[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45634-45635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16417]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2955-011]
City of Watervliet; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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.: 2955-011.
c. Date Filed: February 28, 2020.
d. Applicant: City of Watervliet, New York.
e. Name of Project: Normanskill Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on the Normans Kill in
Guilderland, Albany County, New York. The project does not occupy any
federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825 (r).
h. Applicant Contact: Michele E. Stottler, Gomez and Sullivan
Engineers, DPC, 399 Albany Shaker Road, Suite 203, Loudonville, NY
12211; (518) 407-0050; [email protected] or Joseph
LaCivita, General Manager, The City of Watervliet, 2 Fifteenth Street,
Watervliet, NY 12189; (518) 270-3800; [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi at (202) 502-6336; or email at
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests 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, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S.
Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A,
Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket number P-2955-011.
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 but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The Normanskill Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) A 380-foot-long reinforced concrete Ambursen-type dam
with a 306-foot-long overflow section having a crest elevation of 259
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29) surmounted by 3-
foot-high flashboards; (2) a 380-acre reservoir with a gross volume of
3,600 acre-feet at the normal maximum pool elevation of 262 feet
NGVD29; (3) an intake structure and sluiceway; (4) a 700-foot-long, 6-
foot-diameter, concrete-encased steel, buried penstock; (5) a
reinforced concrete underground powerhouse containing a single 1,250-
kilowatt tube-type generating unit; (6) a 600-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt
(kV) transmission line; (7) a 2.4/13.2-kV transformer bank; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
The Normanskill Project is operated in a run-of-river mode with an
average annual generation of 2,863 megawatt-hours between 2010 and
2019.
m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested individuals an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (www.ferc.gov) using the
``eLibrary'' link. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to
the Commission's Public Access Room due to the proclamation declaring a
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19),
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC
at [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TTY,
(202) 502-8659.
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. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
protests or motions to intervene must be received on or before the
specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
o. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments. August 2020.
Request Additional Information (if October 2020.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if November 2020.
necessary).
Issue notice of ready for November 2020.
environmental analysis.
Commission issues EA.................. May 2021.
Comments on EA........................ June 2021.
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p. 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: July 23, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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