Notice2025-17577
Forestport Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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September 11, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44061-44062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17577]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4900-090]
Forestport Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing
and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: 4900-090.
c. Date Filed: February 27, 2025.
d. Applicant: Forestport Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Forestport Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Black River in Oneida County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Antonio Zarella, Chief Operating Officer,
Forestport Hydro, LLC, 230 Park Avenue, Suite 447, New York, NY 10169;
telephone at (315) 247-0253; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#45111f053720292033243120352a3220376b262a28"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="05515f457760696073647160756a7260772b666a68">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Erin Mocko, Project Coordinator, Great Lakes
Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (202) 502-8107;
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b7e4952551556545850547b5d5e4958155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86c3f4efe8a8ebe9e5ede9c6e0e3f4e5a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: November
7, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. EST.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests 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#15535047565a7b797c7b70466065657a676155737067763b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c4a495e4f4362606562695f797c7c637e784c6a697e6f226b637a">[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: Forestport Hydroelectric Project (P-4900-090).
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the official service list for the
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready
for environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project Description: The existing project consists of a 27-foot-
high dam known as the Forestport Dam, that includes a 315-foot-long
ogee spillway. The Forestport Dam creates an impoundment that has a
surface area of 118 acres at a normal surface elevation of 1,126.55
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD29).
From the impoundment, water flows through gates and a canal to a
forebay known as Alder Pond. Alder Pond has a surface area of 24 acres
at a normal surface elevation of 1,124.6 feet NGVD29 and is formed by a
550-foot-long, 15-foot-high earth embankment known as Alder Pond Dam.
From Alder Pond, water flows through a power canal to an intake
structure with trashracks with 1.75-inch clear bar spacing. From the
intake structure, water flows through a penstock to a powerhouse that
includes a 3.3-megawatt (MW) S-type Kaplan turbine-generator. From the
powerhouse, water is released into a tailrace that discharges into the
Black River.
The project generators are connected to the regional electric grid
by generator lead lines and a 4.16/46-kV transformer.
Project recreation facilities include: (1) Alder Pond parking and
access area, adjacent to the east side of the Alder Pond Dam; (2)
Forestport impoundment parking and access area, adjacent to the
Forestport Dam on the northwest shore of the Forestport impoundment;
(3) an approximately 1,200 foot-long portage route from the Forestport
access area to the Alder Pond access area; (4) an approximately 150-
foot-long power canal portage route; and (5) a powerhouse parking and
access area.
Forestport Hydro proposes to: (1) continue operating the project in
a run-of-river mode and maintaining the surface elevation of the
Forestport impoundment at 1,126.55 feet NGVD29; (2) continue to
maintain the surface elevation of Alder Pond between 1,123.6 and
1,124.6 feet NGVD29; (3) continue to release a minimum flow of 140 cfs
or inflow, whichever is less, over the Forestport Dam; (4) implement a
Bat and Bald Eagle Management Plan and an Invasive Species Management
Plan; (5) develop an operation compliance monitoring plan; (6) continue
to maintain existing project recreation facilities and update
directional and safety signage; (7) move the power canal portage take-
out site upstream of the boat barrier; and (8) to protect cultural
resources, consult with the New York State Historic Preservation
Officer before beginning any land-clearing or land-disturbing
activities.
m. 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-4900). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
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.
n. 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#5f100f0f1f393a2d3c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d524d4d5d7b786f7e337a726b">[email protected]</span></a>.
o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests
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motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
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 Notice of Scoping................ September 2025.
Filing of Scoping Comments............. October 2025.
Filing of Motions to Intervene and November 2025.
Protests.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental November 2025.
Analysis.
Filing of Comments, Recommendations, January 2026.
Terms, Conditions, and Prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments............... February 2026.
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Dated: September 8, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-17577 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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