Notice2024-30276
GR Catalyst Two, LLC; 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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December 19, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103810-103811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30276]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4644-017]
GR Catalyst Two, LLC; 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: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 4644-017.
c. Date filed: December 2, 2024.\1\
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\1\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide
that if a deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other
day when the Commission is closed for business, the deadline does
not end until the close of business on the next business day. 18 CFR
385.2007(a)(2). Because the deadline for filing a license
application fell on a Saturday (i.e., November 30, 2024), the
deadline was extended until the close of business on Monday,
December 2, 2024.
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d. Applicant: GR Catalyst Two, LLC (GR Catalyst).
e. Name of Project: Dahowa Hydroelectric Project (Dahowa Project or
project).
f. Location: On the Battenkill River in Washington County, New
York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Katharine D. Nicholson, Chief Financial
Officer, Gravity Renewables, Inc., P.O. Box 7580, Boulder, CO 80306,
Phone: (303) 615-3105, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cfa4aebba7b68fa8bdaeb9a6bbb6bdaaa1aab8aeada3aabce1aca0a2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b505a4f53427b5c495a4d524f42495e555e4c5a59575e4815585456">[email protected]</span></a>; Celeste Fay,
Director of Regulatory Affairs, Gravity Renewables, Inc, 5 Dartmouth
Drive, Suite 104, Auburn, NH 03032, Phone: (413) 262-9466, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2063454c45535445604752415649545952454e455741424c45530e434f4d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e7d5b525b4d4a5b7e594c5f48574a474c5b505b495f5c525b4d105d5153">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Claire Rozdilski at (202) 502-8259, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#72111e131b00175c001d08161b1e01191b32141700115c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b28272a22392e653924312f22273820220b2d2e3928652c243d">[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: January 31, 2025.
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://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bafcffe8f9f5d4d6d3d4dfe9cfcacad5c8cefadcdfc8d994ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c78182958488a9abaea9a294b2b7b7a8b5b387a1a2b5a4e9a0a8b1">[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
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sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, 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, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and
docket number on the first page: Dahowa Hydroelectric Project (P-4644-
017).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Dahowa Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a 163-foot-long concrete ogee dam that varies from 3 to
15 feet in height (averaging 6 feet high) with a crest elevation of 235
feet \2\ and fitted with 5-foot-high timber flashboards; (2) a 228-
foot-long, 8-foot-high concrete headrace wall with a crest elevation of
237 feet and 3-foot-high timber flashboards; (3) an impoundment with a
surface area of approximately 2.7 acres, a storage capacity of
approximately 12.5 acre-feet, and a normal water surface elevation of
240.0 feet; (4) an intake with a trashrack with 2.5-inch clear bar
spacing; (5) a circular 142-foot-deep concrete powerhouse with an
exterior diameter of approximately 44 feet and containing one vertical
Kaplan turbine-generator unit with a capacity of 10.5 megawatts; (6) an
underground tailrace tunnel; (7) a 5/34.5-kilovolt (kV) step-up
transformer; (8) a substation; (9) a 690-foot-long 34.5-kV transmission
line; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
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\2\ All elevation values reported herein reference the National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
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The current Commission-approved recreation management plan requires
the licensee to maintain a public fishing area upstream of the dam on
the east side of the impoundment. The area consists of a 700-foot-long
access trail, a parking area, and signage. The recreation management
plan also requires the licensee to provide access to a conservation and
preservation area located on the west side of the impoundment and
maintain a parking area, signage, an approximately 1,300-foot-long
access trail loop, and overlook walkway structures for viewing
Dionondahowa (Dahowa) Falls.
The Dahowa Project operates in a run-of-river mode. There is no
available usable storage behind the dam. Article 402 of the current
license requires a minimum flow release of 40 cubic feet per second
(cfs) over the flashboards between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. from the
third Saturday in May through Labor Day weekend and from sunrise to
sunset on weekends and holidays from Labor Day weekend through November
30 to provide flows over Dahowa Falls, a natural waterfall with an
approximate height of 70 feet, to enhance aesthetic resources. At all
other times, a minimum flow release of 25 cfs over the flashboards is
required for water quality purposes and for the protection of flow-
dependent resources. GR Catalyst is not proposing any modifications to
existing project facilities or changes to the operation of the project.
The Dahowa Project has an annual generation of approximately 33,500
megawatt-hours.
o. A copy of the application can 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-4644). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db9d9e899894b5b7b2b5be88aeababb4a9af9bbdbea9b8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c88e8d9a8b87a6a4a1a6ad9bbdb8b8a7babc88aeadbaabe6afa7be">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (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#256a757565434057460b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91dec1c1d1f7f4e3f2bff6fee7">[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).. February 2025.
Request Additional Information.......... February 2025.
Issue Acceptance Letter................. June 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... July 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). September 2025.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental September 2025.
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: December 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-30276 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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