Document ID: FERC-2021-0973-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Winooski Hydroelectric Co.
Posted Date: 2021-08-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44009-44010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17137]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 6470-008]

Winooski Hydroelectric Company; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 6470-008.
    c. Date Filed: July 30, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Winooski Hydroelectric Company (WHC).
    e. Name of Project: Winooski 8 Hydroelectric Project (project).
    f. Location: On the Winooski River in Washington County, Vermont. 
No federal lands are occupied by the project works or located within 
the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r)
    h. Applicant Contact: Mathew Rubin, General Partner, Winooski 
Hydroelectric Company, 26 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602; 
(802) 793-5939; or email at m@mrubin.biz.
    i. FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair at (202) 502-6587, or 
kristen.sinclair@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: September 28, 2021.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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: Winooski 8 Hydroelectric Project (P-
6470-008).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing Winooski 8 Hydroelectric 
Project consists of: (1) A 222.5-foot-long, 26-foot-high concrete 
gravity dam impounding a reservoir with a storage capacity of 
approximately 20 acre-feet at an elevation of 615 feet mean sea level; 
(2) a 148-foot-long spillway with 4-foot-high flashboards built into 
the crest of the dam; (3) a 24-foot-long, hydraulically operated crest 
gate built into the crest of the dam; (4) a 1,100-square-foot forebay 
located adjacent to the project impoundment; (5) three hydraulically 
operated trashracks; (6) a 1,550-square-foot powerhouse that contains 
two semi-Kaplan turbines and one fixed propeller turbine for a total 
installed capacity of 856 kilowatts; (7) a 100-foot-long tailrace; (8) 
a 1,000 kilovolt-amp station transformer; (9) a 30-foot long, 13-
kilovolt transmission line and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project 
generates an annual average of 3,507 megawatt-hours. WHC proposes to 
continue to operate the project in an automated run-of-river mode. WHC 
also proposes to add 3.6 acres to the existing project boundary to 
enclose a 4,100-foot-long dirt road currently used by WHC to access the 
dam and powerhouse and to enclose an existing unimproved site that 
provides access to the river for boating and fishing activities 
downstream of the dam.
    o. 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., license application) via 
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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-
6470). 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 FERC 
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
(202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--August 2021
Request Additional Information (if needed)--September 2021
Issue Notice of Acceptance--December 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2022

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Issue Scoping Document 2--March 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--March 2022

    q. 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: August 5, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-17137 Filed 8-10-21; 8:45 am]
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