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an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for 

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

The draft EIS is not a decision 

document. It presents Commission 

staff’s independent analysis of the 

environmental issues for the 

Commission to consider when 

addressing the merits of all issues in 

this proceeding. Any person wishing to 

comment on the draft EIS may do so. 

Your comments should focus on the 

draft EIS’ disclosure and discussion of 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives, and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 

To ensure consideration of your 

comments on the proposal in the final 

EIS, it is important that the Commission 

receive your comments on or before 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time on August 1, 2022. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission will provide equal 

consideration to all comments received, 

whether filed in written form or 

provided orally. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. This is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. With eFiling, you can provide 

comments in a variety of formats by 

attaching them as a file with your 

submission. New eFiling users must 

first create an account by clicking on 

‘‘eRegister.’’ If you are filing a comment 

on a particular project, please select 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’ as the filing 

type; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

project docket number (CP21–113–000) 

on your letter. 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. 

Any person seeking to become a party 

to the proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR part 385.214). 

Motions to intervene are more fully 

described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferconline/ferc-online/how-guides. Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing or judicial review of the 

Commission’s decision. The 

Commission grants affected landowners 

and others with environmental concerns 

intervenor status upon showing good 

cause by stating that they have a clear 

and direct interest in this proceeding 

which no other party can adequately 

represent. Simply filing environmental 

comments will not give you intervenor 

status, but you do not need intervenor 

status to have your comments 

considered. 

Questions? 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov) using the 

eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of all formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription that 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ 

ferc-online/overview to register for 

eSubscription. 

Dated: June 10, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12993 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 5261–023] 

Green Mountain Power Corporation; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment 

On August 27, 2021, Green Mountain 

Power Corporation filed an application 

for a subsequent minor license for the 

365-kilowatt Newbury Hydroelectric 

Project (Newbury Project; FERC No. 

5261). The Newbury Project is located 

on the Wells River in the Town of 

Newbury in Orange County, Vermont. 

The project does not occupy federal 

lands. 

In accordance with the Commission’s 

regulations, on April 6, 2022, 

Commission staff issued a notice that 

the project was ready for environmental 

analysis (REA Notice). Based on the 

information in the record, including 

comments filed on the REA Notice, staff 

does not anticipate that licensing the 

project would constitute a major federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. Therefore, 

staff intends to prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 

application to relicense the Newbury 

Project. 

The EA will be issued and circulated 

for review by all interested parties. All 

comments filed on the EA will be 

analyzed by staff and considered in the 

Commission’s final licensing decision. 

The application will be processed 

according to the following schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule may be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Commission issues EA ...... January 2023.1

Comments on EA .............. February 2023. 

1The Council on Environmental Quality’s 

(CEQ) regulations under 40 CFR 

1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed 

within 1 year of the federal action agency’s 

decision to prepare an EA. This notice establishes the Commission’s intent to prepare an 

EA for the Newbury Project. Therefore, in accordance with CEQ’s regulations, the EA must 

be issued within 1 year of the issuance date of 

this notice. 

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Adam Peer at (202) 

502–8449 or adam.peer@ferc.gov. 

Dated: June 10, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13002 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 485–076] 

Georgia Power Company; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 


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1Big River Solar, LLC, Rate Schedule FERC No. 

1, Rate Schedule FERC No. 1, Reactive Power 

Compensation (0.0.0). 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Non-Capacity 

Amendment of License. 

b. Project No: 485–076. 

c. Date Filed: May 6, 2022, and 

supplemented on May 23, 2022. 

d. Applicant: Georgia Power 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: Bartletts Ferry 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: Chattahoochee River, in 

Harris County, Georgia, and Lee and 

Chambers counties, Alabama. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Courtenay 

O’Mara, Hydro Licensing & Compliance 

Supervisor, 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard 

NE, BIN 10193, Atlanta, Georgia 30308– 

3374, 404–506–7219, cromara@

southernco.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Aneela Mousam, 

(202) 502–8357, aneela.mousam@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: July 

11, 2022. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests 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 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. The first 

page of any filing should include the 

docket number P–485–076. Comments 

emailed to Commission staff are not 

considered part of the Commission 

record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears 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. Description of Request: Georgia 

Power Company (licensee) requests 

Commission approval to upgrade four 

generating units in the west Bartletts 

Ferry powerhouse. The licensee 

proposes to replace existing turbine 

runners, rehabilitate generators, and 

install new trashracks. The unit 

modifications would increase the 

installed capacity by 13.65 megawatts 

and increase the maximum hydraulic 

capacity by 5 cubic feet per second. To 

facilitate the proposed unit upgrades, 

the licensee may implement a reservoir 

drawdown. As required by license 

Article 401 Project Operation and Lake 

Levels, if a drawdown is needed for the 

proposed work, the licensee would 

consult with the Georgia Department of 

Natural Resources, the Alabama 

Department of Conservation and Natural 

Resources, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Alabama Ecological Office. The 

licensee would also, notify the Alabama 

Department of Environmental 

Management and provide boat ramp 

elevations. 

The proposed upgrades also include 

installing aerating turbine runners in 

three of the four turbine units (units 1, 

2 and 4). The aerating turbine runners 

will enhance the project’s ability to 

continue to achieve Georgia water 

quality standards by increasing the 

dissolved oxygen. Therefore, the 

licensee also requests to amend Article 

403 Tailrace Water Quality 

Enhancement and Article 404 Tailrace 

Water Quality Monitoring of the project 

license to implement the proposed 

Dissolved Oxygen and Water 

Temperature Monitoring Plan following 

the unit upgrades. 

l. Locations of the Application: This 

filing may 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. 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. 

For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for 

TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may 

obtain copies of the application directly 

from the applicant. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, 

respectively. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

o. Filing and Service of Documents: 

Any filing must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth 

in the heading the name of the applicant 

and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

commenting, protesting or intervening; 

and (4) otherwise comply with the 

requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

motions to intervene, or protests must 

set forth their evidentiary basis. Any 

filing made by an intervenor 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. 

Dated: June 10, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12996 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL22–61–000] 

Big River Solar, LLC; Notice of 

Institution of Section 206 Proceeding 

and Refund Effective Date 

On June 10, 2022, the Commission 

issued an order in Docket No. EL22–61– 

000, pursuant to section 206 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 

824e, instituting an investigation into 

whether Big River Solar, LLC’s Rate 

Schedule 1 is unjust, unreasonable, 

unduly discriminatory or preferential, 


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