Document ID: FERC-2021-0686-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Settlement Agreement: Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC; Eagle Creek Water Resources, LLC; Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC
Posted Date: 2021-06-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 110 (Thursday, June 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30927-30928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12152]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Settlement Agreement

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                                                            Project No.
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Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water                10482-122
 Resources, LLC, Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC........
Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water                10481-069
 Resources, LLC, Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC........

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Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC, Eagle Creek Water                 9690-115
 Resources, LLC, Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC........
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    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 Nos.: P-10482-122; P-10481-069; and P-9690-115.
    c. Date Filed: May 28, 2021.
    d. Applicants: Eagle Creek Hydro Power, LLC; Eagle Creek Water 
Resources, LLC; and Eagle Creek Land Resources, LLC (collectively 
referred to as Eagle Creek).
    e. Name of Projects: Swinging Bridge Hydroelectric Project (P-
10482), Mongaup Falls Hydroelectric Project (P-10481), and Rio 
Hydroelectric Project (P-9690).
    f. Location: The Swinging Bridge Hydroelectric Project is located 
on the Mongaup River and Black Lake Creek in Sullivan County, New York. 
The Mongaup Falls Hydroelectric Project is located on the Mongaup River 
and Black Brook in Sullivan County, New York. The Rio Hydroelectric 
Project is located on the Mongaup River in Sullivan and Orange 
Counties, New York. The projects do not occupy any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Jody J. Smet, Vice President Regulatory 
Affairs, 2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1330, Bethesda, MD 20814; 
Telephone (804) 739-0654, [email protected]
    i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Ettema, (312) 596-4447 or 
nicholas.ettema@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments: Comments are due within 20 days of 
the notice. Reply comments due within 30 days of the notice.
    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 
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. The first page of any filing should include the docket 
number (e.g., P-10482).
    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. Eagle Creek filed an Offer of Settlement (Settlement Agreement) 
on behalf of itself, the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, 
U.S.G.S Office of the Delaware River Master, American Whitewater, 
Appalachian Mountain Club, Kayak and Canoe Club of New York, Chapin 
Estate Homeowners Association, Homeowners of Toronto, Inc., Iroquois 
Hunting and Fishing Club, Inc., Swinging Bridge Property Owners 
Association, Trout Unlimited--New York State Council, and the Woodstone 
Lake Development, LLC. The Settlement Agreement includes protection, 
mitigation, and enhancement measures addressing project operation, 
minimum flows, dissolved oxygen, Delaware River dwarf wedgemussel, 
downstream fish passage, upstream passage of American eel, and 
management plans for shorelines, recreation, whitewater flows, bald 
eagles, northern long-eared bat, invasive plants, and historic 
properties. Eagle Creek requests that the measures in the Settlement 
Agreement be incorporated as license conditions, without modification, 
in any license issued for each project. The signatories to the 
Settlement Agreement also request a 50-year license term for each 
project.
    l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available for review 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.
    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to these projects or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 4, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-12152 Filed 6-9-21; 8:45 am]
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