Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 201 / Thursday, October 19, 2023 / Notices 72055 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: October 12, 2023. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23091 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15324–000] 

Scott D. Sanicki; Notice of Application 

Tendered for Filing With the 

Commission and Soliciting Additional 

Study Requests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Exemption 

from Licensing. 

b. Project No.: 15324–000. 

c. Date Filed: October 2, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Scott D. Sanicki. 

e. Name of Project: Quiet Woods 

Water Wheel Project. 

f. Location: On the Pocotopaug Creek, 

near the town of East Hampton, 

Middlesex County, Connecticut. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 2705, 2708, amended by the 

Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act 

of 2013, Public Law 113–23, 127 Stat. 

493 (2013). 

h. Applicant Contact: Scott D. 

Sanicki, 102 Quiet Woods Road, East 

Hampton, CT; ssanicki@comcast.net. 

i. FERC Contact: John Baummer at 

(202) 502–6837; or email at 

john.baummer@ferc.gov. 

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 18 

CFR 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: December 1, 2023. 

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 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. All filings must clearly identify 

the project name and docket number on 

the first page: Quiet Woods Water 

Wheel Project (P–15324–000). 

m. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) a new 6-foot-diameter undershot 

poncelet water wheel and 3-kilowatt 

generator cantilevered to a 6-foot-wide, 

6-foot-long, 3-foot-deep concrete 

support pad on the creek bank; (2) a 

new 350-foot-long underground 

transmission line connecting to a 

dwelling structure; and (3) appurtenant 

facilities. The project is estimated to 

generate an average of 8,800 kilowatthours annually. 

The proposed project does not 

include a dam or impoundment. The 

applicant proposes to manually operate 

the project in a run-of-river mode. 

o. Copies of the application may be 

viewed on the Commission’s website 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 (P–15324). For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

tollfree, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY). 

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. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

p. With this notice, we are initiating 

consultation with the Connecticut State 

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as 

required by section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act and the 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4. 

q. Procedural schedule and final 

amendments: The application will be 

processed according to the following 

preliminary schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate 

(e.g., if there are no deficiencies or a 

need for additional information, the 

schedule would be shortened). 

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ................................................................................................................................. January 2024. 

Request Additional Information ........................................................................................................................................... January 2024. 

Issue Acceptance Letter ..................................................................................................................................................... April 2024. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments .......................................................................................................................... May 2024. 

Request Additional Information (if necessary) .................................................................................................................... July 2024. 


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Issue Scoping Document 2 ................................................................................................................................................. August 2024. 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ............................................................................................................ August 2024. 

Dated: October 13, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23105 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2514–029] 

Appalachian Power Company; Notice 

of Application Accepted for Filing, 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 

Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 

and Conditions, and Preliminary 

Fishway Prescriptions 

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.: 2514–029. 

c. Date filed: February 28, 2022. 

Supplemented on February 28, 2023. 

d. Applicant: Appalachian Power 

Company (Appalachian). 

e. Name of Project: Byllesby-Buck 

Hydroelectric Project (Byllesby-Buck 

Project or project). 

f. Location: On the New River in 

Carroll County, Virginia. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Elizabeth 

Parcell, Process Supervisor, American 

Electric Power Service Corporation, 40 

Franklin Road SW, Roanoke, Virginia 

24011, (540) 985–2441, ebparcell@

aep.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan at 

(202) 502–8278 or email at 

jody.callihan@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance 

date of this notice; reply comments are 

due 105 days from the issuance date of 

this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene, protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway prescriptions using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. 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, 

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. All filings 

must clearly identify the project name 

and docket number on the first page: 

Byllesby-Buck Hydroelectric Project (P– 

2514–029). 

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 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

The Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) issued a final rule on 

April 20, 2022, revising the regulations 

under 40 CFR parts 1502, 1507, and 

1508 that federal agencies use to 

implement the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) (see National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Regulations Revisions, 87 FR 23453–70). 

The final rule became effective on May 

20, 2022. Commission staff intends to 

conduct its NEPA review in accordance 

with CEQ’s new regulations. 

l. The Byllesby-Buck Project consists 

of two developments (Byllesby and 

Buck) that have a combined total 

installed capacity of 26.1 megawatts 

(MW). The Byllesby Development is 

located 3 river miles upstream of the 

Buck Development. The project had an 

average annual generation of 92,820 

megawatt-hours (MWh) between 2016 

and 2020. 

The Byllesby Development consists 

of: (1) a 64-foot-high, 528-foot-long 

concrete dam, sluice gate, and main 

spillway section topped with four 

sections of 9-foot-high flashboards, five 

sections of 9-foot-high inflatable 

Obermeyer crest gates, and six bays of 

10-foot-high Tainter gates; (2) an 

auxiliary spillway including six sections 

of 9-foot-high flashboards; (3) a 239-acre 

impoundment with a gross storage 

capacity of 2,000 acre-feet; (4) a 

powerhouse containing four turbinegenerator units with a total installed 

capacity of 18.0 megawatts (MW); (5) a 

control house and switchyard; and (6) 

appurtenant facilities. 

The Buck Development consists of: (1) 

a 42-foot-high, 353-foot-long concrete 

dam and sluice gate; (2) a 1,005-footlong, 19-foot-high spillway section 

topped with twenty sections of 9-foothigh flashboards, four sections of 9-foothigh inflatable crest gates, and six bays 

of 10-foot-high Tainter gates; (3) a 66- 

acre impoundment with a gross storage 

capacity of 661 acre-feet; (4) a 

powerhouse containing three turbinegenerator units with a total installed 

capacity of 8.1 MW; (5) two 2-mile-long 

overhead 13.2-kilovolt transmission 

lines extending from the Buck 

powerhouse to the Byllesby control 

house; and (6) appurtenant facilities. 

The Byllesby-Buck Project is currently 

operated in a run-of-river (ROR) mode, 

with the Byllesby impoundment 

maintained between elevations of 

2,078.2 feet and 2,079.2 feet National 

Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 

29) and the Buck impoundment 

maintained between elevations of 

2,002.4 feet and 2,003.4 feet NGVD 29. 

A minimum flow of 360 cubic feet per 

second (cfs), or project inflow if less, is 

provided downstream of each 

powerhouse. There is a bypassed reach 

at each development (590 feet long at 

Byllesby and 4,100 feet long at Buck), 

but there is currently no dedicated 

minimum flow for either of the 

bypassed reaches, which receive leakage 

flow of approximately 11 cfs (Byllesby) 

and 17 cfs (Buck). Article 406 of the 

current license specifies the downramping rates and procedures currently 

required at the Buck Development to 

minimize stranding of adult walleye (in 

the bypassed reach) following large spill 

events that occur during the spawning 

season (late winter through spring). 

Appalachian proposes to continue 

operating the project in a ROR mode 

and providing a 360-cfs minimum flow 


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