82_FR_21302 82 FR 21216 - City of Watervliet; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process

82 FR 21216 - City of Watervliet; 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 82, Issue 86 (May 5, 2017)

Page Range21216-21217
FR Document2017-09109

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 86 (Friday, May 5, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 86 (Friday, May 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21216-21217]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09109]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2955-010]


City of Watervliet; 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.: 2955-010.
    c. Date Filed: February 28, 2017.
    d. Submitted By: City of Watervliet.
    e. Name of Project: Normanskill Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The Normanskill Hydroelectric Project is located on 
the Normans Kill in Guilderland, Albany County, New York. The project 
does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Michele E. Stottler, Gomez and 
Sullivan Engineers, DPC, 399 Albany Shaker Road, Suite 203, 
Loudonville, New York 12211; (518) 407-0050 or email at 
mstottler@gomezandsullivan.com or Jeremy Smith, Acting City Manager, 
City of Watervliet, 2 Fifteenth Street, Watervliet, New York 12189, 
Phone:

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(518) 270-3800, Email: jsmith@watervliet.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi at (202) 502-6336 or email at 
woohee.choi@ferc.gov.
    j. City of Watervliet (Watervliet) filed its request to use the 
Traditional Licensing Process on February 28, 2017. Watervliet provided 
public notice of its request on March 3, 2017. In a letter dated April 
27, 2017, the Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing approved 
Watervliet'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 York 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 Watervliet as the 
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and 
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act.
    m. Watervliet 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 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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 subsequent license for Project No. 2955-010. Pursuant 
to CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 each application for a subsequent 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 29, 2020.
    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: April 27, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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                                                environmental review process.                           since the Commission’s April 13, 2017,                to (202) 208–2106 with the requested
                                                Environmental commenters will not be                    Supplemental Notice of Technical                      accommodations.
                                                required to serve copies of filed                       Conference appear in italics.                           For further information please contact
                                                documents on all other parties.                            All interested persons may attend the              individuals identified for each topic:
                                                However, the non-party commenters                       conference, and registration is not                   Technical Information
                                                will not receive copies of all documents                required. However, in-person attendees
                                                filed by other parties or issued by the                 are encouraged to register on-line at:                Amr Ibrahim, Office of Energy Policy
                                                Commission (except for the mailing of                   https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/                         and Innovation, Federal Energy
                                                environmental documents issued by the                   registration/05-01-17-form.asp.                         Regulatory Commission, 888 First
                                                Commission) and will not have the right                    The technical conference will be                     Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
                                                to seek court review of the                             transcribed. Transcripts will be                        (202) 502–6746, amr.ibrahim@
                                                Commission’s final order.                               available from Ace Reporting Company                    ferc.gov.
                                                   The Commission strongly encourages                   and may be purchased online at                        Legal Information
                                                electronic filings of comments, protests,               www.acefederal.com, or by phone at
                                                and interventions via the internet in lieu              (202) 347–3700. In addition, there will               Gretchen Kershaw, Office of the General
                                                of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)                be a free webcast of the conference. The                Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                and the instructions on the                             webcast will allow persons to listen, but               Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
                                                Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov)                    not participate and will be accessible at               Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–
                                                under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Persons                    www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events. The                  8213, gretchen.kershaw@ferc.gov.
                                                unable to file electronically should                    Capitol Connection provides technical                 Logistical Information
                                                submit an original and 5 copies of the                  support for the webcast and offers the                Sarah McKinley, Office of External
                                                protest or intervention to the Federal                  option of listening to the technical                    Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                       conference via phone-bridge for a fee. If               Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
                                                First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.                 you have any questions, visit                           Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–
                                                  Dated: May 1, 2017.                                   www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703)                 8368, sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
                                                Kimberly D. Bose,                                       993–3100.
                                                                                                           While this conference is not for the                 Dated: April 28, 2017.
                                                Secretary.                                                                                                    Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                                                                        purpose of discussing specific cases, it
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–09119 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        may address matters at issue in the                   Secretary.
