Notice2025-06073
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; Stone Ridge Hydro, LLC
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April 9, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15239-15240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06073]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15359-001]
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; Stone Ridge Hydro, LLC
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
Type of Application: New Major License.
Project No.: 15359-001.
Date Filed: March 21, 2025.
a. Applicant: Stone Ridge Hydro, LLC (Stone Ridge).
b. Name of Project: Herkimer Hydroelectric Project (Herkimer
Project or project).
c. Location: On West Canada Creek in Herkimer County, New York.
d. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
e. Applicant Contact: Peter J. Blanchfield, Chief Executive
Officer, Stone Ridge Hydro, LLC, 16 Harrogate Road, New Hartford, NY
13413, Phone: (650) 644-6003, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9eeefcf2fff0fdf6f8f7fbf2fadeedeaf1f0fbecf7faf9fbf6e7faecf1b0fdf1f3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e0e1c121f101d1618171b121a3e0d0a11101b0c171a191b16071a0c11501d1113">[email protected]</span></a>;
Paul V. Nolan, Regulatory Consultant, 5515 17th Street North,
Arlington, VA 22205-2722, Phone: (703) 587-5895, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3040465e40465e545946554270575d51595c1e535f5d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e6e68706e68707a77687b6c5e79737f7772307d7173">[email protected]</span></a>.
f. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at (202) 502-8278, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#42282d263b6c21232e2e2b2a232c02242730216c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b51545f4215585a575752535a557b5d5e4958155c544d">[email protected]</span></a>.
g. 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).
h. 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.
i. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: May 20, 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#71373423323e1f1d181f14220401011e030531171403125f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="773132253438191b1e191224020707180503371112051459101801">[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, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier
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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: Herkimer Hydroelectric Project (P-15359-001).
j. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Herkimer Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a timber crib dam with a 9-foot-high, 95-foot-long east
spillway section reaching a crest elevation of 420 feet mean sea level
(msl), a 12-foot-high, 65-foot-long west spillway section reaching a
crest elevation of 419.2 feet msl, and a 20-foot-long crest gate
section with a sill elevation of 415 feet msl; (2) an impoundment with
a surface area of 19 acres and a storage capacity of 163 acre-feet at a
normal water surface elevation of 420.5 feet msl; (3) timber
flashboards; (4) a forebay, varying in length and about 80 feet wide--
the east side of the forebay structure includes an 80-kilowatt (kW)
minimum flow turbine-generator unit followed by a 60-foot-long
auxiliary spillway with a crest elevation of 421 feet msl; (5) four
turbine-generator units with a capacity of 400 kW each downstream of
the forebay; (6) a reinforced concrete and steel powerhouse/electrical
building containing switchgear; (7) a 200-foot-long transmission line;
and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The project has not operated since 2006 and some of the facilities
noted above are in a deteriorated condition. For instance, the license
application states the project's crest gate and slide gate are both
inoperable and in need of repair. Stone Ridge proposes to rehabilitate
the project and operate it in a similar manner to the prior project at
the site (FERC No. 9709); specifically, in a run-of-river mode, with a
continuous minimum flow release of 160 cubic feet per second into West
Canada Creek. Stone Ridge is currently conducting environmental studies
to help it develop and finalize a set of proposed protection,
mitigation, and enhancement (PM&E) measures to supplement the license
application. Stone Ridge estimates the rehabilitated project would have
an annual generation capacity of 6,500-7,000 megawatt-hours.
l. 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-15359). For assistance, contact FERC
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d69093849599b8babfb8b385a3a6a6b9a4a296b0b3a4b5f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="793f3c2b3a36171510171c2a0c0909160b0d391f1c0b1a571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (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,
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#044b545444626176672a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dd2cdcdddfbf8effeb3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a>.
m. 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).... May 2025.
Request Additional Information............ May 2025.
Issue Acceptance Letter................... September 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments..... October 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)... December 2025.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental December 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: April 3, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-06073 Filed 4-8-25; 8:45 am]
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