82 FR 61283 - Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 247 (December 27, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61283-61284]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27917]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2788-017]


Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

    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.: 2788-017.
    c. Date filed: February 27, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Goodyear Lake Hydro, LLC (Goodyear Lake Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Colliersville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the North Branch of the Susquehanna River, in the 
Town of Milford, Otsego County, New York. The project does not occupy 
lands of the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager; Enel 
Green Power North America, Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300, 
Andover, MA 01810; (978) 935-6039; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the issuance 
date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
scoping comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at

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[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-2788-017.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice 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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Project Description.
    The existing Colliersville Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A 
dam that includes: A 200-foot-long, 35-foot-high, reinforced-concrete, 
Ambursen-type dam or spillway structure \1\ with a crest elevation of 
1,150.22 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29); a 50-
foot-wide concrete headgate structure located on the west side of the 
river and adjacent to the spillway, forming the closure with the west 
bank; and an L-shaped, 66-foot-long, concrete wall with one side along 
the east side of the spillway and the other side parallel to the axis 
of the dam, extending approximately 6 to 8 feet above the crest of the 
dam; (2) a 364-acre reservoir (Goodyear Lake) with a gross storage 
capacity of 7,800 acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 1,150.22 feet 
NGVD29; (3) a 550-foot-long reinforced concrete power canal, 
approximately 50 feet wide and 6 feet deep at the head gates, extending 
from a head gate structure adjacent to the dam (i.e., the intake) to 
the powerhouse; (4) a 103-foot-long by 33-foot-wide reinforced concrete 
powerhouse with trash racks with a clear spacing of 1.5 inches, and 
containing two turbines rated at 850 horsepower (HP) and 1,150 HP, and 
two generators having a rated capacity of 650 kilowatts (kW) and 850 
kW, respectively; (5) a 300-foot-long and approximately 50- to 60-foot-
wide tailrace; (6) three, approximately 80-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt 
underground generator leads or transmission lines from the powerhouse 
to an adjacent substation owned by the New York State Electric and Gas 
Corporation; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
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    \1\ A type of buttress dam of which the upstream part is a 
relatively thin flat slab usually made of reinforced concrete. A 
buttress dam consists of watertight parts supported at intervals on 
the downstream side by a series of buttresses.
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    Goodyear Lake Hydro operates the project in a run-of-river mode. 
The project experiences substantial seasonal and annual variations in 
generation, and generates an annual average of 5,985 megawatt-hours. 
Goodyear Lake Hydro proposes to continue to operate the project in run-
of-river mode.
    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 address the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support. A copy is available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in item h above.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment 
(EA) for the Colliersville Hydroelectric Project in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document 1 (SD1) 
issued December 20, 2017.
    Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA 
were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list. 
Copies of SD1 may be viewed on the web 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, call 
1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

    Dated: December 20, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27917 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am]
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