Notice2022-19987
Green Mountain Power Corporation; 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 15, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 56641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19987]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2490-030]
Green Mountain Power Corporation; 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.: 2490-030.
c. Date filed: August 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation.
e. Name of Project: Taftsville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Ottauquechee River in the Village of
Taftsville, in Windsor County, Vermont. 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: John Greenan, Green Mountain Power
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; (802) 770-2195; email
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c983a6a1a7e78ebbacaca7a8a789aebbacaca7a4a6bca7bda8a0a7b9a6beacbbe7aaa6a4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fab0959294d4bd889f9f949b94ba9d889f9f9497958f948e9b93948a958d9f88d4999597">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar at (202) 502-6035; or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#45282a2b31206b3120372d24243705232037266b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="593436372d3c772d3c2b3138382b193f3c2b3a773e362f">[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 31, 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#99dfdccbdad6f7f5f0f7fccaece9e9f6ebedd9fffcebfab7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42040710010d2c2e2b2c27113732322d303602242730216c252d34">[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: Taftsville Project (P-2490-030).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Taftsville Project consists of: (1) an existing 220-foot-
long by 16-foot-high concrete gravity dam; (2) a 194-foot-long spillway
section with a crest elevation of 637.12 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29), topped with 18-inch wooden
flashboards; (3) an existing 4,600-foot-long, 20.5-acre reservoir at
normal water surface elevation 638.6 feet NGVD 29; (4) a powerhouse
containing one 0.5-megawatt vertical Kaplan generating unit, with a
minimum hydraulic capacity of 95 cubic feet per second (cfs) and
maximum hydraulic capacity of 370 cfs; (5) a 200-foot-long tailrace
section; (6) three 75-foot-long transmission lines connecting the
powerhouse to the Distribution Substation, Transmission West
Substation, and Transmission East Substation; and (7) appurtenant
facilities. Approximately 290 feet of the Ottauquechee River, between
the dam and tailrace channel, are bypassed during normal operations.
The project generates 1,038 megawatt-hours annually. No changes in the
project are proposed.
o. A copy of the application may be viewed on the Commission's
website, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field, to access
the document (P-2490). For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5e3e0f7e6eacbc9cccbc0f6d0d5d5cad7d1e5c3c0d7c68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="30767562737f5e5c595e55634540405f424470565542531e575f46">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
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 and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Additional Study Requests due--October 31, 2022
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--October 2022
Request Additional Information--October 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2023
Comments on Scoping Document 1--February 2023
Issue Acceptance Notice and Letter--March 2023
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--March 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis March 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: September 9, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-19987 Filed 9-14-22; 8:45 am]
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