83540 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 22, 2020 / Notices 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

17, 2020. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28203 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1855–050] 

Great River Hydro, LLC; Notice 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Licensing and Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

amended hydroelectric application has 

been filed with the Commission and is 

available for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 1855–050. 

c. Date Material Amendments Filed: 

December 7, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC 

(Great River Hydro). 

e. Name of Project: Bellows Falls 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the Connecticut River in 

Windsor and Windham Counties, 

Vermont, and Sullivan and Cheshire 

Counties, New Hampshire. There are no 

federal lands within the project 

boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: John Ragonese, 

FERC License Manager, Great River 

Hydro, LLC, 40 Pleasant Street, Suite 

202, Portsmouth, NH 03801; (603) 498– 

2851 or jragonese@greatriverhydro.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202) 

502–6131 or stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov. 

j. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

k. Great River Hydro filed an 

application for a new license for the 

Bellows Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 

1855 on May 1, 2017. In the license 

application, Great River Hydro stated 

that it could not develop a complete 

licensing proposal for the project since 

many of the required environmental 

studies were not complete as of May 1, 

2017. Great River Hydro indicated that 

it would amend the license application 

after completing additional field work, 

consultation, and analyses on the 

required studies. Great River Hydro 

filed material amendments to the final 

license application on December 7, 

2020. 

l. Project Description: The existing 

Bellows Falls Project consists of: (1) A 

643-foot-long, 30-foot-high concrete 

dam that includes: (a) Two 18-foot-high, 

115-foot-wide steel roller gates; (b) two 

13-foot-high, 121-foot-wide stanchion 

flashboards; and (c) a 13-foot-high, 100- 

foot-wide stanchion flashboard; (2) a 26- 

mile-long, 2,804-acre impoundment 

with a useable storage volume of 7,467 

acre-feet between elevations 288.63 and 

291.63 feet National Geodetic Vertical 

Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); (3) a 1,700- 

foot-long, 36- to 100-foot-wide, 29-footdeep stone-lined power canal; (4) a 

130.25-foot-wide concrete forebay that 

includes trashracks with 4-inch clear 

bar spacing; (5) a 186-foot-long, 106- 

foot-wide, 52-foot-high steel frame, 

brick powerhouse containing three 13.6- 

megawatt (MW) vertical Francis turbinegenerator units, for a total project 

capacity of 40.8 MW; (6) three 

approximately 20-foot-high, 31-footwide concrete draft tubes; (7) a 900-footlong tailrace; (8) a 12-foot-wide, 10-foothigh ice sluice; (9) three 80-foot-long, 

6.6-kilovolt generator leads that connect 

the turbine-generator units to two stepup transformers; (10) a 920-foot-long, 8- 

foot-wide fishway; (11) a concrete fish 

barrier dam in the bypassed reach; and 

(12) appurtenant facilities. 

Great River Hydro operates the project 

in coordination with its upstream 

Wilder Project No. 1892 and 

downstream Vernon Project No. 1904 

and in a peaking mode. Average annual 

generation is approximately 239,070 

MW-hours. Great River Hydro is 

proposing changes to project operation 

that would reduce impoundment 

fluctuations and increase the stability of 

downstream flow releases relative to 

current project operation, including 

targeted water surface elevation levels 

and flow ramping rates. Great River 

Hydro proposes several protection, 

mitigation, and enhancement measures 

for aquatic, terrestrial, cultural, and 

recreation resources, and threatened and 

endangered species. The specific 

proposed changes are described in the 

amended application. 

m. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this notice in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

notice, as well as other documents in 

the proceeding (e.g., license application) 

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 (P–1855). 

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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY). 

n. You may also register online at 

https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Commission issues letter identifying application deficiencies and requesting additional information ............................................. January 2021. 

Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ................................................................................................ May 2021. 

Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions .............................................................. July 2021. 

Reply Comments due ....................................................................................................................................................................... August 2021. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 22, 2020 / Notices 83541 

1Adelphia Gateway, LLC, errata letter, December 

9, 2020. 2Adelphia Gateway, LLC, 169 FERC 61,220 

(2019), order denying reh’g 171 FERC 61,049 (2020). 

p. 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: December 16, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28237 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER21–654–000] 

PGR Lessee O, LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of PGR 

Lessee O, LLC’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is January 5, 

2021. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

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 the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at FERCOnline 

Support@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 

208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: December 16, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28239 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–14–000] 

Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of 

Request Under Blanket Authorization 

and Establishing Intervention and 

Protest Deadline 

Take notice that on December 7, 2020, 

Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia), 

1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall, New Jersey, 

07719, filed in the above referenced 

docket a prior notice pursuant to 

Section 157.210 and 157.216 of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act, seeking authorization 

to install and operate one new electric 

motor-driven 3,000 hp reciprocating 

compressor unit at its Marcus Hook 

Compressor Station in Delaware County, 

Pennsylvania including related 

equipment such as one horizontal 

process gas cooler, two variable 

frequency drives, one motor control 

center assembly and instrumentation 

and communication equipment, all 

within the existing certificated foot 

print of the station. Installation of unit 

will increase the overall hp at the 

facility from 5,625 hp to 8,625 hp and 

increase the certificated capacity of its 

system by 16,500 Dth/d, from 250,000 to 

266,500 Dth/d.1 The Project is designed 

to increase the discharge pressure at the 

Marcus Hook Compressor Station to 

provide firm service to a new shipper 

that will transport gas on Adelphia’s 

system to the interconnection with 

Columbia Gas. Adelphia proposes to 

install these facilities under authorities 

granted by its blanket certificate issued 

in Docket No. CP18–46–000, et al.2

Adelphia estimates the cost of the 

project to be approximately $4.6 

million, all as more fully set forth in the 

request which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

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 the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application should be directed to Ginger 

P. Richman, President, Adelphia 

Gateway, LLC, (732) 938–1268, 

GRichman@NJResources.com, 1415 

Wyckoff Road, Wall, NJ 07719. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: You can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 

intervene in the proceeding, and you 

can file comments on the project. There 

is no fee or cost for filing protests, 

motions to intervene, or comments. The 

deadline for filing protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on February 16, 2021. 

How to file protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is explained 

below. 

Protests 

Pursuant to section 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 


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