80_FR_68737 80 FR 68523 - City of Watervliet; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

80 FR 68523 - City of Watervliet; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 214 (November 5, 2015)

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FR Document2015-28213

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 214 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 214 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68523-68524]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-28213]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13135-004]


City of Watervliet; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: License for Major Project-Existing Dam.
    b. Project No.: P-13135-004.
    c. Date filed: August 26, 2014.
    d. Applicant: City of Watervliet, New York.
    e. Name of Project: Delta Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Mohawk River, in the City of Rome, Oneida 
County, NY. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or 
located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael P. Manning, Mayor, City of 
Watervliet, City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone: 518-270-3815, 
Email: [email protected]; or Mark Gleason, General Manager, 
City of Watervliet, City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone: 518-270-
3800x122, Email: [email protected]; or Wendy Jo Carey, P.E., 
Albany Engineering Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205, 
Phone: 518-456-7712x401, Email: [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett, Phone: (202) 502-8393, Email: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests and 
requests for cooperating agency status: 60 days from the issuance date 
of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests and requests for cooperating agency 
status using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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, 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-13135-004.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures 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 for filing, but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The proposed project would consist of: (1) The existing 1,016-
foot-long, 76-foot-high Delta dam, owned by the New York State Canal 
Corporation; (2) an existing impoundment having a surface area of 2,700 
acres and a storage capacity of 63,200 acre-feet at the spillway crest 
elevation of 551.37 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988; (3) a 
new 40-foot-diameter cylindrical powerhouse containing one turbine-
generator unit with a total installed capacity of 7.4 megawatts; (4) a 
new 15,000-foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt underground transmission line; and 
(5) appurtenant facilities. The project would generate about 14,100 
megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
    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 Web site 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

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for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    n. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    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.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' or ``COMPETING APPLICATION;'' (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.

