Notice2025-04481
Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submissions of Final Amendments
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March 19, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[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: 2025-04481]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 8405-024]
Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for Submissions 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 for Minor Project.
b. Project No.: 8405-024.
c. Date Filed: February 27, 2025.
d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP).
e. Name of Project: Glen Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Mascoma River
in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Tedesco, Generation Project
Coordinator, Green Mountain Power Corporation, 163 Acorn Lane
Colchester, VT 05446; Phone at (802) 655-8753, or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5913363137770d3c3d3c2a3a36193e2b3c3c3734362c372d38303729362e3c2b773a3634"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="511b3e393f7f0534353422323e11362334343f3c3e243f2530383f213e2634237f323e3c">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia at (202) 502-6131, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82f1f6e7f2eae7ecace9e3f0f6e3eeebe3c2e4e7f0e1ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47343322372f2229692c263533262b2e26072122352469202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The existing Glen Project consists of a 173-foot-long, 14-foot-
high concrete gravity dam that includes the following sections: (1) a
5-foot-long south abutment section; (2) a 123-foot-long, 12-foot-high
spillway section equipped with: (a) 3-foot-high flashboards with a
crest elevation of 413.2 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
(NGVD 29) at the top of the flashboards; (b) a 1-foot-wide concrete
pier; (c) a trash sluice; and (d) a 4-foot-diameter, 14-foot-long steel
pipe that extends downstream from the trash sluice; and (3) a 45-foot-
long north abutment section. The dam creates an impoundment with a
surface area of approximately 7 acres at an elevation of 413.2 feet
NGVD 29. The project also comprises a (1) a 53.5-foot-long, 58.5-foot-
wide intake structure that includes: (a) two 8-foot-wide, 8-foot-high
steel headgates equipped with a 20-foot-wide, 15-foot-high trashrack
with 2-inch clear bar spacing; and (b) a 10-foot-long steel inlet
transition pipe from an 11-foot-wide, 6-foot-high rectangular cross-
section to an 8.5-foot-diameter cross-section that connects the intake
to a penstock; (2) a 4,100-foot-long, 8- to 8.5-foot-diameter penstock
that trifurcates into three 4-foot-diameter sections that connect to
the powerhouse; (3) a 20-inch minimum flow pipe protruding from the
penstock immediately downstream of the intake structure; (4) a 26-foot-
long, 30-foot-wide powerhouse containing a 685-kilowatt (kW) regulated
propeller bulb turbine-generator unit and two 400-kW fixed propeller
bulb turbine-generator units for a total installed capacity of 1,485
kW; (5) an approximately 34-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, 8-foot-deep
tailrace that discharges into the Mascoma River; (6) a 50-foot-long
underground transmission line that leads to a 2.4/13.2-kilovolt step-up
transformer where the project is connected to the local electric grid;
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project creates an approximately
4,300-foot-long bypassed reach of the Mascoma River.
The current license requires GMP to operate the project in
``instantaneous'' run[hyphen]of[hyphen]river mode, so that project
outflow approximates inflow to the impoundment. The current license
also requires that GMP release a continuous minimum flow of 40 cubic
feet per second (cfs) or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less,
from the project to the bypassed reach, as measured immediately
downstream from the project dam, to protect aquatic resources in the
Mascoma River. GMP releases the minimum flow to the bypassed reach
through the minimum flow pipe. The average annual generation of the
project between 2012 through 2024 was approximately 2,782 megawatt-
hours.
GMP propose to: (1) continue operating the project in a run-of-
river mode; (2) continue releasing a continuous minimum flow of 40 cfs
or inflow to the impoundment, whichever is less, from the project to
the bypassed reach; (3) develop an operations compliance monitoring
plan; (4) avoid tree removal of all trees greater than 3 inches in
diameter at breast height on project lands from April 15 through
October 31, to minimize potential impacts to northern long-eared and
tricolored bats; and (5) develop an historic properties management
plan.
l. In addition to publishing this notice in the Federal Register,
the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view
and/or print the contents of this notice, as well as other documents in
the proceeding (e.g., license application) via the internet through the
Commission's Home Page (<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-8405). For assistance,
contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bdddec9d8d4f5f7f2f5fec8eeebebf4e9efdbfdfee9f8b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="22646770616d4c4e4b4c47715752524d505662444750410c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free),
or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online 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, contact FERC
Online Support.
m. 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,
community organizations, 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#eaa5babaaa8c8f9889c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e6a9b6b6a680839485c8818990">[email protected]</span></a>.
n. Procedural Schedule: 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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Deficiency Letter (if necessary)......... March 2025.
Additional Information Request (if April 2025.
necessary).
Notice of Acceptance..................... January 2026.
Notice of Ready for Environmental January 2026.
Analysis.
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o. 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: March 12, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-04481 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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