Notice2026-16239
Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
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August 10, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 152 (Monday, August 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51482-51483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16239]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7153-018]
Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC; 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.: 7153-018.
c. Date filed: July 31, 2026.
d. Applicant: Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Fish Creek, in the Village of Victory, Town of
Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
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h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel
Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300,
Andover, MA 01810; telephone (978) 935-6039.
i. FERC Contact: Silvia Pineda-Munoz, Project Coordinator, Mid-
Atlantic Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (202)
502-8388; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d1e04011b040c431d040308090c4000180302172d0b081f0e430a021b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="196a70756f7078376970777c7d7834746c777663597f7c6b7a377e766f">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments: September 4, 2026, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. Reply comments due: September 14, 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#97d1d2c5d4d8f9fbfef9f2c4e2e7e7f8e5e3d7f1f2e5f4b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="51171403121e3f3d383f34022421213e232511373423327f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy via
U.S. Postal Service 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, Maryland 20852. All filings must
clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page:
Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project (P-7153-018).
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. Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC filed the Settlement Agreement
on behalf of itself and the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation and the U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. The purpose of the Settlement Agreement is to resolve
among the signatories all issues associated with issuance of a new
license for the Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project, including water
quality enhancement, upstream American eel passage, downstream fish
passage and exclusion, invasive species management, and eagle
protection. The signatories request that the Commission incorporate
into any new license the protection, mitigation, and enhancement
measures identified in section 3 of the Settlement Agreement and that
the new license be issued for a term of 45 years from its effective
date.
l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement 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 (i.e., P-7153). 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.
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#bef1eeeefed8dbccdd90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8f7e8e8f8deddcadb96dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a>.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: August 5, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-16239 Filed 8-7-26; 8:45 am]
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