    Dated: October 30, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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                                                  groups; Native American Tribes; other                   provides access to the texts of formal                Phone: 518–456–7712x401, Email:
                                                  interested parties; and local libraries                 documents issued by the Commission,                   wendy@albanyengineering.com.
                                                  and newspapers. This list also includes                 such as orders, notices, and                             i. FERC Contact: Brandi Sangunett,
                                                  all affected landowners (as defined in                  rulemakings.                                          Phone: (202) 502–8393, Email:
                                                  the Commission’s regulations) who are                      In addition, the Commission offers a               brandi.sangunett@ferc.gov.
                                                  potential right-of-way grantors, whose                  free service called eSubscription which                  j. Deadline for filing motions to
                                                  property may be used temporarily for                    allows you to keep track of all formal                intervene and protests and requests for
                                                  project purposes, or who own homes                      issuances and submittals in specific                  cooperating agency status: 60 days from
                                                  within certain distances of aboveground                 dockets. This can reduce the amount of                the issuance date of this notice.
                                                  facilities, and anyone who submits                      time you spend researching proceedings                   The Commission strongly encourages
                                                  comments on the project. We will                        by automatically providing you with                   electronic filing. Please file motions to
                                                  update the environmental mailing list as                notification of these filings, document               intervene and protests and requests for
                                                  the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                 summaries, and direct links to the                    cooperating agency status using the
                                                  send the information related to this                    documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-                   Commission’s eFiling system at http://
                                                  environmental review to all individuals,                filing/esubscription.asp.                             www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
                                                  organizations, and government entities                     Finally, public meetings or site visits            assistance, please contact FERC Online
                                                  interested in and/or potentially affected               will be posted on the Commission’s                    Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
                                                  by the planned project.                                 calendar located at www.ferc.gov/                     ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
                                                     If we publish and distribute the EA,                 EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along                   (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
                                                  copies will be sent to the environmental                with other related information.                       electronic filing, please send a paper
                                                  mailing list for public review and                                                                            copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
                                                                                                            Dated: October 30, 2015.
                                                  comment. If you would prefer to receive                                                                       Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
                                                  a paper copy of the document instead of                 Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                                                                          Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                                                                                NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first
                                                  the CD version or would like to remove                                                                        page of any filing should include docket
                                                  your name from the mailing list, please                 [FR Doc. 2015–28204 Filed 11–4–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                number P–13135–004.
                                                  return the attached Information Request                 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                   The Commission’s Rules of Practice
                                                  (appendix 3).                                                                                                 and Procedures require all intervenors
                                                  Becoming an Intervenor                                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  filing documents with the Commission
                                                     Once DCG files its application with                                                                        to serve a copy of that document on
                                                  the Commission, you may want to                         Federal Energy Regulatory                             each person on the official service list
                                                  become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an                    Commission                                            for the project. Further, if an intervenor
                                                  official party to the Commission’s                                                                            files comments or documents with the
                                                                                                          [Project No. 13135–004]                               Commission relating to the merits of an
                                                  proceeding. Intervenors play a more
                                                  formal role in the process and are able                                                                       issue that may affect the responsibilities
                                                                                                          City of Watervliet; Notice of
                                                  to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be                                                                    of a particular resource agency, they
                                                                                                          Application Accepted for Filing and
                                                  heard by the courts if they choose to                                                                         must also serve a copy of the document
                                                                                                          Soliciting Motions To Intervene and
                                                  appeal the Commission’s final ruling.                                                                         on that resource agency.
                                                                                                          Protests
                                                  An intervenor formally participates in                                                                           k. This application has been accepted
                                                  the proceeding by filing a request to                     Take notice that the following                      for filing, but is not ready for
                                                  intervene. Motions to intervene are                     hydroelectric application has been filed              environmental analysis at this time.
                                                  more fully described at http://                         with the Commission and is available                     l. The proposed project would consist
                                                  www.ferc.gov/resources/guides/how-to/                   for public inspection.                                of: (1) The existing 1,016-foot-long, 76-
                                                  intervene.asp. Instructions for becoming                  a. Type of Application: License for                 foot-high Delta dam, owned by the New
                                                  an intervenor are in the ‘‘Document-less                Major Project-Existing Dam.                           York State Canal Corporation; (2) an
                                                  Intervention Guide’’ under the ‘‘e-filing’’               b. Project No.: P–13135–004.                        existing impoundment having a surface
                                                  link on the Commission’s Web site.                        c. Date filed: August 26, 2014.                     area of 2,700 acres and a storage
                                                  Please note that the Commission will                      d. Applicant: City of Watervliet, New               capacity of 63,200 acre-feet at the
                                                  not accept requests for intervenor status               York.                                                 spillway crest elevation of 551.37 feet
                                                  at this time. You must wait until the                     e. Name of Project: Delta                           North American Vertical Datum of 1988;
                                                  Commission receives a formal                            Hydroelectric Project.                                (3) a new 40-foot-diameter cylindrical
                                                  application for the project.                              f. Location: On the Mohawk River, in                powerhouse containing one turbine-
                                                                                                          the City of Rome, Oneida County, NY.                  generator unit with a total installed
                                                  Additional Information                                  No federal lands are occupied by the                  capacity of 7.4 megawatts; (4) a new
                                                     Additional information about the                     project works or located within the                   15,000-foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt
                                                  project is available from the                           project boundary.                                     underground transmission line; and (5)
                                                  Commission’s Office of External Affairs,                  g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power                 appurtenant facilities. The project
                                                  at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web                   Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).                         would generate about 14,100 megawatt-
                                                  site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary                    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael P.                hours of electricity annually.
                                                  link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on              Manning, Mayor, City of Watervliet,                      m. A copy of the application is
                                                  ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket                 City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone:               available for review at the Commission
                                                  number, excluding the last three digits                 518–270–3815, Email: mikemanning@                     in the Public Reference Room or may be
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                                                  in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF15–                 watervliet.com; or Mark Gleason,                      viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
                                                  29). Be sure you have selected an                       General Manager, City of Watervliet,                  http://www.ferc.gov using the
                                                  appropriate date range. For assistance,                 City Hall, Watervliet, NY 12189, Phone:               ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
                                                  please contact FERC Online Support at                   518–270–3800x122, Email: mgleason@                    number excluding the last three digits in
                                                  FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free                 watervliet.com; or Wendy Jo Carey, P.E.,              the docket number field to access the
                                                  at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact                  Albany Engineering Corporation, 5                     document. For assistance, contact FERC
                                                  (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also                  Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205,                  Online Support. A copy is also available


