Notice2026-03665
Village of Morrisville, Vermont; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
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February 24, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 8863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03665]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2629-014]
Village of Morrisville, Vermont; Notice of Settlement Agreement
and Soliciting Comments
Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
b. Project No.: 2629-014.
c. Date Filed: February 13, 2026.
d. Applicant: Village of Morrisville, Vermont (Village).
e. Name of Project: Morrisville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on the Green River, Elmore Pond
Brook, and Lamoille River in Lamoille County, Vermont.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: Scott Johnstone, Village Manager, 857 Elmore
Street, Morrisville, Vermont 05661; telephone at (802) 888-6289; email
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0d141116100d11100a11101b3e130912080a501d1113"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1c2dbded9dfc2dedfc5dedfd4f1dcc6ddc7c59fd2dedc">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, Project Coordinator, Great Lakes
Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (312) 596-4447;
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85ebece6edeae9e4f6abe0f1f1e0e8e4c5e3e0f7e6abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="127c7b717a7d7e73613c776666777f7352747760713c757d64">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments: March 23, 2026, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. Reply comments due: April 6, 2026, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 10,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98deddcadbd7f6f4f1f6fdcbede8e8f7eaecd8fefdeafbb6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="561013041519383a3f383305232626392422163033243578313920">[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: Morrisville Hydroelectric Project
(P-2629-014).
The Commission's Rules of Practice 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. The Village filed a Settlement Agreement for the project's
relicense proceeding, on behalf of itself, the Vermont Agency of
Natural Resources, the Vermont Natural Resources Council, American
Whitewater, and the Vermont Council of Trout Unlimited. The purpose of
the Settlement Agreement is to resolve, between the signatories,
relicensing issues related to the Village's compliance with the State
of Vermont's August 9, 2016 water quality certification for the project
and whitewater flow releases from the project's Green River
Development. The Village, on behalf of the signatories, requests that
any new license issued by the Commission contain conditions consistent
with the provisions of the Settlement Agreement.
l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available for review 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 (i.e., P-2629). For
assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91d7d4c3d2defffdf8fff4c2e4e1e1fee3e5d1f7f4e3f2bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="064043544549686a6f686355737676697472466063746528616970">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll
free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY (202) 502-8659.
You may also register online at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview">https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
m. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d996898999bfbcabbaf7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="28677878684e4d5a4b064f475e">[email protected]</span></a>.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: February 19, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-03665 Filed 2-23-26; 8:45 am]
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