Document ID: FERC-2023-0150-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Declaratory Order: Erie Boulevard Hydro Power, LP; Hudson River?Black River Regulating District
Posted Date: 2023-02-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 7972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02557]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2318-054,12252-036; Project Nos. 2318-053, 12252-035]

Erie Boulevard Hydro Power, L.P.; Hudson River--Black River 
Regulating District; Notice of Petitions for Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on January 25, 2023, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of 
the Federal
    Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, Hudson River--Black River Regulating District (District) 
filed a petition for declaratory order in Project Nos. 2318-053 and 
12252-035 requesting the Commission declare that Erie Boulevard Hydro 
Power, L.P. (Erie Boulevard), the licensee for the E.J. West Project 
No. 2318, must continue to maintain a necessary property interest in 
the head created, owned, and controlled by the District as part of the 
Great Sacandaga Lake Project No. 12252 (GSL Project), as more fully 
explained in the petition.
    On January 27, 2023, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure, Erie Boulevard filed a petition for 
declaratory order in Project Nos. 2318-054 and 12252-036 requesting the 
Commission declare that the Federal Power Act preempts the regulatory 
authority of the District to assess charges under state law to Erie for 
releases from the District's GSL Project and that the District is 
precluded from materially changing its operation of the GSL Project by 
diverting releases around Erie Boulevard's E.J. West Project No. 2318 
or significantly modifying the timing of GSL Project releases without 
prior Commission authorization, as more fully explained in the 
petition.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest these filings must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the petitioners.
    Any person wishing to comment on the petitions may do so. The 
Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar 
pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in 
docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://ferc.gov) using the 
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. 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 the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission at [email protected] or call toll-free, 
(886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern time on March 6, 2023.

    Dated: February 1, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-02557 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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