Branch,
Division of Hydropower Licensing;
telephone at (312) 596–4447; email at
nicholas.ettema@ferc.gov.
j. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
Project Description: The Beebee Island
Project includes: (1) a stone masonry
and concrete diversion dam (South
Channel Dam); and (2) a concrete dam
(Beebee Island Dam) that consists of: (a)
a 10.5-foot-long section with a debris
stoplog gate and a 2.4-foot-long sluice
gate; (b) an 81.5-foot-long, 47.3-footwide powerhouse integral with the dam
that includes: (i) a 71-foot-long intake
structure with four sluice gates, a
skimmer equipped with a stoplog gate,
and a trashrack with 2-inch clear bar
spacing; and (ii) a 3.75-megawatt (MW)
vertical propeller turbine-generator and
a 4–MW vertical Kaplan turbine-
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generator, for a total installed capacity
of 7.75 MW; (c) an overflow section
with: (i) a 42-foot-long and 50.5-footlong spillway, each with a 3-foot-high
inflatable rubber crest gate with a
maximum crest elevation of 430.62 feet
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(NAVD 88); and (ii) a 97.4-foot-long and
61-foot-long spillway, each with 3-foothigh flashboards that have a crest
elevation of 430.62 feet NAVD 88; and
(d) a 24.7-foot-long north non-overflow
section with a 3-foot-long sluice gate.
The dam creates an impoundment that
has a surface area of 20 acres at 430.62
feet NAVD 88. The south shoreline of
the impoundment also includes a 450foot-long retaining/flood wall between
the South Channel Dam and Beebee
Island Dam.
From the impoundment, water flows
through the powerhouse to a 15-footlong tailrace. The South Channel Dam
creates an approximately 1,000-footlong bypassed reach of the Black River.
Minimum flows are provided to the
bypassed reach through a gated, 2-footdiameter pipe in the South Channel
Dam.
The project includes a downstream
fish passage facility that consists of: (1)
the sluice gate adjacent to the intake
structure; and (2) an 8-foot-wide
sluiceway that discharges immediately
downstream of the powerhouse. The
current license requires the licensee to
provide a boat take-out site upstream of
the dam and directional signage to
downstream boat put-in locations.
The generators are connected to the
regional electric grid by a 300-foot-long,
4.8-kilovolt underground generator lead
line. The minimum and maximum
hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse
are 200 and 3,600 cubic feet per second
(cfs), respectively. The average annual
energy production of the project from
2010 through 2020, was 43,768
megawatt-hours.
Article 401 of the current license
requires Erie to operate the project in a
run-of-river mode, such that project
outflow approximates inflow to the
impoundment at any point in time and
the surface elevation of the
impoundment is maintained at no lower
than 0.5 foot below either (1) the
spillway crest elevation or (2) the crest
of the flashboards when in place. Article
404 requires a minimum flow of 14 cfs
to the bypassed reach and Article 403
requires a minimum flow of 1,000 cfs or
inflow, whichever is less, downstream
of the project.
Article 402 requires Erie to install
flashboards by May 1, or as soon
thereafter as safely possible, and to
remove the flashboards in the fall prior
to ice conditions. Article 410 requires
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Erie to install trashrack overlays with 1inch clear bar spacing at the top half
portion of the trashracks from May 1
through October 1. Additionally, Article
411 requires Erie to release 37 cfs
through the downstream fish passage
facility from April 1 through November
30. The current license also requires the
implementation of a Flow Monitoring
Plan to ensure compliance with the
project flow requirements and a Record
Keeping Plan to maintain records of the
impoundment elevations and discharges
from the project, in compliance with
Articles 408 and 409.
Article 414 requires 0.5-inch veiling
flows over the 97.4-foot-long spillway
from May 1 to October 31. Article 416
requires the implementation of a
Cultural Resources Management Plan to
protect historic properties.
Erie proposes to continue operating
the project as required under the current
license. In addition, Erie proposes to
develop a new minimum flow and fish
conveyance plan, streamflow and
headpond monitoring plan, recreation
plan, and historic properties
management plan.
k. In addition to publishing the full
text of this notice in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
notice, as well as other documents in
the proceeding (e.g., license application)
via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (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–2538).
For assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY).
You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC
Online.aspx to be notified via email of
new filings and issuances related to this
or other pending projects. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
l. 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.
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m. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made
as appropriate.
Deficiency Letter and Additional
Information Request—September
2024
Notice of Acceptance—February 2025
n. 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: September 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–21483 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. OR24–10–000]
Notice of Complaint; Murphy Oil USA,
Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
Take notice that on September 12,
2024, pursuant to Rule 206 of the Rules
of Practice and Procedure of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 18 CFR
385.206 (2024), Murphy Oil USA, Inc.
