Document ID: FERC-2022-1367-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Settlement Agreement: Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP
Posted Date: 2022-10-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65200-65201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23504]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3509-042]

Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; Notice of Settlement 
Agreement and Soliciting Comments

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: 3509-042.
    c. Date filed: October 11, 2022.
    d. Applicant: Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP (Little 
Falls Associates).
    e. Name of Project: Little Falls Hydroelectric Project (Little 
Falls Project).
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Mohawk River, 
in the City of Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York. The project 
does not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: David H. Fox, Director, Licensing and 
Compliance, Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP, Eagle Creek 
Renewable Energy, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 
20814, [email protected]; Jody J. Smet, Vice President, 
Regulatory Affairs, Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP, Eagle 
Creek Renewable Energy, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, 
MD 20814, [email protected]
    i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury at (202) 502-6736 or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: November 14, 2022. Reply comments 
due November 24, 2022.
    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, 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. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-3509-042.
    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. Little Falls Associates filed the Settlement Agreement on behalf 
of itself, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation. The purpose of the Settlement 
Agreement is to resolve, among the signatories, issues related to 
operational, fisheries, wildlife, water quality, and recreation 
resources associated with issuance of a new license and water quality 
certification for the project. Specifically, the Settlement Agreement 
includes proposed protection, mitigation, and enhancements measures to 
address bypassed reach minimum flow, streamflow and water level 
monitoring, downstream fish passage enhancements,

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recreation facility enhancements, invasive species management, and bald 
eagle protection. Little Falls Associates states that the terms of the 
Settlement Agreement are an integrated and indivisible set of measures 
intended to address and balance non-power and power values relating to 
the project and requests that the Commission approve the Settlement 
Agreement and incorporate the proposed measures set forth in section 3 
into any new license issued.
    l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement 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 (i.e., P-3509). 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 Online 
Support.
    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.

    Dated: October 24, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-23504 Filed 10-27-22; 8:45 am]
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