83 FR 50655 - Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 195 (October 9, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 50655]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21776]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2837-033]


Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2837-033.
    c. Date filed: March 29, 2018.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. (Erie).
    e. Name of Project: Granby Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Oswego River in the town of Fulton in Oswego 
County, New York. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steven P. Murphy, Director, U.S. Licensing, 
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P., 33 West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY 
13069; (315) 598-6130.
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 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 
[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-2837-033.
    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 Granby Hydroelectric Project (Granby Project) consists 
of: (1) An 88-foot-wide reinforced concrete intake structure that 
includes two bays containing trashracks and fixed-roller, vertical-lift 
type gates; (2) a 17-foot-wide sluice opening adjacent to the intake 
structure; (3) a 112-foot-long, 88-foot-wide powerhouse containing two 
5.04-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units, with a total capacity of 
10.08 MW; (4) a 3,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide tailrace; (5) two 4.16-
kilovolt, 120-foot-long underground generator leads; (6) a 60-foot-long 
by 48-foot-wide electrical switchyard; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    The Granby Project is operated in a modified run-of-river mode. The 
Granby Project and the Fulton Development at Erie's Oswego River 
Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2474) are located at opposite 
ends of the same dam and share a single bypassed reach and reservoir. 
The flow and impoundment elevation requirements in the Oswego Project 
license,\1\ which were based on a 2004 Offer of Settlement, affect the 
Granby Project. The average annual generation at the Granby Project is 
estimated to be 44,181 megawatt-hours.
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    \1\ 109 FERC ] 62, 141 (2004).
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    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 website 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 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 Granby 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 on September 28, 2018.
    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: September 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-21776 Filed 10-5-18; 8:45 am]
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