36318 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 6115–016] 

Pyrites Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 

Protests 

June 10, 2022. 

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.: 6115–016. 

c. Date Filed: August 31, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Pyrites Hydro, LLC 

(Pyrites Hydro). 

e. Name of Project: Pyrites 

Hydroelectric Project (Pyrites Project or 

project). 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the Grass River near the 

Town of Canton, St. Lawrence 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 Contact: Mr. Kevin M. 

Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, 

Pyrites Hydro, LLC, 670 N Commercial 

Street, Suite 204, Manchester, NH 

03101, (978) 935–6039; email—kwebb@

centralriverspower.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Chris Millard at 

(202) 502–8256; or email at 

christopher.millard@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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: Pyrites Hydroelectric 

Project (P–6115–016). 

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 has been accepted 

but is not ready for environmental 

analysis. 

l. The project consists of the following 

existing facilities: (1) a 170-foot-long 

and 12-foot-high concrete Ambursen 

overflow spillway with 1.5-foot-high 

flashboards, a 115-foot-long concrete 

auxiliary spillway, and a 208-foot-long 

non-overflow dam, which includes a 50- 

foot-wide intake structure; (2) a 6-footdiameter, 700-foot-long steel penstock 

running from the intake structure to an 

upper powerhouse and a 10-footdiameter, 2,160-foot-long penstock 

running from the intake structure to a 

lower powerhouse; (3) a 21-foot by 31- 

foot upper powerhouse located 700 feet 

downstream of the intake structure 

containing one 1.2-megawatt (MW) 

turbine/generator unit operating under a 

rated head of 76 feet and a 50-foot by 

53-foot lower powerhouse located 1,200 

feet downstream of the tailrace 

containing two 3.5–MW turbine/ 

generator units operating under a rated 

head of 111 feet; (4) a 50-foot by 97-foot 

115/4.16/2.3-kilovolt (kV) switchyard 

and substation for use by both 

powerhouses; (5) a 470-foot-long 2.3-kV 

transmission line connecting the upper 

powerhouse to the switchyard; (6) a 

1,150-foot-long 4.16-kV transmission 

line connecting the lower powerhouse 

to the switchyard; and (7) appurtenant 

facilities. 

The Pyrites Project is operated in a 

run-of-river mode with an average 

annual generation of 27,865 megawatthours. 

Pyrites Hydro proposes to continue to 

operate the project in a run-of-river 

mode and maintain a continuous 

minimum flow to the bypassed reach of 

45 cubic feet per second or inflow to the 

impoundment, whichever is less. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review via 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–6115). 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. In addition, the public 

portions of the application are available 

during regular business hours at the 

Canton Free Library located at 8 Park 

Street, Canton, New York 13617. 

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, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 

385.211, and 385.214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests 

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 protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified deadline date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (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 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

A copy of any protest or motion to 

intervene must be served upon each 

representative of the applicant specified 

in the particular application. 

o. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments—July 2022 

Request Additional Information (if 

necessary)—September 2022 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if 

necessary)—October 2022 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental 

Analysis—October 2022 


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1Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, 20 

FERC ¶ 62,420 (1982). 2 18 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) § 157.9. 

3 18 CFR 157.205. 

4Persons include individuals, organizations, 

businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 

CFR 385.102(d). 

5 18 CFR 157.205(e). 

6 18 CFR 385.214. 

7 18 CFR 157.10. 

Dated: June 10, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12998 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP22–469–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Notice of Request 

Under Blanket Authorization and 

Establishing Intervention and Protest 

Deadline 

Take notice that on May 31, 2022, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco), 2800 Post Oak 

Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77251–1396 

filed in the above referenced docket a 

prior notice pursuant to Section 157.205 

and 157.216 of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s regulations 

under the Natural Gas Act, requesting 

that the Commission authorize its Pt. Au 

Fer Abandonment Project (Project), 

under Transco’s blanket certificate 

authority issued in Docket No. CP82– 

426–000.1

Specifically, Transco requests that the 

Commission authorize to abandon its 

existing Point Au Fer Lateral that 

consists of approximately 7.4 miles of 

10-inch-diameter pipeline and its 

Smythe Point Au Fer Lateral that 

consists of approximately 1.8 miles of 4- 

inch-diameter pipeline, and 

appurtenant metering facilities, all 

located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. 

Transco states that these its Pt. Au Fer 

Abandonment Project facilities have not 

been used in the previous 12 months to 

provide service to any shippers and that 

no new firm contracts have been 

established with the producers, and 

therefore, Transco does not anticipate 

the need to flow gas through the Project 

facilities in the future. Transco affirms 

that by abandoning the Project facilities, 

Transco will reduce long-term costs 

associated with the required 

maintenance of the Project facilities. 

The total cost of the abandonment is 

estimated to be approximately $3.19 

million, all as more fully set forth in the 

request which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. 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 the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application should be directed to Andre 

Pereira, Lead Regulatory Analyst, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC, Post Office Box 1396, 

Houston, Texas 77251–1396, (713) 215– 

4362, Andre.S.Pereira@Williams.com. 

Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure,2 within 90 days of this 

Notice the Commission staff will either: 

complete its environmental review and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or environmental assessment (EA) for 

this proposal. The filing of an EA in the 

Commission’s public record for this 

proceeding or the issuance of a Notice 

of Schedule for Environmental Review 

will serve to notify federal and state 

agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 

intervene in the proceeding, and you 

can file comments on the project. There 

is no fee or cost for filing protests, 

motions to intervene, or comments. The 

deadline for filing protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on August 9, 2022. How 

to file protests, motions to intervene, 

and comments is explained below. 

Protests 

Pursuant to section 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA,3 any person 4 or the Commission’s 

staff may file a protest to the request. If 

no protest is filed within the time 

allowed or if a protest is filed and then 

withdrawn within 30 days after the 

allowed time for filing a protest, the 

proposed activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request for 

authorization will be considered by the 

Commission. 

Protests must comply with the 

requirements specified in section 

157.205(e) of the Commission’s 

regulations,5 and must be submitted by 

the protest deadline, which is August 9, 

2022. A protest may also serve as a 

motion to intervene so long as the 

protestor states it also seeks to be an 

intervenor. 

Interventions 

Any person has the option to file a 

motion to intervene in this proceeding. 

Only intervenors have the right to 

request rehearing of Commission orders 

issued in this proceeding and to 

subsequently challenge the 

Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit 

Courts of Appeal. 

To intervene, you must submit a 

motion to intervene to the Commission 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure 6 and the regulations under 

the NGA 7 by the intervention deadline 

for the project, which is August 9, 2022. 

As described further in Rule 214, your 

motion to intervene must state, to the 

extent known, your position regarding 

the proceeding, as well as your interest 

in the proceeding. For an individual, 

this could include your status as a 

landowner, ratepayer, resident of an 

impacted community, or recreationist. 

You do not need to have property 

directly impacted by the project in order 

to intervene. For more information 

about motions to intervene, refer to the 

FERC website at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. 

All timely, unopposed motions to 

intervene are automatically granted by 

operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to 

intervene that are filed after the 


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