Notice2025-06612
Rivers Electric, 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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April 17, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 73 (Thursday, April 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16119-16120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06612]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 9985-039]
Rivers Electric, 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: Subsequent Minor License
b. Project No.: 9985-039
c. Date filed: March 31, 2025
d. Applicant: Rivers Electric, LLC (Rivers Electric)
e. Name of Project: Mill Pond Hydroelectric Project (Mill Pond
Project or project)
f. Location: On Catskill Creek in Greene County, New York
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r)
h. Applicant Contact: Tony Zarrella, Chief Operating Officer,
Relevate Power, 230 Park Ave, Suite 447, New York, NY 10017, Phone:
(315) 247-0253.
i. FERC Contact: Martha Becton at (202) 502-8335, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#74191506001c155a161117001b1a34121106175a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="721f1300061a135c101711061d1c32141700115c151d04">[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: May 30, 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#672122352428090b0e090234121717081513270102150449000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8bebdaabbb7969491969dab8d8888978a8cb89e9d8a9bd69f978e">[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 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: Mill Pond
Hydroelectric Project (P-9985-039).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Mill Pond Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a concrete gravity dam approximately 3 to 5 feet high
and 130 feet long with a crest elevation of 105 feet mean sea level
(msl) topped by 3-foot-high pneumatic flashboards for a spillway crest
of 108 feet msl; (2) a 20-foot natural ledge rock fall; (3) a 7.28-acre
reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 82 acre-feet at normal water
surface elevation of 108 feet msl; (4) an intake structure that
includes a trash rack with 1.75-inch clear bar spacing; (5) a 36-inch-
diameter concrete trough and conveyance chute adjacent to the intake
that passes minimum flows, fish, ice, and debris downstream; (6) an
approximately 10-foot-diameter, 147-foot-long steel penstock that
bifurcates into two separate, equivalent diameter sections; (7) a
powerhouse 30 feet wide and 32 feet long containing two generating
units rated at 500 kilowatts (kW) each for a total installed capacity
of 1,000 kW; (8) 2.4-kilovolt (kV) generator leads connecting the
generating units to a 13.2-kV-ampere step-up transformer located in a
small switchyard; (9) a 200-foot-long (mostly underground) transmission
line from the step-up transformer to the point of interconnection with
the distribution system; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
Rivers Electric proposes to continue operating the project in a
run-of-river mode such that outflow from the project approximates
inflow to the project reservoir and to release, through the conveyance
chute, a minimum flow of 20 cubic feet per second, or inflow,
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whichever is less, on a year-round basis as required by Article 402 of
the current license.
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-9985). For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8aeadbaaba7868481868dbb9d9898879a9ca88e8d9a8bc68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="783e3d2a3b37161411161d2b0d0808170a0c381e1d0a1b561f170e">[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#c788979787a1a2b5a4e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2bda2a2b294978091dc959d84">[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).... 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 11, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-06612 Filed 4-16-25; 8:45 am]
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