81_FR_39374 81 FR 39258 - City of Paterson, New Jersey, Great Falls Hydroelectric Company; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

81 FR 39258 - City of Paterson, New Jersey, Great Falls Hydroelectric Company; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 116 (June 16, 2016)

Page Range39258-39259
FR Document2016-14221

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39258-39259]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14221]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2814-024]


City of Paterson, New Jersey, Great Falls Hydroelectric Company; 
Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application 
Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 2814-024.
    c. Date Filed: February 26, 2016.
    d. Submitted By: The City of Paterson, New Jersey and Great Falls 
Hydroelectric Company, as co-licensees.
    e. Name of Project: Great Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Passaic River near the city of Paterson, New 
Jersey. The project does not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Gates, Senior Vice 
President of Operations, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, 65 Madison 
Avenue, Suite 500, Morristown, NJ 07960; (973) 998-8400; email_
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Christopher Millard at (202) 502-8256; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. The City of Paterson, New Jersey and Great Falls Hydroelectric 
Company, as co-licensees, filed a request to use the Traditional 
Licensing Process on February 26, 2016. The City of Paterson, New 
Jersey and Great Falls Hydroelectric Company provided public notice of 
the request on March 9, 2016. In a letter dated June 10, 2016, the 
Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved the City of 
Paterson, New Jersey and Great Falls Hydroelectric Company's request to 
use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating 
consultation with the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Officer, 
as required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the 
implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating the City of Paterson, New 
Jersey and Great Falls Hydroelectric Company as the Commission's non-
federal representatives for carrying out informal consultation pursuant 
to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act.
    m. The City of Paterson, New Jersey and Great Falls Hydroelectric 
Company filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; including a proposed 
process plan and schedule) with the Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 
of the Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(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 at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in paragraph h.
    o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an 
application for a new license for Project No. 2814-024.

