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1 18 CFR 385.2001–2005 (2021). 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: April 18, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08591 Filed 4–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD22–5–000] 

City of Portland, Oregon; Notice of 

Preliminary Determination of a 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility and Soliciting Comments and 

Motions To Intervene 

On April 12, 2022, as supplemented 

on April 13, 2022, the City of Portland, 

Oregon, through its Water Bureau, filed 

a notice of intent to construct a 

qualifying conduit hydropower facility, 

pursuant to section 30 of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA). The proposed 

Washington Park Reservoir 

Hydroelectric Project would have an 

installed capacity of 30 kilowatts (kW), 

and would be located along an existing 

24-inch pipeline at the applicant’s 

Washington Park Reservoir in Portland, 

Multnomah County, Oregon. 

Applicant Contact: Susan Priddy, 

InPipe Energy, 920 SE 6th Ave 12th 

Floor, Portland, OR 97204, 503–380– 

8487, Susan@inpipeenergy.com. 

FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

202–502–6778, christopher.chaney@

ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The proposed 

project would consist of: (1) One 30 kW 

turbine/generator unit; (2) 10-inchdiameter intake and discharge pipes; 

and (3) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed project would have an 

estimated annual generation of 

approximately 77 megawatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all the criteria shown in 

the table below. 

TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY

Statutory provision Description Satisfies 

(Y/N) 

FPA 30(a)(3)(A) .............................. The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar 

manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, 

municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i) .......................... The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power 

and uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned 

conduit.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii) ......................... The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 40 megawatts ........................... Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii) ......................... On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing 

requirements of Part I of the FPA.

Y 

Preliminary Determination: The 

proposed Washington Park Reservoir 

Hydroelectric Project will not alter the 

primary purpose of the conduit, which 

is to transport water for municipal use. 

Therefore, based upon the above 

criteria, Commission staff preliminarily 

determines that the proposal satisfies 

the requirements for a qualifying 

conduit hydropower facility, which is 

not required to be licensed or exempted 

from licensing. 

Comments and Motions to Intervene: 

Deadline for filing comments contesting 

whether the facility meets the qualifying 

criteria is 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene is 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Anyone may submit comments or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and 

385.214. Any motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

deadline date for the particular 

proceeding. 

Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the ‘‘COMMENTS 

CONTESTING QUALIFICATION FOR A 

CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY’’ 

or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as 

applicable; (2) state in the heading the 

name of the applicant and the project 

number of the application to which the 

filing responds; (3) state the name, 

address, and telephone number of the 

person filing; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of sections 

385.2001 through 385.2005 of the 

Commission’s regulations.1 All 

comments contesting Commission staff’s 

preliminary determination that the 

facility meets the qualifying criteria 

must set forth their evidentiary basis. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and comments using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. 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 send 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, MD 20852. A copy of all 

other filings in reference to this 

application must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed in 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Locations of Notice of Intent: The 

Commission provides all interested 


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1All elevations are in National Geodetic Vertical 

Datum of 1929 (NGVD29). 

2The flashboards are designed to fail when 

overtopped by 2 feet of water. 

persons an opportunity to view and/or 

print the contents of this document via 

the internet through the Commission’s 

website at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

number (i.e., CD22–5) in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

Copies of the notice of intent can be 

obtained directly from the applicant. 

For assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3676 or email FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov. For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: April 15, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08552 Filed 4–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 4334–017] 

EONY Generation Limited; 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: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 4334–017. 

c. Date Filed: January 28, 2021. 

d. Applicant: EONY Generation 

Limited. 

e. Name of Project: Philadelphia 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Indian River and Black Creek, in the 

Village of Philadelphia in Jefferson 

County, New York. The project does not 

occupy any federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contacts: Franz Kropp, 

Director, Generation, EONY, 7659 

Lyonsdale Road, Lyons Falls, NY 13368; 

(613) 225–0418, ext. 7498. Murray Hall, 

Manager, Generation, EONY, 7659 

Lyonsdale Road, Lyons Falls, NY 13368; 

(613) 382–7312. 

i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter at (202) 

502–6512, or Emily.Carter@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: May 18, 2022. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file scoping 

comments using the Commission’s 

eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can 

submit brief comments up to 6,000 

characters, without prior registration, 

using the eComment system at https:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. 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, please 

send a paper copy via U.S. Postal 

Service to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, 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: 

Philadelphia Hydroelectric Project, 

P–4334–017. 

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 is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The Philadelphia Project consists of 

the following existing facilities: (1) A 

65-acre reservoir at a normal maximum 

water surface elevation of 475.4 feet; 1

(2) two concrete dams joined by an 

island and designated as the east 

diversion dam, which is 60 feet long 

and 2 to 3 feet high with a crest 

elevation of 474.4 feet, and topped with 

1.2-foot-high flashboards,2 and the west 

diversion dam, which has two sections 

totaling approximately 30 feet long and 

10.4 feet high with a crest elevation of 

475.4 feet; (3) a non-overflow section 

that includes a reinforced concrete 

intake structure; (4) a 377-foot-long, 9.5- 

foot-diameter concrete penstock; (5) a 

54.5-foot-long by 30-foot-wide 

reinforced concrete powerhouse; (6) one 

3.645-megawatt horizontal Kaplan-type 

turbine-generator unit; (7) trash racks 

with 2.5-inch clear spacing; (8) a 4,160- 

volt, approximately 50-foot-long buried 

transmission line; (9) a switchyard; and 

(10) appurtenant facilities. 

EONY operates the project in run-ofriver mode. The generating unit can be 

operated in either manual or automatic 

control mode. The project is normally 

operated remotely (unmanned) in 

automatic mode. In automatic control 

mode, the unit is started, synchronized, 

loaded, unloaded and stopped 

automatically to maintain the headwater 

level. The headwater and tailwater 

levels are recorded using water level 

pressure transducers. 

The maximum hydraulic capacity of 

the project is 845 cubic feet per second 

(cfs). Based on the U.S. Geological 

Survey StreamStats program’s annual 

flow duration data, this flow is equaled 

or exceeded approximately 9% of the 

time on an annual basis. The minimum 

hydraulic capacity is approximately 120 

cfs. A continuous minimum flow of 20 

cfs or inflow to the project, whichever 

is less, is passed into the project’s 

bypassed reach. This flow consists of 

water provided through the flashboard 

openings on the east dam. The 

Philadelphia Project generated about 

10,092,492 kilowatt-hours for the period 

from 2016 to 2020. 

m. 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., scoping document) 

via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (https://

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–4334). 

For assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

n. You may also register online at 

https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. Scoping Process. 

Commission staff will prepare either 

an environmental assessment (EA) or an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

that describes and evaluates the 

probable effects, if any, of the licensee’s 

proposed action and alternatives. The 

EA or EIS will consider environmental 

impacts and reasonable alternatives to 

the proposed action. The Commission’s 

scoping process will help determine the 

required level of analysis and satisfy the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) scoping requirements, 

irrespective of whether the Commission 

prepares an EA or an EIS. At this time, 


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