(‘‘Murphy’’) filed a complaint against
Colonial Pipeline Company (‘‘Colonial’’)
challenging the justness and
reasonableness of the rates charged by
Colonial for transportation service
pursuant to certain tariffs on file with
the Commission.
The Complainant certifies that copies
of the complaint were served on the
contacts listed for Respondents in the
Commission’s list of Corporate Officials.
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. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
In addition to publishing the full text
of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2538-102]
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and 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: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2538-102.
c. Date Filed: August 30, 2024.
d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
e. Name of Project: Beebee Island Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Black River in Jefferson County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Steven P. Murphy, Director--U.S.
Licensing, Brookfield Renewable, 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY
13069; telephone at (315) 598-6130; email at
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, Project Coordinator, Great Lakes
Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (312) 596-4447;
email at [email protected].
j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
Project Description: The Beebee Island Project includes: (1) a
stone masonry and concrete diversion dam (South Channel Dam); and (2) a
concrete dam (Beebee Island Dam) that consists of: (a) a 10.5-foot-long
section with a debris stoplog gate and a 2.4-foot-long sluice gate; (b)
an 81.5-foot-long, 47.3-foot-wide powerhouse integral with the dam that
includes: (i) a 71-foot-long intake structure with four sluice gates, a
skimmer equipped with a stoplog gate, and a trashrack with 2-inch clear
bar spacing; and (ii) a 3.75-megawatt (MW) vertical propeller turbine-
generator and a 4-MW vertical Kaplan turbine-
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generator, for a total installed capacity of 7.75 MW; (c) an overflow
section with: (i) a 42-foot-long and 50.5-foot-long spillway, each with
a 3-foot-high inflatable rubber crest gate with a maximum crest
elevation of 430.62 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD
88); and (ii) a 97.4-foot-long and 61-foot-long spillway, each with 3-
foot-high flashboards that have a crest elevation of 430.62 feet NAVD
88; and (d) a 24.7-foot-long north non-overflow section with a 3-foot-
long sluice gate. The dam creates an impoundment that has a surface
area of 20 acres at 430.62 feet NAVD 88. The south shoreline of the
impoundment also includes a 450-foot-long retaining/flood wall between
the South Channel Dam and Beebee Island Dam.
From the impoundment, water flows through the powerhouse to a 15-
foot-long tailrace. The South Channel Dam creates an approximately
1,000-foot-long bypassed reach of the Black River. Minimum flows are
provided to the bypassed reach through a gated, 2-foot-diameter pipe in
the South Channel Dam.
The project includes a downstream fish passage facility that
consists of: (1) the sluice gate adjacent to the intake structure; and
(2) an 8-foot-wide sluiceway that discharges immediately downstream of
the powerhouse. The current license requires the licensee to provide a
boat take-out site upstream of the dam and directional signage to
downstream boat put-in locations.
The generators are connected to the regional electric grid by a
300-foot-long, 4.8-kilovolt underground generator lead line. The
minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are 200 and
3,600 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively. The average annual
energy production of the project from 2010 through 2020, was 43,768
megawatt-hours.
Article 401 of the current license requires Erie to operate the
project in a run-of-river mode, such that project outflow approximates
inflow to the impoundment at any point in time and the surface
elevation of the impoundment is maintained at no lower than 0.5 foot
below either (1) the spillway crest elevation or (2) the crest of the
flashboards when in place. Article 404 requires a minimum flow of 14
cfs to the bypassed reach and Article 403 requires a minimum flow of
1,000 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, downstream of the project.
Article 402 requires Erie to install flashboards by May 1, or as
soon thereafter as safely possible, and to remove the flashboards in
the fall prior to ice conditions. Article 410 requires Erie to install
trashrack overlays with 1-inch clear bar spacing at the top half
portion of the trashracks from May 1 through October 1. Additionally,
Article 411 requires Erie to release 37 cfs through the downstream fish
passage facility from April 1 through November 30. The current license
also requires the implementation of a Flow Monitoring Plan to ensure
compliance with the project flow requirements and a Record Keeping Plan
to maintain records of the impoundment elevations and discharges from
the project, in compliance with Articles 408 and 409.
Article 414 requires 0.5-inch veiling flows over the 97.4-foot-long
spillway from May 1 to October 31. Article 416 requires the
implementation of a Cultural Resources Management Plan to protect
historic properties.
Erie proposes to continue operating the project as required under
the current license. In addition, Erie proposes to develop a new
minimum flow and fish conveyance plan, streamflow and headpond
monitoring plan, recreation plan, and historic properties management
plan.
k. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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-
2538). For assistance, contact FERC at [email protected],
(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
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.
l. 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].
m. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
Deficiency Letter and Additional Information Request--September 2024
Notice of Acceptance--February 2025
n. 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: September 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-21483 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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