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Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10, each application for a new 
license and any competing license applications must be filed with the 
Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing 
license. All applications for license for this project must be filed by 
February 28, 2019.
    p. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: June 10, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-14221 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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39258 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2016 / Notices (b) At the end of your project period, request to the program contact person i. FERC Contact: Christopher Millard you must submit a final performance listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION at (202) 502–8256; or email at report, including financial information, CONTACT in section VII of this notice. christopher.millard@ferc.gov. as directed by the Secretary. If you Electronic Access to This Document: j. The City of Paterson, New Jersey receive a multiyear award, you must The official version of this document is and Great Falls Hydroelectric Company, submit an annual performance report the document published in the Federal as co-licensees, filed a request to use the that provides the most current Register. Free Internet access to the Traditional Licensing Process on performance and financial expenditure official edition of the Federal Register February 26, 2016. The City of Paterson, information as directed by the Secretary and the Code of Federal Regulations is New Jersey and Great Falls under 34 CFR 75.118. Grantees are available via the Federal Digital System Hydroelectric Company provided public required to use the electronic data at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site, you notice of the request on March 9, 2016. instrument International Resource can view this document, as well as all In a letter dated June 10, 2016, the Information System (IRIS) to complete other documents of this Department Director of the Division of Hydropower the final report. The Secretary may also published in the Federal Register, in Licensing approved the City of Paterson, require more frequent performance text or PDF. To use PDF, you must have New Jersey and Great Falls reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is Hydroelectric Company’s request to use specific requirements on reporting, available free at the site. You may also the Traditional Licensing Process. please go to www.ed.gov/fund/grant/ access documents of the Department k. With this notice, we are initiating apply/appforms/appforms.html. published in the Federal Register by informal consultation with the U.S. Fish 4. Performance Measures: Under the using the article search feature at: and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Government Performance and Results www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, Fisheries under section 7 of the Act of 1993, the following measures will through the advanced search feature at Endangered Species Act and the joint be used by the Department to evaluate this site, you can limit your search to agency regulations thereunder at 50 the success of the GPA short-term documents published by the CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries program the percentage of GPA Department. under section 305(b) of the Magnuson- participants who disseminated Stevens Fishery Conservation and Dated: June 13, 2016. information about or materials from Management Act and implementing Lynn B. Mahaffie, regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are their group project abroad through more than one outreach activity within six Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, also initiating consultation with the Planning, and Innovation, Delegated the New Jersey State Historic Preservation months of returning to their home Duties of the Assistant Secretary for institution. The long-term program, i.e., Postsecondary Education. Officer, as required by section 106, advanced overseas intensive language National Historic Preservation Act, and [FR Doc. 2016–14303 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am] projects, will be evaluated by the the implementing regulations of the BILLING CODE 4000–01–P percentage participants who increased Advisory Council on Historic their reading, writing, and/or listening/ Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. speaking foreign language scores by one l. With this notice, we are designating proficiency level. The efficiency is the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY the City of Paterson, New Jersey and cost per GPA participant who increased Great Falls Hydroelectric Company as Federal Energy Regulatory the Commission’s non-federal his/her foreign language score in Commission representatives for carrying out informal reading, writing, and/or listening/ speaking by at least one proficiency [Project No. 2814–024] consultation pursuant to section 7 of the level. Endangered Species Act and section 106 The information provided by grantees City of Paterson, New Jersey, Great of the National Historic Preservation in their performance reports submitted Falls Hydroelectric Company; Notice of Act. via IRIS will be the source of data for Intent To File License Application, m. The City of Paterson, New Jersey this measure. Reporting screens for Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Great Falls Hydroelectric Company institutions can be viewed at: http:// and Approving Use of the Traditional filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/gpa_director.pdf Licensing Process including a proposed process plan and and http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to schedule) with the Commission, gpa_participant.pdf. File License Application and Request to pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Use the Traditional Licensing Process. Commission’s regulations. VII. Agency Contact n. A copy of the PAD is available for b. Project No.: 2814–024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: c. Date Filed: February 26, 2016. review at the Commission in the Public Reha Mallory, Fulbright-Hays Group d. Submitted By: The City of Paterson, Reference Room or may be viewed on Projects Abroad Program, U.S. New Jersey and Great Falls the Commission’s Web site (http:// Department of Education, 400 Maryland Hydroelectric Company, as co-licensees. www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ Avenue SW., Room 3E213, Washington, e. Name of Project: Great Falls link. Enter the docket number, DC 20202. FAX: (202) 453–7502 or by Hydroelectric Project. excluding the last three digits in the email: reha.mallory@ed.gov. f. Location: On the Passaic River near docket number field to access the If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the the city of Paterson, New Jersey. The document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1– project does not occupy federal land. 800–877–8339. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) Commission’s regulations. 