Document ID: FERC-2019-0418-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Offer of Settlement Agreement: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP
Posted Date: 2019-04-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14926-14928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07289]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2837-033]

Notice of Settlement Agreement, Soliciting Comments, and 
Modification of Procedural Schedule: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Offer of Settlement (Settlement).
    b. Project No.: P-2837-033.
    c. Date filed: March 29, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
    e. Name of Project: Granby Hydroelectric Project (Granby Project).
    f. Location: On the Oswego River in the town of Fulton in Oswego 
County, New York. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.

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    h. Applicant Contact: Steven P. Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing, 
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY 
13069; (315) 598-6130; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: Comments on the Settlement, and 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions in 
response to the Commission's November 16, 2018 Notice of Application 
Ready for Environmental Analysis (REA Notice) \1\ are due within 20 
days from the issuance date of this notice. Reply comments are due 
within 65 days of the issuance date of this notice.
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    \1\ The Commission's Notice of Comment Period Extension issued 
on February 11, 2019 extended the deadline for filing comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions in response 
to the REA Notice until April 4, 2019.
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    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 
6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your 
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (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-2837-033.
    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. Erie filed the Granby Hydroelectric Project Offer of Settlement 
(Settlement) on behalf of itself, the United States Department of the 
Interior--Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New York State Department 
of Environmental Conservation (Settlement Parties). Erie states that 
the goal of the Settlement is to provide for the continued operation of 
the Granby Project with appropriate long-term environmental protection, 
enhancement, and mitigation measures that meet the diverse objectives 
for maintaining a balance of non-power and power values on the Oswego 
River. The Settlement provides for the resolution of operational, 
fisheries, wildlife, water quality, and recreational issues raised by 
the Settlement Parties. Erie requests that the Commission incorporate 
language included in the Settlement for a 34-year license term into any 
new license issued. This would allow for the alignment of future Granby 
Project relicensing proceedings with the Oswego River Project No. 2474; 
the Granby Project shares a dam with the Fulton Development of the 
Oswego Project. Lastly, the Settlement incorporates, by reference, an 
Invasive Species Management Plan (Appendix A), a Bat and Bald Eagle 
Protection Plan (Appendix B), and a Trashrack and Fishway Operations 
and Maintenance Plan (Appendix C).
    l. A copy of the Settlement 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.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``Comments,'' ``Reply Comments,'' ``Recommendations,'' ``Preliminary 
Terms and Conditions,'' or ``Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions;'' (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 submitting the 
filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 
385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis and 
otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may 
obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. Each 
filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on 
the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in 
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    m. Procedural Schedule:
    The Commission's February 11, 2019 Notice of Comment Period 
Extension established April 4, 2019 as the deadline for filing 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and fishway 
prescriptions regarding Erie's license application. However, in order 
to allow adequate time for stakeholder comments regarding the 
Settlement, we have modified the comment period to allow stakeholders 
to submit comments on the Settlement and comments, recommendations, 
terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions regarding the license 
application on the same date, and allow Erie sufficient time to submit 
reply comments. The application will be processed according to the 
following revised Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
may be made as appropriate. If the due date falls on a weekend or 
holiday, the due date is the following business day.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of comments, recommendations,    April 28, 2019.
 preliminary terms and conditions, and
 preliminary fishway prescriptions
 (per the REA Notice) and comments on
 the Settlement.
Reply comments due....................  June 12, 2019.
Commission Issues EA..................  October 2019.
Comments on EA........................  November 2019.
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    Dated: April 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-07289 Filed 4-11-19; 8:45 am]
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