                                                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                        following Commission proceedings that                 [FR Doc. 2017–09107 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        are pending:                                          BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                       • ISO New England Inc.: See ISO New
                                                                                                        England Inc., Docket No. ER13–2266–
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                               000, et al.; ISO New England Inc.,                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                Commission                                              Docket No. ER17–795–000 and ER17–
                                                                                                        795–001; and ISO New England Inc.,                    Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                [Docket No. AD17–11–000]                                Docket No. ER17–1031–000;                             Commission
                                                                                                           • New York Independent System                      [Project No. 2955–010]
                                                State Policies and Wholesale Markets
                                                                                                        Operator, Inc.: See N.Y. Indep. Sys.
                                                Operated by ISO New England Inc.,                                                                             City of Watervliet; Notice of Intent To
                                                                                                        Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER16–1404–
                                                New York Independent System                                                                                   File License Application, Filing of Pre-
                                                                                                        000; Indep. Power Producers of N.Y.,
                                                Operator, Inc., and PJM                                                                                       Application Document, and Approving
                                                                                                        Inc. v. N.Y. Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc.,
                                                Interconnection, L.L.C.; Supplemental                                                                         Use of the Traditional Licensing
                                                                                                        Docket Nos. EL13–62–001 and EL13–
                                                Notice of Technical Conference                                                                                Process
                                                                                                        62–002; N.Y. Pub. Serv. Comm’n v. N.Y.
                                                   As announced in a Notice of                          Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc., Docket No.                  a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
                                                Technical Conference issued on March                    EL16–92–001; N.Y. Indep. Sys.                         File License Application and Request to
                                                3, 2017, and in a Supplemental Notice                   Operator, Inc., Docket No. ER17–386–                  Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
                                                of Technical Conference issued on April                 002; N.Y. Indep. Sys. Operator, Inc.,                   b. Project No.: 2955–010.
                                                13, 2017, Federal Energy Regulatory                     Docket Nos. ER16–120–001, ER16–120–                     c. Date Filed: February 28, 2017.
                                                Commission (Commission) staff will                      003, and EL15–37–002;                                   d. Submitted By: City of Watervliet.
                                                hold a technical conference on Monday,                     • PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.: See                   e. Name of Project: Normanskill
                                                May 1, 2017, and Tuesday, May 2, 2017,                  Calpine Corp., et al. v. PJM                          Hydroelectric Project.
                                                to discuss certain matters affecting                    Interconnection, L.L.C., Docket No.                     f. Location: The Normanskill
                                                wholesale energy and capacity markets                   EL16–49–000; PJM Interconnection,                     Hydroelectric Project is located on the
                                                operated by the Eastern Regional                        L.L.C., Docket Nos. ER15–623–009,                     Normans Kill in Guilderland, Albany
                                                Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and                   ER15–623–010, EL15–29–006, and                        County, New York. The project does not
                                                Independent System Operators (ISOs).                    EL15–41–002; PJM Interconnection,                     affect federal lands.
                                                Each day, the conference will                           L.L.C., Docket Nos. ER14–1461–000,                       g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the
                                                commence at approximately 9:00 a.m.                     ER14–1461–001, ER14–1461–002,                         Commission’s regulations.
                                                and end at approximately 5:00 p.m. The                  EL14–48–000, ER17–367–000, and                           h. Potential Applicant Contact:
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                                                conference will be held at the Federal                  ER17–367–001.                                         Michele E. Stottler, Gomez and Sullivan
                                                Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                          Commission conferences are                         Engineers, DPC, 399 Albany Shaker
                                                First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.                 accessible under section 508 of the                   Road, Suite 203, Loudonville, New York
                                                Commissioners may participate in the                    Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For                       12211; (518) 407–0050 or email at
                                                conference.                                             accessibility accommodations please                   mstottler@gomezandsullivan.com or
                                                   The updated agenda for this technical                send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov               Jeremy Smith, Acting City Manager, City
                                                conference, including speakers, is                      or call toll free (866) 208–3372 (voice)              of Watervliet, 2 Fifteenth Street,
                                                attached. All changes to the agenda                     or (202) 502–8659 (TTY), or send a fax                Watervliet, New York 12189, Phone:


