82_FR_21470 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

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)

Page Range21383-21384
FR Document2017-09249

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 87 (Monday, 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 
nicholas.palso@ferc.gov.
    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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 87 / Monday, May 8, 2017 / Notices 21383 associated with, but not a part of, the only when it determines that fairness so received by the Secretary of the decisional record of the proceeding. requires. Any person identified below as Commission. The communications Unless the Commission determines that having made a prohibited off-the-record listed are grouped by docket numbers in the prohibited communication and any communication shall serve the ascending order. These filings are responses thereto should become a part document on all parties listed on the available for electronic review at the of the decisional record, the prohibited official service list for the applicable Commission in the Public Reference off-the-record communication will not proceeding in accordance with Rule Room or may be viewed on the be considered by the Commission in 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. Commission’s Web site at http:// reaching its decision. Parties to a Exempt off-the-record www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. proceeding may seek the opportunity to communications are included in the Enter the docket number, excluding the respond to any facts or contentions decisional record of the proceeding, last three digits, in the docket number made in a prohibited off-the-record unless the communication was with a field to access the document. For communication, and may request that cooperating agency as described by 40 the Commission place the prohibited assistance, please contact FERC Online CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR communication and responses thereto 385.2201(e)(1)(v). Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ in the decisional record. The The following is a list of off-the- ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or Commission will grant such a request record communications recently for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Docket No. File date Presenter or requester Prohibited: 1. CP14–529–000 ................................................................................................... 4–28–2017 FERC Staff.1 Exempt: 1. P–2100–000 ........................................................................................................ 4–18–2017 State of California Legislature.2 2. CP14–529–000 ................................................................................................... 4–19–2017 U.S. Senate.3 3. P–13212–000 ...................................................................................................... 4–21–2017 FERC Staff.4 2. P–2413–000 ........................................................................................................ 4–25–2017 U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson. 3. CP14–529–000 ................................................................................................... 4–26–2017 U.S. House Representative Richard E. Neal. 1 Phone Memorandum reporting conversation on April 21, 2017 with Laura Friedman. 2 Assemblyman James Gallagher and Senator Jim Nielsen. 3 SenatorsElizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey. 4 Telephone Conversation Memo dated April 21, 2017 reporting teleconference with Cory Warnock of Kenai Hydro, LLC. Dated: May 2, 2017. h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin The Commission strongly encourages Kimberly D. Bose, Young, Young Energy Services, LLC, electronic filing. Please file additional Secretary. 2112 Talmage Drive, Leland, NC 28451; study requests and requests for [FR Doc. 2017–09250 Filed 5–5–17; 8:45 am] (617) 645–3658. cooperating agency status using the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P i. FERC Contact: Dr. Nicholas Palso, Commission’s eFiling system at http:// (202) 502–8854 or nicholas.palso@ www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For ferc.gov. assistance, please contact FERC Online DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ local, and tribal agencies with ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or Federal Energy Regulatory jurisdiction and/or special expertise (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of Commission with respect to environmental issues electronic filing, please send a paper [Project No. 9100–040] that wish to cooperate in the copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy preparation of the environmental Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street Riverdale Power & Electric Co., Inc.; document should follow the NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first Notice of Application Tendered for instructions for filing such requests page of any filing should include docket Filing With the Commission and described in item l below. Cooperating number P–9100–040. Establishing Procedural Schedule for agencies should note the Commission’s m. This application is not ready for Licensing and Deadline for policy that agencies that cooperate in environmental analysis at this time. Submission of Final Amendments the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 n. The existing Riverdale Mills Take notice that the following Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A FERC 61,076 (2001). hydroelectric application has been filed 10-foot-high, 142-foot-long dam with six k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of the with the Commission and is available bays containing numerous stoplogs or Commission’s regulations, if any for public inspection. flashboards with a crest elevation of a. Type of Application: Subsequent resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific 262.35 feet above mean sea level; (2) an Minor License. 11.8-acre impoundment; (3) three b. Project No.: 9100–040. study should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a sluiceways, one that is currently in use; c. Date Filed: April 27, 2017. (4) a 150-kilowatt turbine-generator unit d. Applicant: Riverdale Power & complete analysis of the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian located in a mill building; (5) a 231-foot- asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Electric Co., Inc. (Riverdale Power). Tribe, or person must file a request for long tailrace; and (6) appurtenant e. Name of Project: Riverdale Mills a study with the Commission not later facilities. Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Blackstone River than 60 days from the date of filing of Riverdale Power operates the project in Worcester County, Massachusetts. the application, and serve a copy of the in a run-of-river mode with an annual There are no federal or tribal lands request on the applicant. average generation of approximately 785 within the project boundary. l. Deadline for filing additional study megawatt-hours. Riverdale Power is not g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power requests and requests for cooperating proposing any new project facilities or Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)—825(r). agency status: June 26, 2017. changes in project operation. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:27 May 05, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08MYN1.SGM 08MYN1

