Notice2022-17152
Great River Hydro, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
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August 10, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48657-48658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17152]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1892-030; Project No. 1855-050; Project No. 1904-078]
Great River Hydro, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and
Soliciting Comments
Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
b. Project Nos.: 1892-030, 1855-050, and 1904-078.
c. Date filed: August 3, 2022.
d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC (Great River).
e. Name of Projects: Wilder Hydroelectric Project, Bellows Falls
Hydroelectric Project, and Vernon Hydroelectric Project (collectively,
projects).
f. Location: The existing projects are located on the Connecticut
River in the counties of Orange, Windham, and Windsor, Vermont and
Sullivan, Cheshire, and Grafton, New Hampshire. The projects do not
affect federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: John Ragonese, FERC License Manager, Great
River Hydro, LLC, 40 Pleasant Street, Suite 202, Portsmouth, NH 03801;
(603) 498-2851 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0baa2b1b7bfbeb5a3b590b7a2b5b1a4a2b9a6b5a2b8a9b4a2bffeb3bfbd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83e9f1e2e4ecede6f0e6c3e4f1e6e2f7f1eaf5e6f1ebfae7f1ecade0ecee">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202) 502-6131 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d0e09180d15181353161c0f091c11141c3d1b180f1e531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4d7d0c1d4ccc1ca8acfc5d6d0c5c8cdc5e4c2c1d6c78ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments: September 2, 2022. Reply comments
due September 17, 2022.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments 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,
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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#99dfdccbdad6f7f5f0f7fccaece9e9f6ebedd9fffcebfab7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d7b786f7e7253515453586e484d4d524f497d5b584f5e135a524b">[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. The first
page of any filing should include docket numbers P-1892-030, P-1855-
050, and P-1904-078.
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. Great River filed the Settlement Agreement on behalf of itself,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the New Hampshire Fish and Game
Department, and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. The purpose
of the Settlement Agreement is to resolve, among the signatories,
issues related to fish passage associated with the issuance of any new
licenses and fishway prescriptions under Section 18 of the FPA for the
projects. Specifically, the Settlement Agreement includes proposed
upstream and downstream fish passage facilities, fish passage studies,
and fish passage operational measures. Great River requests that the
Commission consider the Settlement Agreement in its environmental
analyses of the proposed relicense applications, and incorporate the
proposed measures into any new licenses issued.
l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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 (i.e., P-1892, P-1855, and
P-1904). At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the
Commission's Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19),
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
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.
Dated: August 4, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-17152 Filed 8-9-22; 8:45 am]
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