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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8396-8397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01860]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9074-054]

Boralex Hydro Operations, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    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.: 9074-054.
    c. Date filed: December 31, 2024.
    d. Applicant: Boralex Hydro Operations, Inc. (Boralex Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Warrensburg Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Schroon River, Warrensburg, Warren County, New 
York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Erik Bergman, Boralex Hydro Operations, 39 
Hudson Falls Road, South Glens Falls, NY 12803; Phone at (518) 480-
3962.
    i. FERC Contact: Prabha Madduri at 202-502-8017, or 
[email protected].
    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: March 1, 2025 \1\
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    \1\ Pursuant to section 385.2007 of the Commission's 
regulations, if a due date falls on a weekend or holiday, the due 
date moves to the next Commission business day.
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    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.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: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 
Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name 
and docket number on the first page: Warrensburg Hydroelectric Project 
(P-9074-054).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Warrensburg Hydroelectric Project consists of: (a) a broad 
crested concrete gravity dam, 184-feet-long and 22.5-feet-high, with 
nine 6-foot-high and 18-foot-wide hydraulically operated steel 
flashboards and one 6-foot-high and 18-foot-wide crest gate; (b) a 55-
acre impoundment at elevation 643.6 feet National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum of 1929 (NGVD29), with a gross storage capacity of 500 acre-feet; 
(c) a 3-foot-wide by 40-foot-long intake equipped with a trash rack 
with 3.5 inch spacing; (d) a 38-foot by 88-foot concrete powerhouse 
containing a single Kaplan turbine-generating unit rated at 2,900 kW at 
an average net head of 28 feet, with a hydraulic capacity of 1,565 
cubic feet per second and an average annual output of 11.7 GWh; (d) a 
reinforced concrete retaining wall, integral with the powerhouse, 
backfilled to an elevation of 653-feet; (e) a 171-foot-long, 120-foot 
wide riprap-lined tailrace channel; (e) a 0.7 mile, 34.5 kilovolt 
transmission line connecting to the Warrensburg Chesterton circuit; and 
(f) appurtenant facilities.
    The Warrensburg Hydroelectric Project is operated in a run of river 
mode and Boralex Hydro proposes to continue operating the project in 
that mode.

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    o. 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 (P-9074). For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected] or call tollfree, (866) 
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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.
    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].
    p. 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.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)  March 2025.
Request for Additional Information....  March 2025.
Issue Notice of Acceptance............  July 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.  September 2025.
Request Additional Information (if      November 2025.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if            December 2025.
 necessary).
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    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: January 13, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-01860 Filed 1-28-25; 8:45 am]
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