Notice2022-23504
Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
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October 28, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65200-65201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23504]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3509-042]
Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; 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 No.: 3509-042.
c. Date filed: October 11, 2022.
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: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
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="caafa7aba3a695aeabbca3aee4aca5b28aafabada6afa9b8afafa1b8afe4a9a5a7">[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="80e5ede1e9ecdfeaefe4f9aef3ede5f4c0e5e1e7ece5e3f2e5e5ebf2e5aee3efed">[email protected]</a>.
i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury at (202) 502-6736 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8b5b7b6b1aaf6bbb0b7afbcb0adaaa198bebdaabbf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef828081869dc18c8780988b879a9d96af898a9d8cc1888099">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments: November 14, 2022. Reply comments
due November 24, 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, 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#15535047565a7b797c7b70466065657a676155737067763b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="21676473626e4f4d484f44725451514e535561474453420f464e57">[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-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. Little Falls Associates filed the Settlement Agreement on behalf
of itself, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation. The purpose of the Settlement
Agreement is to resolve, among the signatories, issues related to
operational, fisheries, wildlife, water quality, and recreation
resources associated with issuance of a new license and water quality
certification for the project. Specifically, the Settlement Agreement
includes proposed protection, mitigation, and enhancements measures to
address bypassed reach minimum flow, streamflow and water level
monitoring, downstream fish passage enhancements,
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recreation facility enhancements, invasive species management, and bald
eagle protection. Little Falls Associates states that the terms of the
Settlement Agreement are an integrated and indivisible set of measures
intended to address and balance non-power and power values relating to
the project and requests that the Commission approve the Settlement
Agreement and incorporate the proposed measures set forth in section 3
into any new license 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-3509). 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: October 24, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-23504 Filed 10-27-22; 8:45 am]
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