Notice2021-13378
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
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June 24, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33270-33271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13378]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10482-122: Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water
Resources, LLC, Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC; Project No. 10481-069:
Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water Resources, LLC, Eagle
Creek Land Resources, LLC; Project No. 9690-115: Eagle Creek Hydro
Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water Resources, LLC, Eagle Creek Land
Resources, LLC]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment
On March 31, 2020, Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water
Resources, LLC, and Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC (co-licensees
collectively referred to as Eagle Creek) jointly filed an application
for a new license for each of the ``Mongaup River Projects'' consisting
of: (1) The 7.85-megawatt (MW) Swinging Bridge Hydroelectric Project
(Swinging Bridge Project); (2) the 4.0-MW Mongaup Falls Hydroelectric
Project (Mongaup Falls Project); and (3) the 10.8-MW Rio Hydroelectric
Project (Rio Project). The Swinging Bridge Project is located on the
Mongaup River and Black Lake Creek in Sullivan County, New York. The
Mongaup Falls Project is located on the Mongaup River and Black Brook
in Sullivan County, New York. The Rio Project is located on the Mongaup
River in Sullivan and Orange Counties, New York. The projects do not
occupy any federal land.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on January 29,
2021, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for
environmental analysis (REA notice).\1\ Based on the information in the
record, including comments filed on the REA notice and an Offer of
Settlement (Settlement Agreement), filed on May 28, 2021, staff does
not anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major
federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human
environment. Therefore, staff intends to prepare a multi-project
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the application to license each of the
Mongaup River Projects.
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\1\ On March 19, 2021, the Commission granted a 59-day extension
of time of the procedural schedule identified in the REA Notice,
setting the deadlines to file comments on the REA Notice and reply
comments as May 28 and July 12, 2021, respectively.
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The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
The application will be processed according to the following
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues EA................... October 2021.\2\
Comments on EA......................... November 2021.
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Nicholas
Ettema at (312) 596-4447 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f59b9c969d9a999486db908181909894b593908796db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87e9eee4efe8ebe6f4a9e2f3f3e2eae6c7e1e2f5e4a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>.
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\2\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the
Mongaup River Projects. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ's
regulations, the EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance
date of this notice.
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Dated: June 14, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13378 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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