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                                                (518) 270–3800, Email: jsmith@                          All applications for license for this                 overall integrity and operational
                                                watervliet.com.                                         project must be filed by February 29,                 reliability of the Line V pipeline and
                                                   i. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi at                      2020.                                                 allow this portion of the pipeline to
                                                (202) 502–6336 or email at                                p. Register online at http://                       receive in-line assessment instruments
                                                woohee.choi@ferc.gov.                                   www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                             in the future. Southern Star states that
                                                   j. City of Watervliet (Watervliet) filed             esubscription.asp to be notified via                  the alignment of the proposed Line V
                                                its request to use the Traditional                      email of new filing and issuances                     replacement will be constructed
                                                Licensing Process on February 28, 2017.                 related to this or other pending projects.            approximately 25 feet from and parallel
                                                Watervliet provided public notice of its                For assistance, contact FERC Online                   to the existing Line V pipeline except
                                                request on March 3, 2017. In a letter                   Support.                                              where avoiding interference with the
                                                dated April 27, 2017, the Director of the                                                                     footprint of Lawnview Cemetery located
                                                                                                          Dated: April 27, 2017.
                                                Division of Hydropower Licensing                                                                              in Noble County. Southern Star plans to
                                                approved Watervliet’s request to use the                Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                                                                                                                              acquire amended easements from
                                                Traditional Licensing Process.                          Secretary.                                            adjacent landowners of the cemetery
                                                   k. With this notice, we are initiating               [FR Doc. 2017–09109 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am]            and route the replacement pipeline
                                                informal consultation with the U.S. Fish                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                around the cemetery property on the
                                                and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA                                                                              east side on adjacent properties. The
                                                Fisheries under section 7 of the                                                                              estimated cost of the project is $11.6
                                                Endangered Species Act and the joint                    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                  million.
                                                agency regulations thereunder at 50                                                                              Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
                                                CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries                       Federal Energy Regulatory                             Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
                                                under section 305(b) of the Magnuson-                   Commission                                            within 90 days of this Notice the
                                                Stevens Fishery Conservation and                        [Docket No. CP17–218–000]                             Commission staff will either: Complete
                                                Management Act and implementing                                                                               its environmental assessment (EA) and
                                                regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are                   Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,                   place it into the Commission’s public
                                                also initiating consultation with the                   Inc.; Notice of Request Under Blanket                 record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
                                                New York State Historic Preservation                    Authorization                                         issue a Notice of Schedule for
                                                Officer, as required by section 106,                                                                          Environmental Review. If a Notice of
                                                National Historic Preservation Act, and                    Take notice that on April 21, 2017                 Schedule for Environmental Review is
                                                the implementing regulations of the                     Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.              issued, it will indicate, among other
                                                Advisory Council on Historic                            (Southern Star), 4700 Highway 56,                     milestones, the anticipated date for the
                                                Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.                           Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, filed in                   Commission staff’s issuance of the final
                                                   l. With this notice, we are designating              the above Docket, a prior notice request              environmental impact statement (FEIS)
                                                Watervliet as the Commission’s non-                     pursuant to sections 157.205, 157.208,                or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
                                                federal representative for carrying out                 157.210, 157.211 and 157.216 of the                   EA in the Commission’s public record
                                                informal consultation pursuant to                       Commission’s regulations under the                    for this proceeding or the issuance of a
                                                section 7 of the Endangered Species Act                 Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Southern                    Notice of Schedule for Environmental
                                                and consultation pursuant to section                    Star’s blanket certificate issued in                  Review will serve to notify federal and
                                                106 of the National Historic                            Docket No. CP82–479–000, for                          state agencies of the timing for the
                                                Preservation Act.                                       authorization to construct, relocate,                 completion of all necessary reviews, and
                                                   m. Watervliet filed a Pre-Application                own, and operate a total of 6.76 miles                the subsequent need to complete all
                                                Document (PAD; including a proposed                     in four non-contiguous segments of 20-                federal authorizations within 90 days of
                                                process plan and schedule) with the                     inch-diameter Line V, and subsequently                the date of issuance of the Commission
                                                Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of                   to abandon the equivalent segment in                  staff’s FEIS or EA.
                                                the Commission’s regulations.                           Noble and Logan Counties, Oklahoma,                      Any person may, within 60 days after
                                                   n. A copy of the PAD is available for                all as more fully set forth in the                    the issuance of the instant notice by the
                                                review at the Commission in the Public                  application which is on file with the                 Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214
                                                Reference Room or may be viewed on                      Commission and open to public                         of the Commission’s Procedural Rules
                                                the Commission’s Web site (http://                      inspection.                                           (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene
                                                www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’                      The filing may also be viewed on the               or notice of intervention. Any person
                                                link. Enter the docket number,                          web at http://www.ferc.gov using the                  filing to intervene or the Commission’s
                                                excluding the last three digits in the                  ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket                   staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of
                                                docket number field to access the                       number excluding the last three digits in             the Commission’s Regulations under the
                                                document. For assistance, contact FERC                  the docket number field to access the                 Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.205)
                                                Online Support at                                       document. For assistance, please contact              file a protest to the request. If no protest
                                                FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)                       FERC Online Support at                                is filed within the time allowed
                                                208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659                 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll                    therefore, the proposed activity shall be
                                                (TTY). A copy is also available for                     free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact               deemed to be authorized effective the
                                                inspection and reproduction at the                      (202) 502–8659.                                       day after the time allowed for protest. If
                                                address in paragraph h.                                    Any questions concerning this                      a protest is filed and not withdrawn
                                                   o. The licensee states its unequivocal               application may be directed to Ronnie                 within 30 days after the time allowed
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                                                intent to submit an application for a                   C. Hensley, Manager, Regulatory                       for filing a protest, the instant request
                                                subsequent license for Project No. 2955–                Compliance, Southern Star Central Gas                 shall be treated as an application for
                                                010. Pursuant to CFR 16.8, 16.9, and                    Pipelines, Inc., 4700 Highway 56,                     authorization pursuant to section 7 of
                                                16.10 each application for a subsequent                 Owensboro, Kentucky 42301, phone                      the NGA.
                                                license and any competing license                       (270) 852–4658, or email                                 The Commission strongly encourages
                                                applications must be filed with the                     Ronnie.C.Hensley@sscgp.com.                           electronic filings of comments, protests,
                                                Commission at least 24 months prior to                     Specifically, Southern Star states that            and interventions via the internet in lieu
                                                the expiration of the existing license.                 proposed replacement will increase                    of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation82 FR 21216 

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