82 FR 21383 - Riverdale Power & Electric Co., Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 87 (May 8, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 87 (Monday, May 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21383-21384]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09249]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9100-040]


Riverdale Power & Electric Co., Inc.; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 9100-040.
    c. Date Filed: April 27, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Riverdale Power & Electric Co., Inc. (Riverdale 
Power).
    e. Name of Project: Riverdale Mills Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Blackstone River in Worcester County, 
Massachusetts. There are no federal or tribal lands within the project 
boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Young, Young Energy Services, LLC, 
2112 Talmage Drive, Leland, NC 28451; (617) 645-3658.
    i. FERC Contact: Dr. Nicholas Palso, (202) 502-8854 or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations, 
if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an 
additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an 
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on 
its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a 
request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the 
date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on 
the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: June 26, 2017.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests 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-9100-040.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Riverdale Mills Hydroelectric Project consists of: 
(1) A 10-foot-high, 142-foot-long dam with six bays containing numerous 
stoplogs or flashboards with a crest elevation of 262.35 feet above 
mean sea level; (2) an 11.8-acre impoundment; (3) three sluiceways, one 
that is currently in use; (4) a 150-kilowatt turbine-generator unit 
located in a mill building; (5) a 231-foot-long tailrace; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.
    Riverdale Power operates the project in a run-of-river mode with an 
annual average generation of approximately 785 megawatt-hours. 
Riverdale Power is not proposing any new project facilities or changes 
in project operation.

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    o. 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 for inspection and 
reproduction at Riverdale Power's office at 130 Riverdale Street, 
Northbridge, MA 01534.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Deficiency Letter (if        July 2017.
 necessary).
Request Additional Information...  July 2017.
Issue Acceptance Letter..........  October 2017.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for       October 2017.
 comments.
Request Additional Information     December 2017.
 (if necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2.........  December 2017.
Issue notice of ready for          March 2018.
 environmental analysis.
Commission issues EA or draft EA.  September 2018.
Comments on EA or draft EA.......  October 2018.
Commission issues final EA.......  January 2019.
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    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: May 2, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-09249 Filed 5-5-17; 8:45 am]
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