Notice2023-22986
Powerhouse Systems, Inc.; 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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October 18, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22986]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7883-020]
Powerhouse Systems, Inc.; 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.: 7883-020.
c. Date filed: October 2, 2023.
d. Applicant: Powerhouse Systems, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Weston Dam Project.
f. Location: On the Upper Ammonoosuc River, Coos County, New
Hampshire.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Jonathon DiCesare, Regulatory Manager,
Powerhouse Systems, Inc., 230 Park Avenue, Suite 307, New York, New
York 10017; Phone at (518) 657-9012 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4aea084a1a8a1b2a5b0a1b4abb3a1b6eaa7aba9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae0eecaefe6effcebfeeffae5fdeff8a4e9e5e7">[email protected]</span></a>; or
Ian Clark, CCO, Powerhouse Systems, Inc., 230 Park Avenue, Suite 307,
New York, New York 10017; Phone at (518) 657-9012 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e070d2e0b020b180f1a0b1e01190b1c400d0103"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd2d8fbded7decddacfdecbd4ccdec995d8d4d6">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: John Baummer at (202) 502-6837, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#066c696e68286467736b6b6374466063746528616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c06030402420e0d190101091e2c0a091e0f420b031a">[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: December 1, 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="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#41070413020e2f2d282f24123431312e333501272433226f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d0b081f0e0223212423281e383d3d223f390d2b283f2e632a223b">[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 existing Weston Dam Project consists of the following: (1) a
220-foot-long, 15.5-foot-high concrete-covered stone and timber crib
dam (Weston Dam) with four hydraulic sluice gates and a concrete cap
spillway topped with 4.5-foot-high wooden flashboards with a crest
elevation of 867.7 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD
29) at the top of the flashboards; (2) an impoundment with a surface
area of 30 acres and a storage capacity of 115 acre-feet at an
elevation of 867.7 feet; (3) an intake structure; (4) a powerhouse with
two Kaplan turbine-generator units with an authorized installed
capacity of 540 kilowatts; (5) two 0.48 kilovolt (kV) generator leads;
(6) three 0.48/34.5-kV transformers; (7) a 34.5-kV, 300-foot-long
transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The project operates in a run-of-river mode with a minimum flow of
132 cubic feet per second, or inflow, whichever is less. The project
has an average annual generation of 2,357 megawatt-hours between 2013
and 2022.
Powerhouse Systems, Inc. is not proposing any changes to project
facilities or operation.
o. Copies of the application 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 (P-7883). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fdbbb8afbeb29391949398ae888d8d928f89bd9b988f9ed39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89cfccdbcac6e7e5e0e7ecdafcf9f9e6fbfdc9efecfbeaa7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a> or call tollfree, (866)
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
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.
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#ace3fcfceccac9decf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="531c030313353621307d343c25">[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.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--December 2023
Request Additional Information--January 2024
Issue Acceptance Letter--March 2024
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--March 2024
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--April 2024
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--May 2024.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--May 2024
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: October 12, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-22986 Filed 10-17-23; 8:45 am]
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