Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 238 / Thursday, December 10, 2020 / Notices 79485 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27153 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 3511–024] 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests; Lower Saranac 

Hydro, LLC 

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.: 3511–024. 

c. Date filed: May 29, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Lower Saranac Hydro, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Groveville 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On Fishkill Creek, in the 

City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New 

York. The project does not occupy any 

federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Elise 

Anderson, Senior Environmental 

Permitting Specialist, Lower Saranac 

Hydro, LLC, Enel Green Power North 

America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, 

Suite 300, Andover, MA 01810; Phone: 

(978) 447–4408 or email at 

elise.anderson@enel.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Jeremy Feinberg at 

(202) 502–6893 or jeremy.feinberg@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests: February 2, 

2021. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

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 

but is not ready for environmental 

analysis at this time. 

l. The Groveville Hydroelectric Project 

consists of: (1) A 167-foot-long, 37-foothigh concrete gravity dam, with a 140- 

foot-long spillway having a crest 

elevation of 172.4 feet National Geodetic 

Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29) and 

topped with 3-foot-high wooden 

flashboards; (2) an impoundment with a 

gross storage capacity of approximately 

43 acre-feet and a surface area of 5 acres 

at a normal pool elevation of 175.4 feet 

NGVD29; (3) an intake structure with 

two gates and a 27-foot-high, 34-footwide trashrack; (4) a 9-foot-diameter, 

approximately 140-foot-long riveted 

steel underground penstock; (5) a 

powerhouse containing three fixedoutput turbine-generator units with a 

total rated capacity of 927 kilowatts; (6) 

a 4-foot-high submerged stilling basin 

weir approximately 60 feet downstream 

of the dam spillway; (7) a 20-foot-wide, 

90-foot-long tailrace; (8) a 20-foot-long 

underground generator lead connecting 

to a step-up transformer that connects to 

a 13.2-kilovolt, 40-foot-long 

underground transmission line that then 

connects to a 15-foot-long aerial 

transmission line before connecting to 

the regional grid; and (9) appurtenant 

facilities. 

The project operates in a modified 

run-of-river mode. The project had an 

average annual generation of 1,762.7 

megawatt-hours between 2012 and 

2019. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review via the internet 

through the Commission’s Home Page 

(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. At this time, the Commission 

has suspended access to the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room 

due to the proclamation declaring a 

National Emergency concerning the 

Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), 

issued by the President on March 13, 

2020. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/esubscription.aspx 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 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, address, 

and telephone number 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. 

o. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments: February 2021 

Request Additional Information (if 

necessary): April 2021 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if 

necessary): May 2021 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental 

Analysis: May 2021 

Dated: December 4, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27128 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

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