Document ID: FERC-2019-1500-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Cornell University
Posted Date: 2019-12-19T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69738-69739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27417]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3251-010]

Cornell University; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    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.: 3251-010.
    c. Date Filed: June 28, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Cornell University.
    e. Name of Project: Cornell University Hydroelectric Project 
(Cornell Project).
    f. Location: On Fall Creek within the Cornell University campus in 
the City of Ithaca, Tompkins 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: Mr. Frank Perry, Manager of Projects, Energy 
and Sustainability, Humphreys Service Building, Room 131, Cornell 
University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3701; (607) 255-6634; email_
[email protected]
    i. FERC Contact: Christopher Millard at (202) 502-8256; or email at 
christopher.millard@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the issuance 
date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping 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, 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-3251-010.
    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

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particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The Cornell Project consists of: (1) An existing 28-foot-high, 
260-foot-long reinforced-concrete gravity overflow-type dam, known as 
Beebe Lake Dam, with a crest elevation of 780.7 feet mean sea level 
(msl); (2) an impoundment (Beebe Lake) with a surface area of 16 acres 
and a storage capacity of 50 acre-feet at the normal pool elevation of 
780.7 feet msl; (3) a concrete forebay wall and reinforced-concrete 
intake with a 6-foot-high, 6-foot-wide steel vertical-slide gate along 
the right (north) bank; (4) a 5-foot-diameter, 1,507-foot-long 
reinforced-concrete underground pipeline and a 5-foot-diameter, 200-
foot-long riveted-steel underground penstock; (5) a 79-foot-long, 29-
foot-wide, 24-foot-high powerhouse containing two Ossberger turbines 
and induction generators with a combined authorized capacity of 1,718 
kilowatts; (6) a tailrace located on the river right-side of Fall Creek 
directly below the powerhouse; (7) a 385-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt 
transmission line connecting to Cornell's distribution system; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The Cornell Project is operated in a run-of-river mode and bypasses 
an 1,800-foot-long reach of Fall Creek that extends from the toe of the 
dam to the powerhouse tailrace. From 2013 through 2018, the average 
annual generation was 4,599 megawatt-hours.
    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.
    o. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare an 
environmental assessment (EA) for the Cornell Project in accordance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both 
site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document 1 (SD1) 
issued December 13, 2019.
    Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA 
were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list. 
Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: December 13, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-27417 Filed 12-18-19; 8:45 am]
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