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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96240-96241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28405]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7883-020]

Powerhouse Systems, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    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.: P-7883-020.
    c. Date Filed: October 2, 2023.
    d. Applicant: Powerhouse Systems, LLC (Powerhouse Systems).
    e. Names of Project: Weston Dam Project.
    f. Location: On the Upper Ammonoosuc River in Coos County, New 
Hampshire.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Antonio Zarrella, Relevate Power, LLC, 230 
Park Avenue, Suite 307, New York, New York 10169; Phone at (315) 247-
0253 or email at [email protected]; or Rory Cohan, Relevate Power, 
LLC, 230 Park Avenue, Suite 307, New York, New York 10169; Phone at 
(845) 532-6894 or email at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Eric Fitzpatrick at (202) 502-8584; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: December 27, 2024.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments 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. 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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier 
must be addressed to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly 
identify the following on the first page: Weston Dam Project No. 7883-
020.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Weston Dam Project consists of the following: (1) a 
220-foot-long, 15.5-foot-high concrete-covered stone and timber crib 
dam (Weston Dam) that consists of the following sections: (a) a 120-
foot-long concrete cap spillway topped with 4.5-foot-high wooden 
flashboards with a crest elevation of 867.7 feet National Geodetic 
Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) at the top of the flashboards; (b) a 
60-foot-long right abutment section on the northwest side of the 
spillway with two slide gates; and (c) a 40-foot-long left abutment 
section on the southeast side of the spillway with a 20-foot-long, 15-
foot-wide gatehouse and two slide gates.; (2) an impoundment with a 
surface area of 30 acres and a storage capacity of 115 acre-feet at an 
elevation of 867.7 feet NGVD 29; (3) a 10.83-foot-wide, 20-foot-high 
intake structure that includes a trashrack with 2-inch clear bar 
spacing; (4) a 36.5-foot-long, 36-foot-

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wide powerhouse with two Kaplan turbine-generator units; (5) two 0.48 
kilovolt (kV) generator leads; (6) three 0.48/34.5-kV transformers; and 
(7) a 34.5-kV, 300-foot-long transmission line. The Weston Dam Project 
has a total installed capacity of 540 kilowatts (kW). There are no 
project recreation facilities.
    Pursuant to Article 20 of the current license Powerhouse Systems 
operates in an instantaneous run-of-river mode such that discharge from 
the project approximates the instantaneous sum of inflow to the project 
impoundment. The project has an average annual generation of 2,357 
megawatt-hours.
    Powerhouse Systems is not proposing any changes to project 
facilities or operation.
    m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's 
website at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
project's docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    You may also register 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, please 
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected].
    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 [email protected].
    n. Scoping Process
    Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 
Commission staff intends to prepare either an environmental assessment 
(EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS) (collectively referred 
to as the ``NEPA document'') that describes and evaluates the probable 
effects, including an assessment of the site-specific, if any, of the 
proposed action and alternatives. The Commission's scoping process will 
help determine the required level of analysis and satisfy the NEPA 
scoping requirements, irrespective of whether the Commission issues an 
EA or an EIS.
    At this time, we do not anticipate holding on-site scoping 
meetings. Instead, we are soliciting written comments and suggestions 
on the preliminary list of issues and alternatives to be addressed in 
the NEPA document, as described in scoping document 1 (SD1), issued 
November 27, 2024.
    Copies of the SD1 outlining the proposed project and subject areas 
to be addressed in the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on 
the Commission's mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. 
Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the web at https://www.ferc.gov using 
the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).

    Dated: November 27, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-28405 Filed 12-3-24; 8:45 am]
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