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 VIII. Other Information h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. (TTY). A copy is also available for Accessible Format: Individuals with Robert Gates, Senior Vice President of inspection and reproduction at the disabilities can obtain this document Operations, Eagle Creek Renewable address in paragraph h. and a copy of the application package in Energy, 65 Madison Avenue, Suite 500, o. The licensee states its unequivocal an accessible format (e.g., braille, large Morristown, NJ 07960; (973) 998–8400; intent to submit an application for a print, audiotape, or compact disc) on email—bob.gates@eaglecreekre.com. new license for Project No. 2814–024. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2016 / Notices 39259 Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8, 16.9, and Commenters can submit brief comments m. Individuals desiring to be included 16.10, each application for a new up to 6,000 characters, without prior on the Commission’s mailing list should license and any competing license registration, using the eComment system so indicate by writing to the Secretary applications must be filed with the at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ of the Commission. Commission at least 24 months prior to ecomment.asp. You must include your n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to the expiration of the existing license. name and contact information at the end Intervene: Anyone may submit All applications for license for this of your comments. For assistance, comments, a protest, or a motion to project must be filed by February 28, please contact FERC Online Support at intervene in accordance with the 2019. FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) requirements of Rules of Practice and p. Register online at http:// 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please respectively. In determining the esubscription.asp to be notified via send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal appropriate action to take, the email of new filing and issuances Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Commission will consider all protests or related to this or other pending projects. First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. other comments filed, but only those For assistance, contact FERC Online The first page of any filing should who file a motion to intervene in Support. include docket number P–2146–196. accordance with the Commission’s The Commission’s Rules of Practice Rules may become a party to the Dated: June 10, 2016. and Procedure require all intervenors proceeding. Any comments, protests, or Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., filing documents with the Commission motions to intervene must be received Deputy Secretary. to serve a copy of that document on on or before the specified comment date [FR Doc. 2016–14221 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am] each person whose name appears on the for the particular application. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P official service list for the project. o. Filing and Service of Documents: Further, if an intervenor files comments Any filing must (1) bear in all capital or documents with the Commission letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY relating to the merits of an issue that ‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO may affect the responsibilities of a INTERVENE’’ as applicable; (2) set forth Federal Energy Regulatory particular resource agency, they must Commission in the heading the name of the applicant also serve a copy of the document on and the project number of the [Project No. 2146–196] that resource agency. application to which the filing k. Description of Request: Alabama responds; (3) furnish the name, address, Alabama Power Company; Notice of Power Company proposes to permit and telephone number of the person Application Accepted for Filing and Sahyog, LLC to construct and operate, commenting, protesting or intervening; Soliciting Comments, Motions To for commercial use, three boat storage and (4) otherwise comply with the Intervene, and Protests structures, three boat piers, a gravel requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 parking area and driveway, and an Take notice that the following through 385.2005. All comments, asphalt turnaround on 6.69 acres of hydroelectric application has been filed motions to intervene, or protests must project lands. Alabama Power Company with the Commission and is available set forth their evidentiary basis. Any also proposes to permit the continued for public inspection: filing made by an intervenor must be use of an existing boat ramp (proposed a. Application Type: Non-project use accompanied by proof of service on all for widening), pier, and boardwalk that of project lands and waters. persons listed in the service list predate its permitting program. b. Project No: 2146–196. prepared by the Commission in this Approximately 105,716 square feet of c. Date Filed: April 7, 2016, as project lands would be disturbed during proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR supplemented June 1, 2016. construction. 385.2010. d. Applicant: Alabama Power l. Locations of the Application: A Dated: June 10, 2016. Company. copy of the application is available for Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., e. Name of Project: Coosa River inspection and reproduction at the Deputy Secretary. Hydroelectric Project. Commission’s Public Reference Room, [FR Doc. 2016–14220 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am] f. Location: The Logan Martin located at 888 First Street NE., Room BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Development (Logan Martin Lake) in St. 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling Clair County, Alabama. (202) 502–8371. This filing may also be g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power viewed on the Commission’s Web site at DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. http://www.ferc.gov using the h. Applicant Contact: Justin Bearden, ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket Federal Energy Regulatory Corporate Real Estate, 600 North 18th number excluding the last three digits in Commission Street, Birmingham, AL, 35203, (205) the docket number field to access the 257–6769. [Docket No. ER16–1802–000] document. You may also register online i. FERC Contact: Kevin Anderson, at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Hermiston Generating Company, L.P.; (202) 502–6465, kevin.anderson@ esubscription.asp to be notified via Supplemental Notice That Initial ferc.gov. email of new filings and issuances Market-Based Rate Filing Includes j. Deadline for filing comments, related to this or other pending projects. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Request for Blanket Section 204 motions to intervene, and protests: July For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or Authorization 11, 2016. email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for The Commission strongly encourages TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also This is a supplemental notice in the electronic filing. Please file motions to available for inspection and above-referenced proceeding of intervene, protests, comments, or reproduction at the address in item (h) Hermiston Generating Company, L.P.’s recommendations using the above. Agencies may obtain copies of application for market-based rate Commission’s eFiling system at http:// the application directly from the authority, with an accompanying rate www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. applicant. tariff, noting that such application VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM 16JNN1


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