Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 11, 2021 / Notices 44009 

by Jill Hruby, Under Secretary for 

Nuclear Security and Administrator of 

the National Nuclear Security 

Administration, pursuant to delegated 

authority from the Secretary of Energy. 

That document with the original 

signature and date is maintained by 

DOE. For administrative purposes only, 

and in compliance with requirements of 

the Office of the Federal Register, the 

undersigned DOE Federal Register 

Liaison Officer has been authorized to 

sign and submit the document in 

electronic format for publication, as an 

official document of the Department of 

Energy. This administrative process in 

no way alters the legal effect of this 

document upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 4, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17145 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 6470–008] 

Winooski Hydroelectric Company; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Soliciting Additional Study Requests 

and Establishing Procedural Schedule 

for Relicensing 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: Subsequent 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 6470–008. 

c. Date Filed: July 30, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Winooski Hydroelectric 

Company (WHC). 

e. Name of Project: Winooski 8 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: On the Winooski River in 

Washington County, Vermont. No 

federal lands are occupied by the project 

works or located within the project 

boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r) 

h. Applicant Contact: Mathew Rubin, 

General Partner, Winooski Hydroelectric 

Company, 26 State Street, Montpelier, 

Vermont 05602; (802) 793–5939; or 

email at m@mrubin.biz. 

i. FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair at 

(202) 502–6587, or kristen.sinclair@

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: September 28, 2021. 

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 

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: 

Winooski 8 Hydroelectric Project (P– 

6470–008). 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Project Description: The existing 

Winooski 8 Hydroelectric Project 

consists of: (1) A 222.5-foot-long, 26- 

foot-high concrete gravity dam 

impounding a reservoir with a storage 

capacity of approximately 20 acre-feet at 

an elevation of 615 feet mean sea level; 

(2) a 148-foot-long spillway with 4-foothigh flashboards built into the crest of 

the dam; (3) a 24-foot-long, 

hydraulically operated crest gate built 

into the crest of the dam; (4) a 1,100- 

square-foot forebay located adjacent to 

the project impoundment; (5) three 

hydraulically operated trashracks; (6) a 

1,550-square-foot powerhouse that 

contains two semi-Kaplan turbines and 

one fixed propeller turbine for a total 

installed capacity of 856 kilowatts; (7) a 

100-foot-long tailrace; (8) a 1,000 

kilovolt-amp station transformer; (9) a 

30-foot long, 13-kilovolt transmission 

line and (10) appurtenant facilities. The 

project generates an annual average of 

3,507 megawatt-hours. WHC proposes to 

continue to operate the project in an 

automated run-of-river mode. WHC also 

proposes to add 3.6 acres to the existing 

project boundary to enclose a 4,100- 

foot-long dirt road currently used by 

WHC to access the dam and powerhouse 

and to enclose an existing unimproved 

site that provides access to the river for 

boating and fishing activities 

downstream of the dam. 

o. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this notice in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

notice, as well as other documents in 

the proceeding (e.g., license application) 

via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (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–6470). 

At this time, the Commission has 

suspended access to the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19) issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (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. 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule will be made 

as appropriate. 

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)— 

August 2021 

Request Additional Information (if 

needed)—September 2021 

Issue Notice of Acceptance—December 

2021 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments—January 2022 


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44010 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 11, 2021 / Notices 

1See John A. Dodson, 35 FERC ¶ 62,532 (1986). 

2See John A. Dodson, Village of Highland Falls 

High-Point Utility, LDC, 160 FERC ¶ 62,239 (2017). 

3 18 CFR 16.19(b) (2020) (citing 18 CFR 16.6(b)). 

Section 16.19(b) applies to licenses not subject to 

Parts 14 and 15 of the Federal Power Act. 

4 18 CFR 16.24(b) (2020). 

5The Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure provide that if a filing deadline falls on 

a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other day when the 

Commission is closed for business, the filing 

deadline does not end until the close of business 

on the next business day. 18 CFR 2007(a)(2) (2020). 

Because the deadline to file the NOI fell on a federal 

holiday (i.e., Memorial Day), the filing deadline was 

extended until the close of business on Tuesday, 

June 1, 2021. 

6On June 23, 2021, High-Point Utility filed a 

letter indicating that it intended to proceed with 

relicensing for the Buttermilk Falls Hydroelectric 

Project No. 7656, however, the filing was not in 

conformance with the noticing requirements of 

section 5.5 of the Commission’s regulations, 

because among other things, it did not identify the 

principle project works and it did not include the 

names and mailing addresses of nearby 

municipalities, counties, political subdivisions, or 

affected Indian tribes. It also did not include a preapplication document as required by section 5.6 of 

the regulations. 

7 18 CFR 5.5 (2020). 

8 18 CFR 5.6 (2020). 

