Notice2022-21952
Green Mountain Power Corporation; 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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October 11, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61312-61313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21952]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3025-031]
Green Mountain Power Corporation; 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.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 3025-031.
c. Date Filed: March 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP).
e. Name of Project: Kelley's Falls Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Piscataquog River in Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire. 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: John Greenan, Green Mountain Power
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; phone at (802) 770-
2195; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#672d080f0949201502020906092700150202090a08120913060e0917081002154904080a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eba1848385c5ac998e8e858a85ab8c998e8e8586849e859f8a82859b849c8e99c5888486">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari at (202) 502-6207, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#79380b180a11573318151815103b180b0a180b10391f1c0b1a571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d6c5f4c5e4503674c414c41446f4c5f5e4c5f446d4b485f4e034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway 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 and protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
<a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</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#5b1d1e091814353732353e082e2b2b34292f1b3d3e2938753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="672122352428090b0e090234121717081513270102150449000811">[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
number P-3025-031.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 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.
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on
April 20, 2022, revising the regulations under 40 CFR parts 1502, 1507,
and 1508 that federal agencies use to implement the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (see National Environmental Policy Act
Implementing Regulations Revisions, 87 FR 23453-70). The final rule
became effective on May 20, 2022. Commission staff intends to conduct
its NEPA review in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
l. Project Description: The existing Kelley's Falls Project
consists of: (1) an approximately 230-foot-long, 31-foot-high concrete
and stone masonry dam that includes: (a) an approximately 31-foot-long
stone masonry east abutment with an intake structure that includes an
11-foot-wide, 11-foot-high headgate equipped with a 22.2-foot-wide, 17-
foot-high trashrack with 2.5-inch clear bar spacing; (b) a 192-foot-
long concrete ogee spillway section with: (i) a 6-foot-wide, 2.75-foot-
high steel slide gate that includes a 3-foot-wide, 2-foot-high notch;
(ii) a 3-foot-diameter, low-level outlet pipe that is plugged and non-
operational; (iii) 2.75-foot-high flashboards; and (iv) a crest
elevation of 160.75 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD
29) at the top of the flashboards; and (c) an approximately 7-foot-long
concrete west abutment with a 3.5-foot-diameter gated, low-level outlet
pipe; (2) a 284-foot-long, 2.5-foot-wide stone retaining wall on the
east river bank that connects to the east abutment of the dam; (3) an
impoundment (Namaske Lake) with a surface area of 154 acres at an
elevation of 160.75 feet NGVD 29; (4) a 65-foot-long underground steel
and concrete penstock; (5) a 28-foot-long, 28-foot-wide brick masonry
and steel powerhouse containing a 450-kilowatt vertical Francis
turbine-generator unit; (6) a 125-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV)
underground transmission line that connects the generator to a 2.4/12-
kV step-up transformer; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project
creates an approximately 65-foot-long bypassed reach of the Piscataquog
River.
GMP voluntarily operates the project in a run-of-river mode using
an automatic pond level control system, such that project outflow
approximates inflow to the impoundment. GMP maintains the impoundment
at the flashboard crest elevation of 160.75 feet NGVD 29.
Article 25 of the current license requires GMP to release a
continuous minimum flow of 45 cubic feet per
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second or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less, as measured
immediately downstream of the powerhouse. Downstream fish passage is
provided for river herring through the notch in the slide gate located
on top of the spillway. There are no upstream fish passage facilities
at the project.
The minimum and maximum hydraulic capacities of the powerhouse are
175 and 420 cfs, respectively. The average annual generation of the
project was approximately 1,572 megawatt-hours from 2014 through 2020.
GMP is not proposing any changes to project facilities or
operation.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://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.
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 on the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
You may also register online at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview">https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. 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.
p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Deadline for filing interventions, December 2022.
protests, comments, recommendations,
preliminary terms and conditions, and
preliminary fishway prescriptions.
Deadline for filing reply comments........ January 2023.
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q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: October 3, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-21952 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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