Notice2022-10601
Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC; 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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May 18, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30211-30212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10601]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7153-018]
Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC; 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: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 7153-018.
c. Date Filed: April 29, 2022.
d. Applicant: Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC (Consolidated
Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project (Victory
Mills Project).
f. Location: The project is located on Fish Creek in the village of
Victory in Saratoga County, New York. The project does not occupy any
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Kevin M. Webb, Licensing Manager,
Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC, 670 N Commercial Street, Suite 204,
Manchester, NH 03101; Phone at (978) 935-6039 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#600b170502022003050e1412010c120916051213100f1705124e030f0d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d465a484f4f6d4e4843595f4c415f445b485f5e5d425a485f034e4240">[email protected]</span></a>; and Mr. Curtis Mooney, Manager,
Regulatory Compliance, Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC, 670 N
Commercial Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH 03101; Phone at (603) 774-
0846 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4427292b2b2a213d0427212a30362528362d32213637342b3321366a272b29"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66050b090908031f260503081214070a140f1003141516091103144805090b">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Laurie Bauer at (202) 502-6519, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c505d494e5559125e5d49594e7c5a594e5f125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99f5f8ecebf0fcb7fbf8ecfcebd9fffcebfab7fef6ef">[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: June 28, 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="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9afacbbaaa6878580878cba9c9999869b9da98f8c9b8ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b2d2e392824050702050e381e1b1b04191f2b0d0e1908450c041d">[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
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the first page: Victory Mills Project (P-7153-018).
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Victory Mills Project includes: (1) A dam that consists of:
(a) An approximately 150-foot-long concrete spillway varying in height
from 4 to 6 feet with a crest elevation of 187.5 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), and (b) a sluice gate section
approximately 19 feet high and 40 feet long with four gated spillway
bays, each with a sill elevation of 181 feet NGVD29 and containing a 7-
foot-high by 8-foot-wide wooden timber gate; (2) a 4.3-acre reservoir
with a gross storage capacity of approximately 18 acre-feet at the
normal surface elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD29; (3) an intake channel
feeding a 51-foot-long, 25-foot-high concrete intake structure; (4) an
8-foot-diameter, 300-foot-long steel penstock; (5) a 27-foot by 46-foot
concrete powerhouse containing a single Kaplan turbine with an
installed capacity of 1,656 kilowatts; (6) an approximately 30-foot-
wide by 530-foot-long tailrace channel; (7) a 480-foot-long, 4.8-
kilovolt transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The Victory Mills Project operates in a run-of-river mode with an
average annual generation of 6,073 megawatt-hours between 2011 and
2021.
o. 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 (P-7153). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#490f0c1b0a06272520272c1a3c3939263b3d092f2c3b2a672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="074142554448696b6e696254727777687573476162756429606871">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
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.
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)--July 2022
Request Additional Information--July 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter and Notice--October 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--November 2022
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--November 2022
Issue Scoping Document 2--February 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--February 2023
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: May 11, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-10601 Filed 5-17-22; 8:45 am]
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