Document ID: FERC-2009-0425-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Green Island Power Authority
Posted Date: 2009-03-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 53)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13-023]

 
Green Island Power Authority; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for 
Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

March 12, 2009.
    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.: 13-023.
    c. Date Filed: March 2, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Green Island Power Authority.
    e. Name of Project: Green Island Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Hudson River in 
Albany County, New York. The project would occupy Federal land managed 
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Agent Contact: James A. Besha, President, Albany Engineering 
Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205; (518) 456-7712.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing Green Island Project utilizes 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Green Island-Troy lock and dam 
that consists of: (1) A dam with a main spillway with a fixed crest 
elevation of 14.33 feet mean sea level (msl); and (2) an auxiliary 
spillway with a crest elevation of 16.33 feet msl.
    The Green Island Project consists of: (1) 2-foot-high pneumatic 
flashboards along the top of the main spillway with a crest elevation 
of 16.33 feet msl; (2) a 700-acre impoundment with a normal water 
surface elevation of 16.33 feet msl; (3) a bulkhead and forebay 
structure located downstream and at the west end of the Corps dam; (4) 
a powerhouse containing four 1.5 megawatt (MW) generating units with a 
total installed capacity of 6.0 MW; (5) a 34.5 kilovolt underground 
transmission cable; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
    Green Island Power Authority proposes to: (1) Lower the existing 
main spillway to a crest elevation of 12.5 feet msl, and install new 
hydraulically operated crest gates with a maximum crest gate elevation 
of 18.5 feet msl; (2) install a new trash boom extending across and 
upstream of the forebay; (3) construct a new bulkhead structure 
equipped with a new 300-foot-wide, 300-foot-long fish protection system 
screen; and (4) expand the existing powerhouse to the east and west and 
install four new 6.0 MW generating units, and replace the four existing 
generating units with four new 6.0 MW generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 48 MW.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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 Web site 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item 
(h) above.
    m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
may be made as appropriate.

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              Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance and Ready for     May 1, 2009.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing interventions, comments,        June 30, 2009.
 recommendations, preliminary terms
 and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Notice of availability of the EA.....  October 28, 2009.
Filing comments on EA................  November 27, 2009.
Filing modified terms and conditions.  January 26, 2010.
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    o. 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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-6071 Filed 3-19-09; 8:45 am]