Notice2026-06299
Village of Saranac Lake; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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April 1, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16188-16189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06299]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 8369-050]
Village of Saranac Lake; 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: Subsequent License.
b. Project No.: 8369-050.
c. Date Filed: September 30, 2025.
d. Applicant: Village of Saranac Lake (Village).
e. Name of Project: Lake Flower Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Saranac River in Franklin and Essex Counties,
New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Bachana Tsiklauri, Village Manager, Village
of Saranac Lake, 39 Main Street, Saranac Lake, New York 12983;
telephone at (518) 891-4150; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3beb2bdb2b4b6a193a0b2a1b2bdb2b0bfb2b8b6bdaafdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f323e313e383a2d1f2c3e2d3e313e3c333e343a312671383029">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Arash Barsari, Project Coordinator, Great Lakes
Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (202) 502-6207;
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#42033023312a6c08232e232e2b0023303123302b02242730216c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b1a293a283375113a373a3732193a29283a29321b3d3e2938753c342d">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: May 26,
2026 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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>. 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#cf898a9d8c80a1a3a6a1aa9cbabfbfa0bdbb8fa9aabdace1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="490f0c1b0a06272520272c1a3c3939263b3d092f2c3b2a672e263f">[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: Lake Flower Dam
Hydroelectric Project (P-8369-050).
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.
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k. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready
for environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project Description: The project includes a 134-foot-long, 33-
foot-high dam that includes a 49-foot-long spillway with a crest
elevation of 1,528.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical Dam of 1929 (NGVD
29), two 8-foot-long slide gates, and two 6-foot-long sluice gates with
trashracks that have 1.75-inch clear bar spacing. The dam creates an
impoundment that has a surface area of 1,455 acres at an elevation of
1,528.67 feet NGVD 29. From the impoundment, water flows through an
intake structure that includes two 8.5-foot-long slide gates located on
the southern shoreline of the impoundment, approximately 100 feet
upstream of the dam. The intake structure includes two trashracks with
1-inch clear bar spacing. From the intake structure, water flows to a
powerhouse that contains a 200-kilowatt Kaplan turbine-generator unit.
Water discharges from the powerhouse to a tailrace that empties into
the Saranac River.
Electricity generated at the powerhouse is transmitted to the
electric grid via an underground generator lead line, three 0.48/13.2-
kilovolt (kV) step-up transformers, and a 130-foot-long, 13.2-kV
overhead transmission line.
Project recreation facilities include: (1) Riverside Park that
includes picnic tables and a pavilion; (2) Hydropoint Park that
includes a hand-carry boat access site on the shoreline of the
impoundment; (3) Beaver Park that includes a hand-carry boat put-in
site on the west bank of the Saranac River downstream of the dam; and
(4) the River Walk that includes a recreation trail along the Saranac
River.
The Village proposes to: (1) continue operating the project in a
run-of-river mode such that project outflow approximates inflow to the
impoundment and the normal maximum surface elevation of the impoundment
is maintained at 1,528.67 feet NGVD 29; (2) continue releasing a
minimum flow of 55 cubic feet per second or inflow, whichever is less,
as measured immediately downstream of the dam; (3) continue maintaining
the project recreation facilities; (4) develop a whitewater park
(Boothe River Park) downstream of the dam; and (5) implement an
invasive species plan, bat and bald eagle plan, impoundment drawdown
plan, and operation and compliance monitoring plan filed with the
license application.
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-8369). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the Saranac Free Library, 109 Maine St., Saranac Lake,
NY 12983.
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. 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#eda2bdbdad8b889f8ec38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bc4dbdbcbedeef9e8a5ece4fd">[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
or 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 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 Scoping Notice...................... March 2026.
Scoping Comments Due...................... April 2026.
Filing of Motions to Intervene and May 2026.
Protests.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental May 2026.
Analysis.
Filing of Comments, Recommendations, July 2026.
Terms, Conditions, and Prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments.................. August 2026.
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(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: March 27, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-06299 Filed 3-31-26; 8:45 am]
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