83 FR 60418 - Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 227 (November 26, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-25580

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2837-033]


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.

    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 comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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 has been accepted, and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. 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 also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the

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filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 
385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis and 
otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may 
obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. Each 
filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on 
the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in 
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Deadline for Filing Comments,              January 2019.
 Recommendations and Agency Terms and
 Conditions/Prescriptions.
Deadline for Filing Reply Comments.......  March 2019.
Commission issues EA.....................  July 2019.
Comments on EA Due.......................  August 2019.
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    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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filing; and (4) otherwise comply with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Public Reference Room in
the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 Commission’s (Commission) Rules of Washington, DC. There is an
through 385.2005. All comments, Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR eSubscription link on the website that
recommendations, terms and 385.207(a)(2), Southern Company enables subscribers to receive email
conditions, or prescriptions must set Services, Inc., acting as agent for notification when a document is added
forth their evidentiary basis and Alabama Power Company, Georgia to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance
otherwise comply with the requirements Power Company, Gulf Power Company, with any FERC Online service, please
of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain and Mississippi Power Company email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.or
copies of the application directly from (collectively, Southern Companies), call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY,
the applicant. Each filing must be submitted an amendment to its petition call (202) 502–8659.
accompanied by proof of service on all for declaratory order and request to hold Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
persons listed on the service list proceedings in abeyance, filed on on December 6, 2018.
prepared by the Commission in this November 28, 2017. In the amendment, Dated: November 16, 2018.
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR Southern Companies requests that the
Kimberly D. Bose,
4.34(b) and 385.2010. Commission lift the abeyance in this
proceeding and seeks declarations that: Secretary.
You may also register online at http://
(1) Those certain audit [FR Doc. 2018–25583 Filed 11–23–18; 8:45 am]
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via recommendations be set aside, and (2) BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

email of new filings and issuances Southern Companies’ formula rate in its
related to this or other pending projects. Open Access Transmission Tariff
provide the requisite flexibility to make DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support. the ratemaking adjustment necessary to
allow Southern Companies to avoid Federal Energy Regulatory
n. A license applicant must file no Commission
later than 60 days following the date of normalization violation, as more fully
issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the explained in the amended petition for [Docket No. NJ19–2–000]
water quality certification; (2) a copy of declaratory order.
the request for certification, including Any person desiring to intervene or to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC;
proof of the date on which the certifying protest in this proceeding must file in Notice of Filing
agency received the request; or (3) accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Take notice that on November 7,
evidence of waiver of water quality 2018, Oncor Electric Delivery Company
certification. Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern LLC submitted its tariff filing: Oncor
o. Procedural schedule: The Tex-La Tariff Rate Changes to be
application will be processed according time on the specified comment date.
Protests will be considered by the effective 10/10/2018.
to the following schedule. Revisions to Any person desiring to intervene or to
the schedule will be made as Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will protest this filing must file in
appropriate. accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Milestone Target date Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
become a party must file a notice of
Deadline for Filing Com- January 2019. intervention or motion to intervene, as Protests will be considered by the
ments, Recommendations appropriate. Such notices, motions, or Commission in determining the
and Agency Terms and protests must be filed on or before the appropriate action to be taken, but will
Conditions/Prescriptions. comment date. Anyone filing a motion not serve to make protestants parties to
Deadline for Filing Reply March 2019. to intervene or protest must serve a copy the proceeding. Any person wishing to
Comments. of that document on the Petitioners. become a party must file a notice of
Commission issues EA ......... July 2019. The Commission encourages intervention or motion to intervene, as
Comments on EA Due .......... August 2019. appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the protests must be filed on or before the
Dated: November 16, 2018. FERC Online links at http:// comment date. On or before the
Kimberly D. Bose, www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic comment date, it is not necessary to
Secretary. service, persons with internet access serve motions to intervene or protests
[FR Doc. 2018–25580 Filed 11–23–18; 8:45 am] who will eFile a document and/or be on persons other than the Applicant.
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P listed as a contact for an intervenor The Commission encourages
must create and validate an electronic submission of protests and
eRegistration account using the interventions in lieu of paper using the
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY eRegistration link. Select the eFiling ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
link to log on and submit the Persons unable to file electronically
Federal Energy Regulatory intervention or protests. should submit an original and 5 copies
Commission Persons unable to file electronically of the protest or intervention to the
should submit an original and 5 copies Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
[Docket No. EL18–43–000]
of the intervention or protest to the 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
Alabama Power Company, Georgia Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 20426.
Power Company, Gulf Power 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC This filing is accessible on-line at
Company, Mississippi Power 20426. http://www.ferc.gov, using the
Company; Notice of Amended Petition The filings in the above proceeding ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
for Declaratory Order are accessible in the Commission’s review in the Commission’s Public
eLibrary system by clicking on the Reference Room in Washington, DC.
Take notice that on November 15, appropriate link in the above list. They There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
2018, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the are also available for review in the website that enables subscribers to

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83 FR 60418 - Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 227 (November 26, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission