Document ID: FERC-2019-1166-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Village of Gouverneur, NY
Posted Date: 2019-10-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52500-52501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21409]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14635-001]

Village of Gouverneur, New York; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 14635-001.
    c. Date Filed: September 20, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Village of Gouverneur, New York.
    e. Name of Project: Gouverneur Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Oswegatchie 
River, in St. Lawrence County, New York. The project does not occupy 
any federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(a).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ronald P. McDougall, Mayor, Village of 
Gouverneur, 33 Clinton Street, Gouverneur, NY 13642; (315) 287-1720
    i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan, (202) 502-8278 or 
jody.callihan@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: November 19, 2019.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
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, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14635-001.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Gouverneur Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 250-foot-long concrete gravity dam, including two 
bridge piers, which separate the dam into three spillways that range in 
crest elevation from 403.4 to 403.7 feet North American Vertical Datum 
of 1988 (NAVD88); (2) an impoundment with a surface area of 109 acres 
at the normal pool elevation of 403.8 feet NAVD88; (3) a concrete 
intake structure containing two trash rack bays separated by a 2-foot-
wide center pier; (4) a 20-foot-long by 36-foot-wide powerhouse that is 
integral with the dam and contains two vertical bulb turbines rated at 
100 kilowatts each and two 100-kilovolt-ampere Westinghouse generators 
with a power factor of 0.8; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The Village proposes to continue operating the project in a run-of-
river

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mode. In addition, the Village proposes to release a minimum flow of 
110 cubic feet per second over the project's spillways. The project 
generated an annual average of 1,195 megawatt-hours between 2014 and 
2017.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or 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. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary): November 2019
Request Additional Information: November 2019
Issue Acceptance Letter: February 2020
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: March 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary): May 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary): June 2020
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis: June 2020
Commission issues Environmental Assessment (EA): December 2020
Comments on EA: January 2021

    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: September 26, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-21409 Filed 10-1-19; 8:45 am]
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