Notice2024-15732
Comtu Falls 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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July 17, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58148-58149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15732]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. P-7888-024]
Comtu Falls 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.: 7888-024.
c. Date Filed: June 27, 2024.
d. Applicant: Comtu Falls Corporation (Comtu Corporation).
e. Name of Project: Comtu Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Black River in Windsor County, Vermont.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Celeste Fay, Director Regulatory Affairs,
Comtu Falls Corporation, P.O. Box 7580, Boulder, CO 80306; (413) 262-
9466; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9efdfbf2fbedeafbdef9ecffe8f7eae7ecfbf0fbe9fffcf2fbedb0fdf1f3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cba8aea7aeb8bfae8bacb9aabda2bfb2b9aea5aebcaaa9a7aeb8e5a8a4a6">[email protected]</span></a>; or Jonathon Petrillo, VP
Business Development, Comtu Falls Corporation, P.O. Box 7580, Boulder,
CO 80306; (413) 262-9466; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751f1a1b35120714031c010c07101b100214171910065b161a18"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6dcd9d8f6d1c4d7c0dfc2cfc4d3d8d3c1d7d4dad3c598d5d9db">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Nathan Tatum at 202-502-8838, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97f9f6e3fff6f9b9e3f6e3e2fad7f1f2e5f4b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f69897829e9798d8829782839bb690938495d8919980">[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: August 26, 2024.
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#f9bfbcabbab6979590979caa8c8989968b8db99f9c8b9ad79e968f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99dfdccbdad6f7f5f0f7fccaece9e9f6ebedd9fffcebfab7fef6ef">[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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting 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: Comtu
Falls Project (P-7888-024).
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m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Comtu Project consists of the following: (1) a 4-foot-high,
128-foot-long concrete gravity dam (Comtu Falls Dam) topped with 2-
foot-high wooden flashboards with a crest elevation of 394.4 feet North
American Vertical Datum of 1988 at the top of the flashboards; (2) a
0.4-acre impoundment; (3) an intake structure on the west side of the
dam equipped with a trashrack with 1.5-inch clear bar spacing and a
slide gate; (4) a 6-foot-high, 6-foot wide, 65-foot-long reinforced
concrete penstock; (5) a powerhouse with one Kaplan turbine generator
unit with an authorized installed capacity of 460 kilowatts; (6) a 0.6/
4.61 kilovolt (kV), 300 kilo-volt-amperes transformer; (7) a 20-foot-
long, 4.16-kV transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
Comtu Corporation operates the project in a run-of-river mode using
an automatic pond level control system to regulate turbine operation,
such that outflow from the project approximates inflow. The current
license requires Comtu Corporation to release a continuous minimum flow
of 4 cubic feet per second or inflow, whichever is less, over the
project dam and to release all inflow over the dam when inflow is less
than 44 cubic feet per second. The project had an average annual
generation of 2,340 megawatt-hours between 2011 and 2020.
The current license also requires Comtu Corporation to provide
downstream fish passage at the project from April 1 to June 15. Comtu
Corporation operates a downstream fish passage facility consisting of a
3-foot-wide, 2-foot-deep notch in the spillway that discharges to a
concrete plunge pool.
Comtu Corporation proposes to continue operating the project in a
run-of-river mode. Comtu Corporation also proposes to: (1) increase the
current year-round 0.5-inch aesthetic flow over the spillway to 1 inch
or 10 cfs; (2) operate the existing downstream fish passage facility
from April 1 to June 15 and from September 15 to November 15; and (3)
develop a flow management and monitoring plan.
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-7888). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e5a3a0b7a6aa8b898c8b80b69095958a9791a583809786cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="23656671606c4d4f4a4d46705653534c515763454651400d444c55">[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#9cd3ccccdcfaf9eeffb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d996898999bfbcabbaf7beb6af">[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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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).. August 2024.
Request for Additional Information...... August 2024.
Issue Acceptance Letter................. December 2024.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... December 2024.
Request Additional Information (if January 2025.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). March 2025.
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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: July 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-15732 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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