Notice2025-11829
One Drop Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing
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June 26, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 121 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27296-27297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11829]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15041-002]
One Drop Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
b. Project No.: 15041-002.
c. Date filed: June 10, 2025.
d. Applicant: One Drop Hydro, LLC (One Drop Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Elizabeth Webbing Falls Hydroelectric Project
(project).
f. Location: On the Blackstone River in Providence County, Rhode
Island.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Justin Bristol, One Drop Hydro, LLC, 7
Nichols Ln, Hopkinton, RI 02832; Phone at (401) 793-6041; or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92f8f0e0fbe1e6fdfed2fdfcf7f6e0fde2faebf6e0fdbcf1fdff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e141c0c170d0a11123e11101b1a0c110e16071a0c11501d1113">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Brandi Welch-Acosta at (202) 502-8964 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8cadac9c6ccc186dfcdc4cbc085c9cbc7dbdcc9e8cecddacb86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="197b6b78777d70376e7c757a7134787a766a6d78597f7c6b7a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>; and Robert Haltner at (202) 502-8612 or
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#11637e737463653f79707d657f746351777463723f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="25574a474057510b4d4449514b405765434057460b424a53">[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: On or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
August 11, 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="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b4d4e594844656762656e587e7b7b64797f4b6d6e7968256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eaacafb8a9a5848683848fb99f9a9a85989eaa8c8f9889c48d859c">[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, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify
the project name and docket number on the first page: Elizabeth Webbing
Falls Hydroelectric Project (P-15041-002).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed Elizabeth Webbing Falls Hydroelectric Project would
consist of: (1) an existing 220-foot-long, V-shaped stone masonry
gravity dam that includes a 210-foot-long spillway with a crest
elevation of 34.9 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD
29); (2) an existing impoundment with a surface area of approximately
14 acres at an elevation of 34.9 feet NGVD 29; (3) new steel trash
racks with \3/4\-inch clear bar spacing; (4) an existing hydraulically
operated headgate; (5) an existing concrete powerhouse approximately 25
feet wide by 70 feet long by 25 feet tall; (6) an existing horizontal
semi-Kaplan turbine and draft tube with a speed increaser and a 0.7
megawatt generator; (7) six existing 4.16 kilovolt generator leads
connecting the generating unit to the transformer on the roof of the
powerhouse, which steps-up the voltage to 13.8 kilovolt; (8) a new 400-
foot long transmission line to the utility point of interconnect
located in Rhode Island Energy's distribution system; and (10) existing
appurtenant facilities.
In addition to the existing facilities and new transmission line
listed above, One Drop Hydro proposes to: (1) operate the project in a
run-of-river mode with an estimated annual energy generation of
approximately 3,400 megawatt-hours; (2) release a continuous minimum
flow of 250 cubic feet per second or inflow, whichever is less, to the
bypassed reach; (3) install a volitional eel passage ramp at the
project spillway; (4) install downstream fish passage facilities when
necessary; (5) provide upstream anadromous fish passage, when
necessary; and (6) implement a northern long-eared bat protection plan.
o. Copies of the application may 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-15041). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1979483929ebfbdb8bfb482a4a1a1bea3a591b7b4a3b2ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b6d6e796864454742454e785e5b5b44595f6b4d4e5948054c445d">[email protected]</span></a> or call tollfree, (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#e3acb3b3a385869180cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f607f7f6f494a5d4c01484059">[email protected]</span></a>.
p. 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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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary). August 2025.
Request Additional Information......... August 2025.
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Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.. October 2025.
Issue Acceptance Letter................ November 2025.
Request Additional Information (if November 2025.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2............... January 2026.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental January 2026.
Analysis.
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Dated: June 23, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-11829 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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