Document ID: FERC-2019-0772-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC
Posted Date: 2019-07-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31586-31587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14082]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7153-017]

Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC; Notice of Intent To File 
License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving 
Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Application: Notice of Intent to File License 
Application and Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 7153-017.
    c. Date filed: April 30, 2019.
    d. Submitted by: Consolidated Hydro New York, LLC (Consolidated 
Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Victory Mills Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Located on Fish Creek in the Village of Victory, Town 
of Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York. The project does not occupy any 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing 
Manager, Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, 
Suite 300, Andover, MA 01810, Phone: (978) 935-6039, Email: 
Kevin.Webb@enel.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Laurie Bauer, Phone: (202) 502-6519, Email: 
laurie.bauer@ferc.gov.
    j. Consolidated Hydro filed its request to use the Traditional 
Licensing Process on April 30, 2019. Consolidated Hydro provided public 
notice of its request on April 25, 2019. In a letter dated June 26, 
2019, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved 
Consolidated Hydro's request to use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating 
consultation with the New York State Historic Preservation Officer, as 
required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the 
implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating Consolidated Hydro as the 
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act; and 
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act.
    m. Consolidated Hydro filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; 
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, 
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website 
(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 at 
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in paragraph h.
    o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an 
application for a

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new license for Project No. 7153. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 
16.10 each application for a new license and any competing license 
applications must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior 
to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license 
for this project must be filed by April 30, 2022.
    p. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: June 26, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-14082 Filed 7-1-19; 8:45 am]
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