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                                                  for inspection and reproduction at the                  the applicant specified in the particular                Accession Number: 20151029–5527.
                                                  address in item h above.                                application.                                             Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/19/15.
                                                     You may also register online at                        Dated: October 30, 2015.                               Docket Numbers: ER16–172–000.
                                                  http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                                                                                 Applicants: Champion Energy, LLC.
                                                                                                          Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                  esubscription.asp to be notified via                                                                             Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                  email of new filings and issuances                      Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2015–28213 Filed 11–4–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                Market-Based Rate Tariff Revisions to be
                                                  related to this or other pending projects.                                                                    effective 10/30/2015.
                                                  For assistance, contact FERC Online                     BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                   Filed Date: 10/29/15.
                                                  Support.                                                                                                         Accession Number: 20151029–5533.
                                                     n. Any qualified applicant desiring to                                                                        Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/19/15.
                                                  file a competing application must                       DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                  submit to the Commission, on or before                                                                           Docket Numbers: ER16–173–000.
                                                  the specified intervention deadline date,               Federal Energy Regulatory                                Applicants: Black Hills/Colorado
                                                  a competing development application,                    Commission                                            Electric Utility Co.
                                                  or a notice of intent to file such an                                                                            Description: Compliance filing:
                                                                                                          Combined Notice of Filings #1                         Corrections to OATT Table of Contents
                                                  application. Submission of a timely
                                                  notice of intent allows an interested                      Take notice that the Commission                    to be effective 12/29/2015.
                                                  person to file the competing                            received the following electric corporate                Filed Date: 10/29/15.
                                                  development application no later than                   filings:                                                 Accession Number: 20151029–5575.
                                                  120 days after the specified intervention                                                                        Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/19/15.
                                                                                                             Docket Numbers: EC16–21–000.
                                                  deadline date. Applications for                            Applicants: Sandstone Solar LLC.                      Docket Numbers: ER16–174–000.
                                                  preliminary permits will not be                            Description: Application for                          Applicants: Southern California
                                                  accepted in response to this notice.                    Authorization Under Section 203 of the                Edison Company.
                                                     A notice of intent must specify the                  Federal Power Act, Request for                           Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2016
                                                  exact name, business address, and                       Expedited Consideration and                           RSBAA Update Filing to be effective
                                                  telephone number of the prospective                     Confidential Treatment of Sandstone                   1/1/2016.
                                                  applicant, and must include an                          Solar LLC.                                              Filed Date: 10/30/15.
                                                  unequivocal statement of intent to                         Filed Date: 10/29/15.                                Accession Number: 20151030–5000.
                                                  submit a development application. A                        Accession Number: 20151029–5611.                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/15.
                                                  notice of intent must be served on the                     Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/19/15.                    Docket Numbers: ER16–175–000.
                                                  applicant(s) named in this public notice.                  Take notice that the Commission                      Applicants: Southern California
                                                     Anyone may submit a protest or a                                                                           Edison Company.
                                                                                                          received the following electric rate
                                                  motion to intervene in accordance with                                                                          Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 2016
                                                                                                          filings:
                                                  the requirements of Rules of Practice                                                                         TRBAA Update Filing to be effective
                                                  and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,                             Docket Numbers: ER15–2267–001.
                                                                                                                                                                1/1/2016.
                                                  385.211, and 385.214. In determining                       Applicants: Chevron Power Holdings
                                                                                                                                                                  Filed Date: 10/30/15.
                                                  the appropriate action to take, the                     Inc.
                                                                                                             Description: Notice of Non-Material                  Accession Number: 20151030–5001.
                                                  Commission will consider all protests                                                                           Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/15.
                                                  filed, but only those who file a motion                 Change in Status of Chevron Power
                                                                                                          Holdings Inc.                                           Docket Numbers: ER16–176–000.
                                                  to intervene in accordance with the                                                                             Applicants: Southern California
                                                  Commission’s Rules may become a                            Filed Date: 10/30/15.
                                                                                                             Accession Number: 20151030–5206.                   Edison Company.
                                                  party to the proceeding. Any protests or                                                                        Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: SCE
                                                  motions to intervene must be received                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/15.
                                                                                                             Docket Numbers: ER16–167–001.                      2016 ETC Reliability Service Rate
                                                  on or before the specified deadline date                                                                      Update to be effective 1/1/2016.
                                                  for the particular application.                            Applicants: ISO New England Inc.,
                                                                                                          New England Power Pool Participants                     Filed Date: 10/30/15.
                                                     When the application is ready for                                                                            Accession Number: 20151030–5007.
                                                  environmental analysis, the                             Committee.
                                                                                                             Description: Tariff Amendment: Part 2                Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/15.
                                                  Commission will issue a public notice
                                                  requesting comments,                                    of Two-Part Filing of Demand Response                   Docket Numbers: ER16–177–000.
                                                  recommendations, terms and                              Changes to be effective 6/1/2016.                       Applicants: Duke Energy Florida,
                                                  conditions, or prescriptions.                              Filed Date: 10/30/15.                              LLC.
                                                     All filings must (1) bear in all capital                Accession Number: 20151030–5185.                     Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                  letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or                           Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/15.                  RCID NITSA Amendment OATT SA No.
                                                  ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE                          Docket Numbers: ER16–170–000.                      147 to be effective 1/1/2016.
                                                  OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING                                Applicants: Champion Energy                          Filed Date: 10/30/15.
                                                  APPLICATION,’’ or ‘‘COMPETING                           Services, LLC.                                          Accession Number: 20151030–5083.
                                                  APPLICATION;’’ (2) set forth in the                        Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                   Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/15.
                                                  heading the name of the applicant and                   Market-Based Rate Tariff Revisions to be                Docket Numbers: ER16–178–000.
                                                  the project number of the application to                effective 10/30/2015.                                   Applicants: Public Service Company
                                                  which the filing responds; (3) furnish                     Filed Date: 10/29/15.                              of Colorado.
                                                  the name, address, and telephone                           Accession Number: 20151029–5523.                     Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
                                                  number of the person protesting or                         Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/19/15.                  2015–10–30_Joint Dispatch Svc-Rnd 2-
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                                                  intervening; and (4) otherwise comply                      Docket Numbers: ER16–171–000.                      Filing to be effective 1/1/2016.
                                                  with the requirements of 18 CFR                            Applicants: Champion Energy                          Filed Date: 10/30/15.
                                                  385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies                     Marketing LLC.                                          Accession Number: 20151030–5145.
                                                  may obtain copies of the application                       Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                   Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/15.
                                                  directly from the applicant. A copy of                  Market-Based Tariff Revisions to be                     Docket Numbers: ER16–179–000.
                                                  any protest or motion to intervene must                 effective 10/30/2015.                                   Applicants: Northern States Power
                                                  be served upon each representative of                      Filed Date: 10/29/15.                              Company, a Minnesota corporation.


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