Notice2021-14843
Mad River Power Associates; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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July 13, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36742-36743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14843]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3253-015]
Mad River Power Associates; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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.: 3253-015.
c. Date Filed: November 3, 2020.
d. Applicant: Mad River Power Associates (MRPA).
e. Name of Project: Campton Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Mad River in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The
project occupies approximately 0.05 acre of federal land administered
by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Ian Clark, Mad River Power Associates, 1
Pepsi Way, Suite 6n75, Katonah, NY 10536; Phone at (914) 297-7645, or
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e474048416e4a474d46415a4143574d4f5e475a4f42004d4143"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7811161e17381c111b10170c1715011b1908110c1914561b1715">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Amanda Gill, (202) 502-6773 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6b7bbb7b8b2b7f8b1bfbaba96b0b3a4b5f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c3d313d32383d723b3530301c3a392e3f723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and 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
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
<a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1979483929ebfbdb8bfb482a4a1a1bea3a591b7b4a3b2ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="23656671606c4d4f4a4d46705653534c515763454651400d444c55">[email protected]</span></a>, (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: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly
D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should
include docket number P-3253-015.
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.
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on
July 15, 2020, revising the regulations under 40 CFR parts 1500-1518
that federal agencies use to implement the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) (see Update to the Regulations Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 85 FR
43,304). The Final Rule became effective on and applies to any NEPA
process begun after September 14, 2020. Commission staff intends to
conduct its NEPA review in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
l. Project Description: The project consists of: (1) A 22-foot-
wide, 24-foot-high concrete intake structure located approximately 60
feet upstream of the U.S. Forest Service's Campton Dam on the east
shoreline of the U.S. Forest Service's Campton Pond, that includes a
25-foot-long,13-foot-high trashrack with 1.75-inch clear bar spacing;
(2) a 600-foot-long, 78-inch-diameter underground steel penstock that
trifurcates into three 48-inch-diameter sections measuring 20 feet, 30
feet, and 43 feet in length, respectively; (3) a 43-foot-long, 30-foot-
wide powerhouse located on the east side of the Mad River that contains
a 167-kW Francis turbine-generator unit; (4) two 236-kW submersible
Flygt turbine-generator units located outside of the powerhouse; (5) an
approximately 55-foot-long, 40-foot-wide tailrace; (6) a 200-foot-long
transmission line and a 33.5-kilovolt transformer that connects the
generators to the electric grid; (7) an Atlantic salmon smolt bypass
facility consisting of an 85-foot-long, 20-inch diameter cast iron pipe
that empties into an 3.5-foot-deep plunge pool approximately 15 feet
downstream of the dam; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project
creates an approximately 600-foot-long bypassed reach of the Mad River.
The current license requires: (1) Inflow to be discharged over the
spillway to the bypassed reach during periods of non-generation or when
inflow is less than 25 cfs; (2) a minimum flow of 4.5 cfs through the
Atlantic salmon smolt bypass facility during periods of generation or
when inflow is greater than 25 cfs; and (3) operation of the smolt
bypass facility from mid-April to mid-June. The average annual
generation of the project is currently approximately 1,170 megawatt-
hours (MWh).
MRPA proposes to: (1) Continue operating the project in a run-of-
release mode; (2) replace one of the 236-kW Flygt turbine-generator
units with a new 340-kW Flygt turbine-generator unit, for a total
installed capacity of 743 kW at the project; (2) release a minimum flow
of 29 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, over the dam to the bypassed
reach; and (3) close the existing smolt bypass facility. MRPA estimates
that the average annual generation of the proposed project will be
approximately 1,900 MWh.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a> 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.
All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``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. Each filing 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.
You may also register online at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview">https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
n. 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. Please note
that the certification request must comply with 40 CFR 121.5(b),
including documentation that a pre-filing meeting request was submitted
to the certifying authority at least 30 days prior to submitting the
certification request. Please also note that the certification request
must be sent to the certifying authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
o. 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 comments, September 2021.
recommendations, preliminary terms and
conditions, and preliminary fishway
prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments..... October 2021.
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p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-14843 Filed 7-12-21; 8:45 am]
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