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Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

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email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or 

the Public Reference Room at (202) 502– 

8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the 

Public Reference Room at 

public.breferenceroom@ferc.gov. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFile’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

In lieu of electronic filing, you may 

submit a paper copy. Submissions sent 

via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 

20426. Submissions sent via any other 

carrier must be addressed to: DebbieAnne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 

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: February 22, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04184 Filed 2–28–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1904–078] 

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; Great River 

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: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 1904–078. 

c. Date Filed: May 1, 2017; material 

amendment filed December 7, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC 

(Great River Hydro). 

e. Name of Project: Vernon 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Connecticut River in Windham 

County, Vermont, and Cheshire County, 

New Hampshire. 

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. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway 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 and protests, comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–1904–078. 

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 

and is ready for environmental analysis 

at this time. 

l. Project Description: The Vernon 

Project consists of: (1) a 956-foot-long, 

58-foot-high concrete dam that includes: 

(a) 356-foot-long section integral to the 

powerhouse; and (b) a 600-foot-long 

overflow spillway section that includes: 

(i) a 9-foot-high, 6-foot-wide 

downstream fishway sluice; (ii) a 13- 

foot-high, 13-foot-wide trash/ice sluice; 

(iii) two 20-foot-high, 50-foot-wide 

tainter gates; (iv) four 10-foot-high, 50- 

foot-wide tainter gates; (v) two 10-foothigh, 50-foot-wide hydraulic panel bays; 

(vi) two 10-foot-high, 50-foot-wide 

stanchion bays; (vii) a 10-foot-high, 

42.5-foot-wide stanchion bay; and (viii) 

eight 7-foot-high, 9-foot-wide hydraulic 

flood gates; (2) a 26-mile-long, 2,550- 

acre impoundment with a useable 

storage volume of 18,300 acre-feet 

between elevations 212.13 and 220.13 

feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 

1929 (NGVD 29); (3) eight 

approximately 30-foot-high trashracks 

with 1.75-inch clear bar spacing and 

two approximately 30-foot-high 

trashracks with 3.625-inch clear bar 

spacing; (4) a 356-foot-long, 55-footwide, 45-foot-high reinforced concrete, 

steel, and brick powerhouse containing 

four 2-megawatt (MW) vertical Francis 

turbine-generator units, four 4–MW 

vertical Kaplan turbine-generator units, 

and two 4.2–MW vertical Francis 

turbine-generator units, for a total 

project capacity of 32.4 MW; (5) ten 

concrete draft tubes ranging from 16 to 

27 feet in diameter; (6) a 500-foot-long, 

13.8-kilovolt underground generator 

lead that connects the turbine-generator 

units to two step-up transformers; (7) a 


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984-foot-long, 15-foot-wide upstream 

fishway; and (8) appurtenant facilities. 

Great River Hydro operates the project 

in a peaking mode in coordination with 

its upstream Wilder Project No. 1892 

and Bellows Falls Project No. 1855. 

Average annual generation is 

approximately 158,028 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 also 

proposes several protection, mitigation, 

and enhancement measures for aquatic, 

terrestrial, cultural, recreation resources, 

and threatened and endangered species. 

The specific proposed changes are 

described in the amended application 

and the settlement agreement filed on 

August 4, 2022. 

m. A copy of the application can 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. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

n. Anyone may submit comments, a 

protest, or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210, .211, and .214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments 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 comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must: (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ 

‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND 

CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY 

FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (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 

submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise 

comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. All 

comments, recommendations, terms and 

conditions, or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 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. A copy of all other filings 

in reference to this application must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed on the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b) and 385.2010. 

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. 

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. The applicant must file no later 

than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Deadline for filing motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway prescriptions.

April 2024. 

Deadline for filing reply comments ... May 2024. 

q. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

Dated: February 22, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04176 Filed 2–28–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1855–050] 

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; Great River 

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: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 1855–050. 

c. Date Filed: May 1, 2017; material 

amendment filed December 7, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Great River Hydro, LLC 

(Great River Hydro). 

e. Name of Project: Bellows Falls 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Connecticut River in Windsor and 

Windham Counties, Vermont, and 

Sullivan and Cheshire Counties, New 

Hampshire. 

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. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway 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 and protests, comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. 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 


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