8798 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 21 / Monday, February 3, 2025 / Notices 

1 In accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s regulations, the unique 

identification number for documents relating to this 

environmental review is EAXX–019–20–000– 

1737643370. 40 CFR 1501.5(c)(4) (2024). 

including conservation measures and 

any determination made by the 

Commission regarding the potential 

effects of the proposed Spillway Project, 

and concluded that the proposed 

Spillway Project would not adversely 

affect EFH. 

This notice identifies Commission 

staff’s intention to prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

project.1 Commission staff plans to issue 

an EA by March 7, 2025. Revisions to 

the schedule may be made as 

appropriate. 

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 to 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. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Marybeth Gay at 

(202) 502–6125 or Marybeth.gay@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: January 27, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02080 Filed 1–31–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15370–000] 

New England Hydropower Company, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On August 14, 2024, New England 

Hydropower Company, LLC, filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Manville Dam 

Hydroelectric Project No. 15370 

(project), to be located at the Manville 

dam on the Blackstone River near the 

Town of Cumberland, Providence 

County, Rhode Island. The sole purpose 

of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to 

grant the permit holder priority to file 

a license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

The proposed project would consist of 

the following new features: (1) three 

fixed blade Kaplan turbines including 

two turbines with a generating capacity 

of 392 kilowatts, and one turbine with 

a generating capacity of 180 kilowatts; 

(2) two 24-foot-wide, 50-foot-long 

turbine bays; (3) a 16-foot-wide, 35-footlong, 16-foot-high electrical control 

building; (4) a 1,000 kilo-volt-amperes 

pad-mounted transformer; (5) a 50 kilovolt-amperes grounding transformer; (6) 

three shut-off gates; (7) two 24-foot 

wide, 50-foot-long steel trash racks; (8) 

two 24 foot-wide, 10-foot-long isolation 

gates; (9) three 14-foot-long draft tubes; 

and (9) an 800-foot-long, 13 kilovolt 

transmission line connecting the turbine 

generator units to the regional grid. The 

proposed project would have an 

estimated average annual generation of 

3,952-megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Michael C. Kerr, 

New England Hydropower Company, 

LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 451C, 

Beverly, MA 01915; phone: (860) 729– 

9767; email: michael@

nehydropower.com. 

FERC Contact: Justin R. Robbins; 

phone: (202) 502–8308, or by email at 

justin.robbins@ferc.gov. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, notices of intent, 

and competing applications using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.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 

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, 

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, Maryland 20852. 

The first page of any filing should 

include docket number P–15370–000. 

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. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed on the Commission’s website 

(https://www.ferc.gov) using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number, excluding the last three digits 

(P–15370), in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Dated: January 27, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02078 Filed 1–31–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2024–0425–0009; EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2013–0266; EPA–HQ–OW–2024– 

0481; FRL–12590–01–OA] 

Three Actions Published by the 

Environmental Protection Agency With 

Comment Periods That Close Between 

February 3, 2025 and February 11, 

2025; Notice of Comment Period 

Extension and Delay of Public 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notices; extension of comment 

periods. 

SUMMARY: This document extends the 

comment period for three notices 

published by the Environmental 

Protection Agency in the Federal 

Register on December 3, 2024 and 

December 13, 2024. 

DATES: The original comment periods 

for notices FRL–12241–02–OCSPP (89 

FR 95779, December 3, 2024) and FRL– 

9941–02–OCSPP (89 FR 96650, 

December 5, 2024) close on February 3, 


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