9 18 CFR 5.3(b) (2020). 

10 18 CFR 16.20 (2020). 

11To the extent an interested applicant files an 

NOI and PAD and elects or is required to use the 

Commission’s ILP, a process plan will be issued 

within 180 days of this notice, which accelerates 

the steps of the ILP to allow for filing a subsequent 

license application by the May 31, 2024 deadline. 

Issue Scoping Document 2—March 2022 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental 

Analysis—March 2022 

q. 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: August 5, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17137 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 7656–000] 

Village of Highland Falls High-Point 

Utility, LDC; Notice of Existing 

Licensee’s Failure To File a Notice of 

Intent To File a Subsequent License 

Application, and Soliciting; Notices of 

Intent To File a License Application 

and Pre-Application Documents 

The current license for Buttermilk 

Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 7656 

(Buttermilk Falls Project) was issued to 

the original licensee, John A. Dodson, 

on June 24, 1986, for a term of 40 years, 

ending May 31, 2026.1 The project 

became non-operational in 2012 due to 

damage caused by Hurricanes Sandy 

and Irene, and has remained nonoperational since. The license was 

transferred to the current licensee, 

Village of Highland Falls High-Point 

Utility, LDC (High-Point Utility) on 

September 21, 2017.2 The 75-kilowatt 

(kW) project is located on Buttermilk 

Falls Brook, a tributary of the Hudson 

River, in Orange County, New York. 

The principal project works consist 

of: (1) An 18-inch-high, 15-foot-long 

dam; (2) an 18-inch-diameter, 400-footlong PVC penstock; (3) a powerhouse 

containing one 55-kW and one 20-kW 

generating unit, for a total of installed 

generating capacity of 75-kW; (4) two 

480-volt generator leads; (5) a 300-footlong, 480-volt transmission line; and (6) 

a 0.48/13.6-kilovolt cable connecting the 

transformer to the area distribution 

system. 

At least five years before the 

expiration of a license for a minor water 

power project in which sections 14 and 

15 of the Federal Power Act were 

waived, the Commission’s regulations 

require the licensee to file with the 

Commission a notice of intent (NOI) that 

contains an unequivocal statement of 

the licensee’s intention to file or not to 

file an application for a subsequent 

license, details on the principal project 

works and installed plant capacity, and 

other information.3

If such a licensee does not inform the 

Commission that it intends to file an 

application for, in this case, a 

subsequent license for the project, the 

licensee may not file an application for 

a subsequent license, either individually 

or in conjunction with an entity or 

entities that are not currently licensees 

of the project.4

Because the current license expires on 

May 31, 2026, the NOI was due to be 

filed no later than the close of business 

on May 31, 2021.5 High-Point Utility, 

the current licensee for the Buttermilk 

Falls Project, failed to file an NOI by 

this date.6

Any party interested in filing a license 

application for the Buttermilk Falls 

Project No. 7656 must first file a NOI 7

and pre-application document (PAD) 8

pursuant to Part 5 of the Commission’s 

regulations. Although the integrated 

licensing process is the default prefiling process, section 5.3(b) of the 

Commission’s regulations allows a 

potential license applicant to request to 

use alternative licensing procedures 

when it files its NOI.9

This notice sets a deadline of 120 

days from the date of this notice for 

interested applicants, other than the 

existing licensee, to file NOIs, PADs, 

and requests to use an alternative 

licensing process. 

Applications for a subsequent license 

from potential (non-licensee) applicants 

must be filed with the Commission at 

least 24 months prior to the expiration 

of the current license.10 Because the 

current license expires on May 31, 2026, 

applications for license for this project 

must be filed by May 31, 2024.11

Questions concerning this notice 

should be directed to Samantha Pollak 

at (202) 502–6419 or samantha.pollak@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: August 5, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17136 Filed 8–10–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC21–36–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–725G1 and FERC– 

725G4); Consolidated Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of information 

collections and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission or FERC) is soliciting 

public comment on the currently 

approved information collections, 

FERC–725G1 (Mandatory Reliability 

Standards for the Bulk-Power System: 

Reliability Standard PRC–004–6) and 

FERC–725G4 (Mandatory Reliability 

Standards: Reliability Standard PRC– 

010–2 (Undervoltage Load Shedding)). 

DATES: Comments on the collections of 

information are due October 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments (identified by Docket No. 

IC21–36–000) on FERC–725G1 and/or 

FERC–725G4 by one of the following 

methods: 

Electronic filing through http://

www.ferc.gov is preferred. 

• Electronic Filing: Documents must 

be filed in acceptable native 

applications and print-to-PDF, but not 

in scanned or picture format. 

• For those unable to file 

electronically, comments may be filed 

by USPS mail or by hand (including 

courier) delivery: 


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