[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 51 (Friday, March 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14212-14213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05311]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2788-017]
Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 2788-017.
c. Date filed: February 27, 2017.
d. Applicant: Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC (Goodyear Lake Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Colliersville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, in the
Town of Milford, Otsego County, New York. The project does not occupy
lands of the United States.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager; Enel
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Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300,
Andover, MA 01810; (978) 935-6039; [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512 or
[email protected].
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations,
if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an
additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on
its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a
request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the
date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on
the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: April 28, 2017.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-2788-017.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Colliersville Hydroelectric Project consists of:
(1) A 200-foot-long, 35-foot-high reinforced-concrete Ambursen-type
dam; (2) a 364-acre reservoir (Goodyear Lake) with a gross storage
capacity of 7,800 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 1,150.22 feet
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (3) a 550-foot-long
reinforced concrete power canal, approximately 50 feet wide and 6 feet
deep at the head gates, extending from a head gate structure adjacent
to the dam (i.e., the intake) to the powerhouse; (4) a 103-foot-long by
33-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse with trash racks with a
clear spacing of 1.5 inches, and containing two turbines rated at 850
horsepower (HP) and 1150 HP, and two generators having a rated capacity
of 650 kilowatts (kW) and 850 kW, respectively; (5) a 300-foot-long and
approximately 50- to 60-foot-wide tailrace; (6) approximately 80-foot-
long, 4.16-kilovolt underground generator leads or transmission lines
from the powerhouse to an adjacent substation owned by the New York
State Electric and Gas Corporation; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
Goodyear Lake Hydro operates the project in a run-of-river mode.
The project experiences substantial seasonal and annual variations in
generation, and generates an annual average of 5,985 megawatt-hours.
Goodyear Lake Hydro proposes to continue to operate the project in run-
of-river mode.
o. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
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.
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) April 2017
Request Additional Information April 2017
Issue Acceptance Letter July 2017
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments July 2017
Request Additional Information (if necessary) September 2017
Issue Scoping Document 2 November 2017
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis December 2017
Commission issues EA or draft EA June 2018
Comments on EA or draft EA July 2018
Commission issues final EA October 2018
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: March 10, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-05311 Filed 3-16-17; 8:45 am]
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