[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28826-28827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11640]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project 2629-014]
Village of Morrisville, Vermont; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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.: 2629-014.
c. Date Filed: April 25, 2013.
d. Applicant: Village of Morrisville, Vermont (Morrisville).
e. Name of Project: Morrisville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Green River, Elmore Pond Brook, and Lamoille
River, in Lamoille County, Vermont. The project does not occupy any
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Craig Myotte, Village of Morrisville, Water &
Light Department, P.O. Box 460--857 Elmore Street, Morrisville,
Vermont, 05661-0460; (802) 888-6521 or [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202) 502-6131 or
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Project Description: The existing Morrisville Hydroelectric
Project consists of four developments with a total installed capacity
of 4,990 kilowatts (kW). The project's average annual generation is
9,032,221 kilowatt-hours. The power generated by the Morrisville
Project is used by Morrisville to meet the power needs of its regional
retail customers within the Village of Morrisville and surrounding
communities.
Green River Development
The existing Green River Development is located on the Green River
and consists of: (1) A 360-foot-long, 105-foot-high concrete arch dam
that includes, near its center, a 60-foot-long ungated spillway with a
crest elevation of 1,220 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 45-
foot-long, 15-foot-high concrete gravity weir that creates a 180-foot-
long, 11-foot-deep stilling pool downstream of the concrete arch dam;
(3) a 200-foot-long, 16-foot-high earthen embankment with 2-foot-high
wooden wave barriers approximately 1.25 miles southeast of the concrete
arch dam; (4) a 690-acre impoundment with a storage capacity of 17,400-
acre-feet and a normal maximum elevation of 1,220 feet msl; (5) a 16-
foot-long, 12-foot-high gated intake structure; (6) a 22-foot-long, 16-
foot-wide intake-valve house and a 14-foot-long, 13-foot-wide outlet-
valve house; (7) a 116-foot-long penstock, that includes a 6-foot-
diameter, 94.5-foot-long buried, steel section that bifurcates into two
3-foot-diameter, 21.5-foot-long steel sections; (8) a 32-foot-long, 37-
foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing two 945-kW turbine-generator
units for a total installed capacity of 1,890 kW; (9) a 14.5-foot-long,
concrete tailrace; (10) a 5-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission
line connecting the powerhouse to the regional grid; and (11)
appurtenant facilities.
The Green River Development bypasses approximately 180 feet of the
Green River, including the stilling pool.
Lake Elmore Development
The existing Lake Elmore Development is located on Elmore Pond
Brook and consists of: (1) A 26-foot-long, 10-foot-high concrete
gravity dam and spillway with a crest elevation of 1,139 feet msl; (2)
a 300-acre impoundment (Lake Elmore) with a 1,000-acre-foot storage
capacity and a normal maximum water surface elevation of 1,139 feet
msl; (3) a 8.5-foot-long, 7.5-foot-wide gatehouse; (4) a 8.3-foot-long,
3.5-foot-high gated intake structure; (5) a 2.5-foot-long concrete-
lined tailrace; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
Morrisville Development
The existing Morrisville Development is located on the Lamoille
River and consists of: (1) A 384-foot-long, 37-foot-high concrete
gravity dam comprised of a 138-foot-long concrete retaining wall, a 30-
foot-long intake and gatehouse section, and a 216-foot-long spillway
with two 108-foot-long, 4-foot-high Obermeyer inflatable crest gates
and a crest elevation of 627.79 feet msl; (2) a 141-foot-long, 8-foot-
high concrete wall approximately 260 feet northwest of the dam that
includes a 60-foot-long overflow section (back spillway) with 2-foot-
high wooden flashboards ; (3) a 15-
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acre impoundment with a 72-acre-foot storage capacity and a normal
maximum water surface elevation of 631.79 feet msl; (4) a 28-foot-long,
36-foot-wide gatehouse; (5) a 30-foot-long, 16-foot-high gated intake
structure; (6) one 7-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long buried steel penstock
and one 10-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long buried, steel penstock; (7) a
54.5-foot-long, 30.5-foot-wide concrete-brick powerhouse containing a
600-kW turbine-generator unit and a 1,200-kW turbine-generator unit for
a total installed capacity of 1,800 kW; (8) one 17.5-foot-long
concrete-lined tailrace and one 14.0-foot-long concrete-lined tailrace;
(9) a 435-foot-long, 34.5-kV transmission line connecting the
powerhouse to the regional grid; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
The Morrisville Development bypasses approximately 380 feet of the
Lamoille River.
Cadys Falls Development
The existing Cadys Falls Development is located on the Lamoille
River approximately 1 mile downstream of the Morrisville Development
and consists of: (1) A 364-foot-long, 41-foot-high concrete gravity dam
comprised of a 23-foot-long embankment section, a 186-foot-long
spillway section with 3.5-foot-high wooden flashboards and a crest
elevation of 576.89 feet msl, a 60-foot-long intake and gatehouse
section, and a 95-foot-long non-overflow section; (2) a 150-acre
impoundment (Lake Lamoille) with a 72-acre-foot storage capacity and a
normal maximum water surface elevation of 580.39 feet msl; (3) a 29-
foot-long, 40-foot-wide gatehouse; (4) an 18.0-foot-long, 9.2-foot-high
gated intake structure; (5) a buried, steel penstock that includes a 7-
foot-diameter, 1,110-foot-long section leading to a 35.6-foot-high,
29.7-foot-diameter concrete surge tank and bifurcating into a 90-foot-
long, 8-foot-diameter section and a 30-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter
section; (6) a 96-foot-long, 46-foot-wide concrete-brick powerhouse
containing a 600-kW turbine-generator unit and a 700-kW turbine-
generator unit for a total installed capacity of 1,300 kW; (7) a 12-
foot-long concrete-lined tailrace; (8) a 150-foot-long, 34.5-kV
transmission line connecting the powerhouse to the regional grid; and
(9) appurtenant facilities.
The Cadys Falls Development bypasses approximately 1,690 feet of
the Lamoille River.
The Green River and Lake Elmore developments are operated in
seasonal store and release mode and the Morrisville and Cadys Falls
developments are operated in run-of-river mode. The existing license
requires instantaneous minimum flows of 5.5 cubic feet per second (cfs)
in the tailrace of the Green River Development; 135 cfs and 12 cfs in
the tailrace and bypassed reach of the Morrisville Development,
respectively; and 150 cfs in the tailrace of the Cadys Falls
Development. Morrisville proposes to maintain existing project
operations and provide additional minimum flows of 4 cfs over the back
spillway at the Morrisville Development and 12 cfs in the bypassed
reach at the Cadys Falls Development. Morrisville also proposes to
remove the Lake Elmore Development from the project and remove a 0.4-
acre parcel of property at the Morrisville Development from the project
boundary.
l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or
may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected]
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item
(h) above.
m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for June 2013.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary August 2013.
terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Commission issues Non-Draft EA.......... December 2013.
Comments on EA.......................... January 2014.
Modified terms and conditions........... March 2014.
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o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: May 8, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-11640 Filed 5-15-13; 8:45 am]
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