Notice2022-00413
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; Green Mountain Power Corporation
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January 12, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1737-1738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00413]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2445-028]
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; Green Mountain Power Corporation
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.: 2445-028.
c. Date filed: December 23, 2021.
d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP).
e. Name of Project: Center Rutland Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On Otter Creek in Rutland County, Vermont. 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 Greenan, PE, Green Mountain Power
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; Phone at (802) 770-
2195, or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d993b6b1b7f79eabbcbcb7b8b799beabbcbcb7b4b6acb7adb8b0b7a9b6aebcabf7bab6b4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b31141315553c091e1e151a153b1c091e1e1516140e150f1a12150b140c1e0955181416">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Taconya D. Goar at (202) 502-8394, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88dce9ebe7e6f1e9a6cfe7e9fac8eeedfaeba6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="085c696b67667169264f67697a486e6d7a6b266f677e">[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: February 21, 2022.
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#763033243539181a1f181325030606190402361013041558111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c5a594e5f5372707572794f696c6c736e685c7a796e7f327b736a">[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,
MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket
number on the first page: Center Rutland Hydroelectric Project (P-2445-
028).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Center Rutland Project
consists of: (1) A 190-foot-long, 14-foot-high concrete and stone
masonry gravity dam that includes: (i) A 174-foot-long spillway section
with 2.3-foot-high wooden flashboards and a crest elevation of 507.1
feet mean seal level (msl) at the top of the flashboards; and (ii) a
16-foot-long non-overflow section; (2) an impoundment with a surface
area of 13 acres and a storage capacity of 30 acre-feet at an elevation
of 507.4 feet msl; (3) a forebay; (4) a concrete and marble masonry
intake structure; (5) a 6-foot-diameter, 75-foot-long steel penstock;
(6) a 40-foot-long, 33-foot-wide stone and marble masonry powerhouse
containing one 275-kilowatt horizontal-shaft turbine-generator unit;
(7) a substation; (8) an 80-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt transmission
line; (9) a 0.35-mile-long fiber optic cable for smart grid
communications with the electric system; and (10) appurtenant
facilities. The project creates an approximately 100-foot-long bypassed
reach of Otter Creek.
The project includes a small off-street parking area (with 3 to 5
car spaces), signage, landscaping, and a marked footpath to Otter
Creek.
The current license requires the project to operate in a run-of-
river mode such that outflow from the project approximates inflow to
the impoundment to protect aquatic resources in Otter Creek. The
current
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license also requires a minimum bypassed reach flow of 80 cubic feet
per second or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less, from June 1
through October 15 to protect aquatic resources in Otter Creek and
aesthetic resources in the project area. The average annual generation
of the project was approximately 541.7 megawatt-hours from 2014 through
2020.
The applicant proposes to: (1) Continue to operate the project in a
run-of-river mode to protect aquatic resources; (2) continue to release
a minimum bypassed reach flow of 80 cfs or inflow, whichever is less,
from June 1 through October 15, to protect aquatic resources; (3)
release a minimum bypassed reach flow of 40 cfs or inflow, whichever is
less, from October 16 through May 31, to protect aquatic resources; and
(4) implement a seasonal clearing restriction from April 15 through
October 31, for trees that are 4 inches in diameter or greater, to
protect the federally threatened northern long-eared bat. In addition,
GMP states that the flashboards have not been in place since prior to
2012, and proposes to reinstall them.
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-
2445). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1f7f4e3f2fedfddd8dfd4e2c4c1c1dec3c5f1d7d4c3d29fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8aeadbaaba7868481868dbb9d9898879a9ca88e8d9a8bc68f879e">[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)--February 2022
Request Additional Information--February 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--May 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--June 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter--June 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--July 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--July 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: January 6, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-00413 Filed 1-11-22; 8:45 am]
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