Notice2024-28405
Powerhouse Systems, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
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December 4, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96240-96241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28405]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7883-020]
Powerhouse Systems, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
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.: P-7883-020.
c. Date Filed: October 2, 2023.
d. Applicant: Powerhouse Systems, LLC (Powerhouse Systems).
e. Names of Project: Weston Dam Project.
f. Location: On the Upper Ammonoosuc River in Coos County, New
Hampshire.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Antonio Zarrella, Relevate Power, LLC, 230
Park Avenue, Suite 307, New York, New York 10169; Phone at (315) 247-
0253 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70040a3002151c1506110415001f0715025e131f1d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2256586250474e4754435647524d5547500c414d4f">[email protected]</span></a>; or Rory Cohan, Relevate Power,
LLC, 230 Park Avenue, Suite 307, New York, New York 10169; Phone at
(845) 532-6894 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b29381b293e373e2d3a2f3e2b342c3e2975383436"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e59786a59780898093849180958a928097cb868a88">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Eric Fitzpatrick at (202) 502-8584; or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c3d4cfc588c0cfd2dcd6c7d2d4cfc5cde6c0c3d4c588c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbdec9d2d895ddd2cfc1cbdacfc9d2d8d0fbdddec9d895dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: December 27, 2024.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
scoping comments 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>. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#01474453424e6f6d686f64527471716e737541676473622f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="460003140509282a2f282315333636293432062023342568212930">[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:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly
identify the following on the first page: Weston Dam Project No. 7883-
020.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners 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 intervener 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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. 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) that consists of the following sections: (a) a 120-
foot-long 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; (b) a
60-foot-long right abutment section on the northwest side of the
spillway with two slide gates; and (c) a 40-foot-long left abutment
section on the southeast side of the spillway with a 20-foot-long, 15-
foot-wide gatehouse and two slide gates.; (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 NGVD 29; (3) a 10.83-foot-wide, 20-foot-high
intake structure that includes a trashrack with 2-inch clear bar
spacing; (4) a 36.5-foot-long, 36-foot-
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wide powerhouse with two Kaplan turbine-generator units; (5) two 0.48
kilovolt (kV) generator leads; (6) three 0.48/34.5-kV transformers; and
(7) a 34.5-kV, 300-foot-long transmission line. The Weston Dam Project
has a total installed capacity of 540 kilowatts (kW). There are no
project recreation facilities.
Pursuant to Article 20 of the current license Powerhouse Systems
operates in an instantaneous run-of-river mode such that discharge from
the project approximates the instantaneous sum of inflow to the project
impoundment. The project has an average annual generation of 2,357
megawatt-hours.
Powerhouse Systems 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
project's docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
You may also register at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84c2c1d6c7cbeae8edeae1d7f1f4f4ebf6f0c4e2e1f6e7aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a7c7f687975545653545f694f4a4a55484e7a5c5f4859145d554c">[email protected]</span></a>.
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#713e212131171403125f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47081717072122352469202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
n. Scoping Process
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
Commission staff intends to prepare either an environmental assessment
(EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS) (collectively referred
to as the ``NEPA document'') that describes and evaluates the probable
effects, including an assessment of the site-specific, if any, of the
proposed action and alternatives. The Commission's scoping process will
help determine the required level of analysis and satisfy the NEPA
scoping requirements, irrespective of whether the Commission issues an
EA or an EIS.
At this time, we do not anticipate holding on-site scoping
meetings. Instead, we are soliciting written comments and suggestions
on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be addressed in
the NEPA document, as described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued
November 27, 2024.
Copies of the SD1 outlining the proposed project and subject areas
to be addressed in the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on
the Commission's mailing list and the applicant's distribution list.
Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the web at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://www.ferc.gov</a> using
the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).
Dated: November 27, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-28405 Filed 12-3-24; 8:45 am]
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