Notice2025-09105

GR Catalyst One, 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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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21763-21764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09105]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 4684-072]


GR Catalyst One, 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.: 4684-072.
    c. Date Filed: April 29, 2025.
    d. Applicant: GR Catalyst One, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Stillwater Hydroelectric Project (Stillwater 
Project).
    f. Location: On the Hudson River at the New York State Canal 
Corporation's Lock C-4 dam in Saratoga, Rensselaer, and Washington 
counties, 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, New York 10017; 
Phone at (315) 247-0253 or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0c4caf0c2d5dcd5c6d1c4d5c0dfc7d5c29ed3dfdd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec9896ac9e8980899a8d98899c839b899ec28f8381">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>; or Jessica 
Antonez, Regulatory & Compliance Specialist, Relevate Power, 230 Park 
Ave, Suite 447, New York, New York 10017; Phone at (802) 779-8993 or 
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e48e85a49681888192859081948b938196ca878b89"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe949fbe8c9b929b889f8a9b8e91899b8cd09d9193">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    i. FERC Contact: Samantha Pollak at (202) 502-6419, or 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#74071519151a001c155a041b1818151f34121106175a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3142505c505f4559501f415e5d5d505a71575443521f565e47">[email&#160;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 Sec.  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

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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: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 
28, 2025.\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 60-day filing deadline falls on a 
Saturday (i.e., June 28, 2025), the filing deadline is extended 
until the close of business on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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    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://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#45030017060a2b292c2b20163035352a373105232037266b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94d2d1c6d7dbfaf8fdfaf1c7e1e4e4fbe6e0d4f2f1e6f7baf3fbe2">[email&#160;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: 
Stillwater Hydroelectric Project (P-4684-072).
    m. This application has been accepted for filing but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    n. The Stillwater Project consists of the following facilities: (1) 
a 5-foot-high concrete gravity dam topped with wooden flashboards; (2) 
an 821-foot-long uncontrolled spillway with a crest elevation of 82.4 
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) containing two 
sections of flashboards (Section A and Section B) of differing heights 
[approximately 2.1 feet high (Section A) and 1.33 feet high (Section 
B)]; (3) a reservoir with a surface area of 1,500 acres and a normal 
volume of 9,000 acre-feet at an elevation of 84.1 feet NGVD 29; (4) an 
outlet structure containing three 11-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep sluice 
gates and a 10-foot-wide fish bypass gate located between the right 
abutment of the dam and the powerhouse; (5) an intake structure; (6) an 
approximate 116-foot by 56-foot concrete and steel powerhouse 
containing two turbines with a combined capacity of 3.5 megawatts; (7) 
a 275-foot-long tailrace channel varying in width from 110 feet near 
the draft tube extensions to 230 feet at its downstream end; (8) a 
4.16/34.5-kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer adjacent to the powerhouse; 
(9) a 3.5-mile-long, 34.5-kV overhead transmission line; and (10) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The Stillwater Project operates in a run-of-river mode with a 
minimum flow of 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) provided year-round 
over the east section of the flashboards. The fish bypass system 
adjacent to the downstream end of the trashrack provides a year-round 
flow of 104 cfs for downstream fish passage. The Stillwater Project has 
an average annual generation of approximately 14,860 megawatt-hours.
    o. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's 
website at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://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-4684). For assistance, contact FERC at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88cecddacbc7e6e4e1e6eddbfdf8f8e7fafcc8eeedfaeba6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7f1f2e5f4f8d9dbded9d2e4c2c7c7d8c5c3f7d1d2c5d499d0d8c1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, or call toll free, (866) 208-3676 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.
    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#8ac5dadacaeceff8e9a4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eca3bcbcac8a899e8fc28b839a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--July 2025
Request Additional Information--July 2025
Issue Acceptance Letter--November 2025
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--December 2025
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--February 2026
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--February 2026

    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 15, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-09105 Filed 5-20-25; 8:45 am]
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