Notice2026-16170
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 151 (Friday, August 7, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51169-51170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16170]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2538-102]
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Application Accepted
for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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.: 2538-102.
c. Date Filed: August 30, 2024.
d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
e. Name of Project: Beebee Island Hydroelectric Project (project).
f. Location: On the Black River in Jefferson County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Steven P. Murphy, Director--U.S.
Licensing, Brookfield Renewable, 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY
13069; telephone at (315) 598-6130; email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c6f48594c5459521271494e4c54457c5e4e5353575a555950584e5952594b5d5e5059125f5351"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93c0e7f6e3fbf6fdbddee6e1e3fbead3f1e1fcfcf8f5faf6fff7e1f6fdf6e4f2f1fff6bdf0fcfe">[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#234d4a404b4c4f42500d465757464e4263454651400d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84eaede7ecebe8e5f7aae1f0f0e1e9e5c4e2e1f6e7aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions: October 5, 2026, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Deadline for filing reply comments: November 17, 2026, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary
terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions 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#dc9a998e9f93b2b0b5b2b98fa9acacb3aea89cbab9aebff2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="692f2c3b2a26070500070c3a1c1919061b1d290f0c1b0a470e061f">[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. The
first page of any filing should include docket number P-2538-102.
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. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. Project Description: The existing project includes: (1) a 92-
foot-long, 26.25-foot-high dam (South Channel dam) with a crest
elevation of 443.62 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD
88); and (2) a 357.6-foot-long, 18-foot-high dam (Beebee Island dam)
that includes: (a) an 81.5-foot-long powerhouse that is integral with
the dam that includes: (i) a debris/ice chute with a 2.4-foot-long
stoplog gate; (ii) an intake structure with a trashrack with 2-inch
clear bar spacing, four sluice gates, and a skimmer; (iii) a 3.75-
megawatt (MW) vertical propeller turbine-generator and a 4-MW vertical
Kaplan turbine-generator; (b) a 42-foot-long and 50.5-foot-long
spillways with 3-foot-high inflatable rubber crest gates that have a
crest elevation of 430.62 feet NAVD 88; (c) 97.4-foot-long and 61-foot-
long spillways with 3-foot-high wooden flashboards that have a crest
elevation of 430.62 feet; and (d) a bulkhead section with a 3-foot-long
sluice gate. Erie proposes to replace the wooden flashboards with 3-
foot-high inflatable rubber crest gates.
The project's dams create a 20-acre impoundment at a water surface
elevation of 430.62 NAVD 88. From the impoundment, water flows through
the powerhouse to a 15-foot-long tailrace that discharges into the
Black River. From the impoundment, water also flows through a 24-inch
diameter pipe controlled by a valve in the South Channel dam to provide
minimum flows to an approximately 1,000-foot-long bypassed reach. The
generators are connected to the regional electric grid by an
underground generator lead line. The current license requires a hand-
carry boat access site upstream of the dam and directional signage to
downstream boat put-in locations.
Erie proposes to: (1) continue operating the project in a run-of-
river mode and maintain water levels in the impoundment that are no
lower than 0.5 foot below the crest of the dam or flashboards, if
present; (2) continue to release a minimum flow of 1,000 cfs or inflow,
whichever is less, downstream of the project; (3) continue to release a
year-round minimum flow of 14 cfs from the project impoundment into the
bypassed reach; (4) continue to implement a Streamflow and Headpond
Monitoring Plan; (5) continue to implement a Minimum Flow and Fish
Conveyance Plan, including a provision to release 37 cfs from the ice
chute from April 1 through November 30; (6) continue to operate and
maintain the hand-carry boat access site; (7) continue to provide one-
half inch veiling flows over the center section of Beebee Island dam
from May 1 to October 31; (8) continue to maintain project facilities,
including fencing and outbuildings, in a dark brown/green color; and
(9) develop a historic properties management plan.
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 (i.e., P-2538). For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library, located at 229
Washington Street Watertown, NY 13601.
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. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the
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proceeding. Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be
received on or before the specified comment date for the particular
application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (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. All comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth
their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of
18 CFR 4.34(b). 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. A copy of all other filings in reference to
this application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons
listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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#7b342b2b3b1d1e0918551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c435c5c4c6a697e6f226b637a">[email protected]</span></a>.
o. The applicant must file on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
October 5, 2026: (1) a copy of the water quality certification; (2) a
copy of the request for certification, including proof of the date on
which the certifying agency received the request; or (3) evidence of
waiver of water quality certification.
p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 3, 2026.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1.)
Dated: August 4, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-16170 Filed 8-6-26; 8:45 am]
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