Notice2021-20003
Watson Associates; 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
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September 16, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51664-51665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20003]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6240-064]
Watson Associates; 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.: 6240-064.
c. Date filed: August 27, 2021.
d. Applicant: Watson Associates.
e. Name of Project: Watson Dam Project.
f. Location: On the Cocheco River in Strafford County, New
Hampshire. The project does not occupy any federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Webster, Watson Associates, P.O. Box
178, South Berwick, ME 03908; Phone at (207) 384-5334, or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fab2839e8895979b9d948eba9d8d93d4949f8e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="571f2e3325383a363039231730203e79393223">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts at (202) 502-6123, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7914101a11181c15570e180d0d391f1c0b1a571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83eeeae0ebe2e6efadf4e2f7f7c3e5e6f1e0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 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 section 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: October 26, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#40060512030f2e2c292e25133530302f323400262532236e272f36"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5a3a0b7a6aa8b898c8b80b69095958a9791a583809786cb828a93">[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 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and
docket number on the first page: Watson Dam Project (P-6240-064).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Watson Dam Project consists
of: (1) A 296.75-foot-long, 12-foot-high concrete gravity dam that
includes the following sections: (i) A 54-foot-long right abutment;
(ii) a 111-foot-long right spillway section with 24-inch-high
flashboards and a crest elevation of 110.6 feet mean sea level (msl) at
the top of the flashboards; (iii) an 11.5-foot-long, 11.25-foot-wide
concrete spillway center pier; (iv) an 80-foot-long left spillway
section with 24-inch-high flashboards and a crest elevation of 110.6
feet msl at the top of the flashboards; and (v) a 29-foot-long left
abutment; (2) an impoundment with a surface area of 54 acres and a
storage capacity of 300 acre-feet at an elevation of 110.6 feet msl;
(3) a 29-foot-long, 10-foot-high intake structure in the left
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abutment that is equipped with a headgate and trashrack with 2-inch
clear bar spacing; (4) a 26-foot-long, 22-foot-wide wood and steel
powerhouse containing one 265-kilowatt vertical Flygt submersible
turbine-generator unit; (5) a 400-foot-long, 20-foot-wide tailrace that
discharges into the Cocheco River; (6) a generator lead, transformer,
and transmission line that connect the project to the local utility
distribution system; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
Watson Associates voluntarily operates the project in a run-of-
river mode using an automatic pond level control system to regulate
turbine operation, such that outflow from the project approximates
inflow. The project creates an approximately 250-foot-long and a 400-
foot-long bifurcated bypassed reaches of the Cocheco River.
Downstream fish passage is provided by a bypass pipe located on the
left side of the dam. There is no upstream fish passage facility at the
project.
The current license requires a minimum flow release of 83 cubic
feet per second (cfs), or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less
from the dam to protect and enhance aquatic resources in the Cocheco
River. The average annual generation of the project is approximately
1,100 megawatt-hours.
o. 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 (<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 (P-
6240). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#094f4c5b4a46676560676c5a7c7979667b7d496f6c7b6a276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="12545740515d7c7e7b7c77416762627d606652747760713c757d64">[email protected]</span></a> or
call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) October 2021
Request Additional Information October 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments January 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter February 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary) February 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2 March 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis March 2022
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: September 10, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20003 Filed 9-15-21; 8:45 am]
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