21384 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 87 / Monday, May 8, 2017 / Notices o. A copy of the application is Online Support. A copy is also available related to this or other pending projects. available for review at the Commission for inspection and reproduction at For assistance, contact FERC Online in the Public Reference Room or may be Riverdale Power’s office at 130 Support. viewed on the Commission’s Web site at Riverdale Street, Northbridge, MA p. Procedural schedule and final http://www.ferc.gov using the 01534. amendments: The application will be ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket You may also register online at http:// processed according to the following number excluding the last three digits in www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. the docket number field to access the esubscription.asp to be notified via Revisions to the schedule will be made document. For assistance, contact FERC email of new filings and issuances as appropriate. Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ............................................................................................................................ July 2017. Request Additional Information ...................................................................................................................................... July 2017. Issue Acceptance Letter ................................................................................................................................................. October 2017. Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments ..................................................................................................................... October 2017. Request Additional Information (if necessary) ............................................................................................................... December 2017. Issue Scoping Document 2 ............................................................................................................................................ December 2017. Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis ........................................................................................................... March 2018. Commission issues EA or draft EA ................................................................................................................................ September 2018. Comments on EA or draft EA ......................................................................................................................................... October 2018. Commission issues final EA ........................................................................................................................................... January 2019. Final amendments to the application of issuance of the Commission staff’s public interest groups; Native American must be filed with the Commission no Environmental Assessment (EA) for the tribes; local libraries and newspapers; later than 30 days from the issuance Project. This instant notice identifies the and other interested parties. In response date of the notice of ready for FERC staff’s planned schedule for to the Notice of Application and the environmental analysis. completion of the EA for the Project. NOI, the Commission received 336 Dated: May 2, 2017. Schedule for Environmental Review comments, including comments from 2 Kimberly D. Bose, federal agencies, 4 local agencies, 4 state Issuance of the EA June 27, 2017 agencies, 3 non-governmental agencies, Secretary. 90-day Federal Authorization Decision [FR Doc. 2017–09249 Filed 5–5–17; 8:45 am] 14 companies (including 6 chambers of Deadline September 25, 2017 commerce), and 328 individuals. The BILLING CODE 6717–01–P If a schedule change becomes primary issues raised during scoping necessary, additional notice will be include impacts on: Drinking water provided so that the relevant agencies supplies, surface waterbodies, and DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY are kept informed of the Project’s wetlands; forested areas and wildlife; Federal Energy Regulatory progress. surrounding land use; visual resources; Commission Project Description historic properties and Native American [Docket No. CP17–15–000] tribes; air quality and noise; and public The Eastern Market Access Project safety. consists of a new 24,370 horsepower Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice Additional Information (hp) compressor station and installation of Schedule for Environmental Review of two new taps at an existing of the Eastern Market Access Project In order to receive notification of the Washington Gas Light Company On November 15, 2016, Dominion Interconnect in Charles County, issuance of the EA and to keep track of Cove Point LNG, LP (Dominion) filed an Maryland; one new 7,000 hp electric- all formal issuances and submittals in application in Docket No. CP17–15–000 driven compressor and replacement of specific dockets, the Commission offers requesting a Certificate of Public three existing gas coolers and a free service called eSubscription. This Convenience and Necessity pursuant to compression cylinders at the existing can reduce the amount of time you section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to Loudoun County Compressor Station, spend researching proceedings by construct and operate certain natural gas and a new meter building to enclose automatically providing you with pipeline facilities. DCP’s proposed existing equipment at the Loudoun notification of these filings, document Eastern Market Access Project (Project) Meter & Regulating Station in Loudoun summaries, and direct links to the in Maryland and Virginia would County, Virginia; and re-wheeling of the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- transport about 294 million cubic feet compressor on a 17,400 hp electric unit filing/esubscription.asp. per day of firm natural gas service to and upgrading two gas coolers at the Additional information about the Washington Gas Light Company and Pleasant Valley Compressor Station in Project is available from the provide fuel to Mattawoman Energy, Fairfax County, Virginia. Commission’s Office of External Affairs LLC’s Mattawoman Energy Center at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC Web Background site (www.ferc.gov). Using the eLibrary (power generation facility). On November 30, 2016, the Federal On February 15, 2017, the link, select General Search from the Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC Commission issued a Notice of Intent to eLibrary menu, enter the selected date asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES or Commission) issued its Notice of Prepare an Environmental Assessment range and ‘‘Docket Number’’ excluding Application for the Project. Among for the Proposed Eastern Market Access the last three digits (i.e., CP17–15), and other things, that notice alerted other Project, Request for Comments on follow the instructions. For assistance agencies issuing federal authorizations Environmental Issues, and Notice of with access to eLibrary, the helpline can of the requirement to complete all Public Scoping Session (NOI). The NOI be reached at (866) 208–3676, TTY (202) necessary reviews and to reach a final was sent to affected landowners; federal, 502–8659, or at decision on the request for a federal state, and local government agencies; FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The authorization within 90 days of the date elected officials; environmental and eLibrary link on the FERC Web site also VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:27 May 05, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08MYN1.SGM 08MYN1


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FR Citation82 FR 21383 
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