Document ID: FERC-2019-1538-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc.
Posted Date: 2019-12-31T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72355-72356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28261]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3273-024]

Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests; Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc.

    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.: 3273-024.
    c. Date filed: May 31, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Chittenden Falls Hydropower, Inc. (Chittenden Falls 
Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Chittenden Falls Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: On Kinderhook Creek, near the Town of Stockport, 
Columbia County, New York. The project does not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mark Boumansour, Chief Operating Officer, 
Gravity Renewables, Inc., 1401 Walnut Street, Suite 420, Boulder, CO 
80302; (303) 440-3378; mark@gravityrenewables.com and/or Celeste N. 
Fay, Regulatory Manager, Gravity Renewables, Inc., 5 Dartmouth Drive, 
Suite 104, Auburn, NH 03032; (413) 262-9466; 
celeste@gravityrenewables.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury at (202) 502-6736 or 
monir.chowdhury@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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, 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-3273-024.
    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. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Chittenden Falls Hydropower Project consists of: 
(1) An approximately 4-foot-high, 320-foot-long concrete gravity dam, 
topped with 2-foot-high wooden flashboards, and having a dam crest 
elevation of 59.6 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 
(NGVD29); (2) a reservoir with a surface area of about 18 acres and a 
storage capacity of 63 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 61.6 
feet NGVD29; (3) an 8-foot-wide, 22-foot-long intake structure on the 
east side of the dam connecting to an 8-foot-wide, 118-foot-long 
concrete and wooden power canal; (4) a 7.5-foot-diameter, 45-foot-long 
steel penstock that conveys water from the power canal to a powerhouse 
on the east side of the dam containing two turbine-generator units with 
a total rated capacity of 453 kilowatts (kW); (5) an 8-foot-wide, 10-
foot-long intake structure on the west side of the dam connecting to a 
6-foot-diameter, 62-foot-long steel penstock; (6) a powerhouse on the 
west side of the dam containing a single turbine-generator unit with a 
rated capacity of 300 kW; (7) two 480-volt, 40-foot-long generator 
leads connecting the east powerhouse to a transformer yard and a 2,300-
volt, 400-foot-long generator lead connecting the west powerhouse to 
the transformer yard; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    The Chittenden Falls Project is operated in a run-of-river mode 
with an estimated average annual generation of 2,300 megawatt-hours 
between 2012 and 2018. Chittenden Falls Hydro proposes to continue to 
operate the project in run-of-river mode.
    m. 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 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.
    n. 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.

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    o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    p. Updated procedural schedule and final amendments: The 
application will be processed according to the following preliminary 
Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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Issue Scoping Document for comments...  December 2019.
Request Additional Information (if      February 2020.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if            March 2020.
 necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for               March 2020.
 Environmental Analysis.
Commission issues EA or draft EA......  September 2020.
Comments on EA or draft EA............  October 2020.
Commission issues final EA (If draft    January 2021.
 EA Issued).
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    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: December 23, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-28261 Filed 12-30-19; 8:45 am]
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