Notice2025-08293
City of Aspen, Colorado; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
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May 12, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 90 (Monday, May 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20165-20166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08293]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10441-020]
City of Aspen, Colorado; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Exemption from Licensing.\1\
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\1\ The applicant is an existing licensee for the project in
which the license expires on June 30, 2028. The licensee is
requesting a small hydropower exemption as an authorization to
continue operating and maintaining the project after the license
expires. The licensee states that should the project not qualify for
a small hydropower exemption, the application should be considered a
subsequent license application.
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b. Project No.: 10441-020.
c. Date Filed: April 8, 2025.
d. Applicant: City of Aspen, Colorado.
e. Name of Project: Maroon Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On Maroon Creek in Pitkin County, Colorado.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 16.22 and the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708, amended by the
Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013, Public Law 113-23, 127
Stat. 493 (2013).
h. Applicant Contact: Phil Overenyder at City of Aspen at (970)
920-5111; or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec9c848580c2839a899e89958288899eac8d9f9c8982c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5c5dddcd99bdac3d0c7d0ccdbd1d0c7f5d4c6c5d0db9bd2dac3">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Lee Baker at (202) 502-8554, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1b4a7b4a3b0a3b5ffb3b0bab4a391b7b4a3b2ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff9a899a8d9e8d9bd19d9e949a8dbf999a8d9cd1989089">[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: July 7, 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#387e7d6a7b77565451565d6b4d4848574a4c785e5d4a5b165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aaeceff8e9e5c4c6c3c4cff9dfdadac5d8deeacccfd8c984cdc5dc">[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: Maroon Creek
Hydroelectric Project (P-10441-020).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing project works consist of: (a) a 10-foot-high, 40-
foot-long reinforced concrete dam with a crest elevation of 8,245.75
feet (the Maroon Creek diversion dam); (b) a small impoundment; (c) an
intake structure at the dam; (d) a 39-inch-diameter, 5,563-foot-long
buried reinforced concrete penstock; (e) a 27-inch-diameter, 1,317-
foot-long buried reinforced concrete penstock together with a 110-foot
section of steel penstock leading to the powerhouse; (f) a powerhouse
with a 450-kW turbine-generator unit; (g) a 200-foot-long trapezoidal
open channel tailrace, returning the water to Maroon Creek; (h) a 0.48-
kV generator leading to a three-phase, 0.48/24.9-kV step-up
transformer; (i) an approximately 400-foot-long, 24.9-kV overhead power
line tap connection to the Aspen Highlands circuit operated by Holy
Cross Energy; and (j) appurtenant facilities.
The application describes the addition of up to 50 kW of generating
capacity through two new small turbines, with two new attached
generators placed at the existing diversion dam. These new units would
generate power from the bypass flows released from the diversion dam
without changing the time or the amount of those releases. Flows
utilized by new generation equipment would be returned to the same
location on the stream immediately below the dam and headgate.
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-10441). For assistance, contact FERC
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c2a293e2f2302000502093f191c1c031e182c0a091e0f420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cc8a899e8f83a2a0a5a2a99fb9bcbca3beb88caaa9beafe2aba3ba">[email protected]</span></a>, or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or
(202) 502-8659 (TTY).
p. 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#125d424252747760713c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5eaf5f5e5c3c0d7c68bc2cad3">[email protected]</span></a>.
q. 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 and Additional June 2025.
Information Request (if necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter................. September 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... October 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). January 2026.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental January 2026.
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: May 6, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-08293 Filed 5-9-25; 8:45 am]
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