Notice2021-15057
Bard College, New York; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, and Terms and Conditions
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July 15, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 133 (Thursday, July 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37318-37319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15057]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15021-000]
Bard College, New York; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, and
Terms and Conditions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Exemption from Licensing.
b. Project No.: 15021-000.
c. Date filed: December 23, 2019.
d. Applicant: Bard College, New York.
e. Name of Project: Annandale Micro Hydropower Project (Annandale
Project).
f. Location: On Saw Kill, a tributary of the Hudson River, in the
Town of Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. The project does not
occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708 (2018), amended by the Hydropower Regulatory
Efficiency Act of 2013, Public Law 113-23, 127 Stat. 493 (2013).
h. Applicant Contact: Randy Clum, Director, Buildings and Grounds,
Bard College, 30 Campus Road, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504; and/or
Joel Herm/Jan Borchert, Current Hydro, Inc., P.O. Box 224, Rhinebeck,
NY 12572.
i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury, (202) 502-6736 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85e8eaebecf7abe6edeaf2e1edf0f7fcc5e3e0f7e6abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91fcfefff8e3bff2f9fee6f5f9e4e3e8d1f7f4e3f2bff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, and terms and
conditions: 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, and terms and conditions 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#f1b7b4a3b2be9f9d989f94a28481819e8385b197948392df969e87"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f191a0d1c10313336313a0c2a2f2f302d2b1f393a2d3c71383029">[email protected]</span></a>, (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
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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-15021-000.
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 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. An agency may also apply the
regulations to ongoing activities and environmental documents begun
before September 14, 2020, which includes the proposed Annandale
Project. Commission staff intends to conduct its NEPA review in
accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
l. Project Description: The Annandale Project would consist of: (1)
An existing 240-foot-long dam with a maximum height of 13 feet
impounding a 3-acre reservoir at a normal pool elevation of 148 feet
North American Vertical datum of 1988; (2) one new 9-foot-wide, 9-foot-
long, 8-foot-high concrete tank with a spiral internal shape and
housing a 10-kilowatt gravitational vortex turbine-generator unit; (3)
a new 60-foot-long, 480-volt underground generator lead connecting the
turbine-generator unit with an electrical panel that is connected to a
step-up transformer via a new 10-foot-long, 480-volt underground
transmission line; (4) a new 50-foot-long, 7.6-kilovolt underground
transmission line connecting the step-up transformer to the local grid;
and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to generate an
average of 51 megawatt-hours annually. The applicant proposes to
operate the project in a run-of-river mode.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://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,'' or ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS;'' (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, and
terms and conditions 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="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</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. Public notice of the filing of the initial development
application, which has already been given, established the due date for
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the
initial development application. No competing applications or notices
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
o. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries under section 7
of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations
thereunder at 50 CFR part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
consultation with the New York State Historic Preservation Officer, as
required by section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, and
the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
p. Updated procedural schedule and final amendments: The
application will be processed according to the following procedural
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Deadline for Filing Comments, September 2021.
Recommendations, and Agency Terms and
Conditions/Prescriptions.
Deadline for Filing Reply Comments...... October 2021.
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q. 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 9, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-15057 Filed 7-14-21; 8:45 am]
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