Notice2023-17155
Town of Wells; 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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August 10, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54312-54313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17155]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7274-035]
Town of Wells; 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 License.
b. Project No.: 7274-035.
c. Date filed: July 31, 2023.
d. Applicant: Town of Wells.
e. Name of Project: Lake Algonquin Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Sacandaga River in the town of Wells, Hamilton
County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Taylor, Principle-in-Charge, GZA
GeoEnvironmental of New York, 104 West 29th Street, 10th Floor, New
York 10001; Phone at (781) 278-5803 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7914180d0d111c0e570d180015160b391e0318571a1614"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc919d888894998bd2889d8590938ebc9b869dd29f9391">[email protected]</span></a>;
or Rebekah Crewell, Supervisor, Town of Wells, P.O. Box 205, Wells, New
York 12190; Phone at (518) 924-7912 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c3f393c293e3a253f233e613e292e29272d24612f3e293b2920200c38233b22232a3b2920203f62233e2b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9be8eeebfee9edf2e8f4e9b6e9fef9fef0faf3b6f8e9feecfef7f7dbeff4ecf5f4fdecfef7f7e8b5f4e9fc">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Samantha Pollak at (202) 502-6419, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2c1d3dfd3dcc6dad39cc2dddeded3d9f2d4d7c0d19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1665777b7778627e773866797a7a777d567073647538717960">[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: September 29, 2023.
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="https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#35737067767a5b595c5b50664045455a474175535047561b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4929186979bbab8bdbab187a1a4a4bba6a094b2b1a6b7fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Lake Algonquin Hydroelectric Project consists of the
following facilities: (1) a 239-foot-long, 26.5-foot-high concrete
gravity dam composed of an ogee spillway section at each end and a
gated spillway section in the middle with three steel 19-foot-wide by
12-foot-high vertical lift roller gates; (2) an impoundment with a
surface area of 275 acres and a storage capacity of 2,557 acre-feet at
an elevation of 986.84 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929;
(3) a 27-foot-high, 21-foot-wide, 52-foot-long intake structure; (4) a
10-foot-diameter, 113-foot-long steel penstock; (5) a 25-foot-wide, 63-
foot-long concrete, steel, and masonry powerhouse containing one Kaplan
turbine unit with a rated capacity of 740 kilowatts; (6) a 480-volt/
4.8-kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer; (7) a 4.8-kV, approximately 50-
foot-long overhead transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The project operates in a run-of-river mode with a minimum flow of
20 cubic feet per second, or reservoir inflow, whichever is less. The
project has an average annual generation of 1.363 megawatt-hours
between 2015 and 2020.
o. Copies of the application may 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 (P-7274). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aceae9feefe3c2c0c5c2c9ffd9dcdcc3ded8eccac9decf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6f0f3e4f5f9d8dadfd8d3e5c3c6c6d9c4c2f6d0d3c4d598d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a> or call tollfree, (866)
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">https://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.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dc938c8c9cbab9aebff2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3ecf3f3e3c5c6d1c08dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).. September 2023.
Request Additional Information.......... October 2023.
Issue Acceptance Letter................. December 2023.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... December 2023.
Request Additional Information (if January 2024.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). February 2024.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental February 2024.
Analysis.
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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: August 4, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-17155 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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