Notice2022-11779
Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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June 2, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33478-33480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11779]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3509-042]
Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; Notice of Application
Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests,
Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary
Fishway Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
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a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 3509-042.
c. Date Filed: August 31, 2021.
d. Applicant: Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP (Little
Falls Associates).
e. Name of Project: Little Falls Hydroelectric Project (Little
Falls Project).
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Mohawk River,
in the City of Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York. The project
does not occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: David H. Fox, Director, Licensing and
Compliance, Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP, Eagle Creek
Renewable Energy, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD
20814, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed88808c8481b2898c9b8489c38b8295ad888c8a81888e9f8888869f88c38e8280">[email protected]</a>; Jody J. Smet, Vice President,
Regulatory Affairs, Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP, Eagle
Creek Renewable Energy, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda,
MD 20814, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="61040c00080d3e0b0e05184f120c0415210400060d04021304040a13044f020e0c">[email protected]</a>.
i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury at (202) 502-6736 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8c5c7c6c1da86cbc0c7dfccc0dddad1e8cecddacb86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="39545657504b175a51564e5d514c4b40795f5c4b5a175e564f">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
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
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary
terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions 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>. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
<a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp</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#4c0a091e0f0322202522291f393c3c233e380c2a293e2f622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c3a392e3f3312101512192f090c0c130e083c1a190e1f521b130a">[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, 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-
3509-042.
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 for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. Project Description: The Little Falls Project consists of: (1)
Two state-owned spillway dams (i.e., North State Dam and South State
Dam) joined by an island, and equipped with 1-foot-high flashboards and
flow control gates, with a total length of 530 feet and a height of
about 6 feet; (2) a reservoir with a storage capacity of 800 acre-feet
at a normal surface elevation of 363.8 feet; \1\ (3) a 45-foot-wide,
330-foot-long navigation lock (Lock 17); (4) a 55-foot-wide, 73-foot-
long concrete intake structure with two roller head gates to control
flow through the intake; (5) two 14.7-foot-diameter, 90-foot-long
underground concrete penstocks; (6) a 65-foot-wide by 99-foot-long
concrete powerhouse containing two-turbine-generator units each with a
capacity of 6.65 megawatts; (7) two 74-foot-wide, 25-foot-high flood
control gates; (8) two sets of 4.16-kilovolt (kV), 60-foot-long
generator leads that run from the powerhouse to a 36-foot-wide by 46-
foot-long switchyard containing a 4.16/46-kV transformer; and (9)
appurtenant facilities.
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\1\ All elevations refer to the Barge Canal Datum which is 0.8
foot higher than elevations in the National Geodetic Vertical Datum
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There are structures inside the project boundary that are not
considered part of the project: The Middle Dam, with sixty percent of
the dam currently breached, located in the bypassed reach of the Mohawk
River, and built as part of a hydropower plant that was decommissioned
in 1962; and the Gilbert Dam located also in the bypassed reach
approximately 700 feet upstream of the powerhouse to measure flow
through the Mohawk River and to ensure minimum flow conditions are met
in the river.
Little Falls Associates proposes to continue to operate the project
in a run-of-river mode and continue to provide a minimum flow of 300
cubic feet per second, or inflow if less, into the project's bypassed
reach. The project generated an annual average of 55,355 megawatt-hours
between 2013-2020.
m. A copy of the application may 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.
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. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 protesting or intervening; 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. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
o. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
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to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of comments, recommendations, July 2022.
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments................... September 2022.
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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.
q. 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.
Dated: May 25, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-11779 Filed 6-1-22; 8:45 am]
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