[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69738-69739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27417]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3251-010]
Cornell University; 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: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 3251-010.
c. Date Filed: June 28, 2019.
d. Applicant: Cornell University.
e. Name of Project: Cornell University Hydroelectric Project
(Cornell Project).
f. Location: On Fall Creek within the Cornell University campus in
the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York. The project does not
occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Frank Perry, Manager of Projects, Energy
and Sustainability, Humphreys Service Building, Room 131, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3701; (607) 255-6634; email_
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Christopher Millard at (202) 502-8256; or email at
[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-3251-010.
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
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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. The Cornell Project consists of: (1) An existing 28-foot-high,
260-foot-long reinforced-concrete gravity overflow-type dam, known as
Beebe Lake Dam, with a crest elevation of 780.7 feet mean sea level
(msl); (2) an impoundment (Beebe Lake) with a surface area of 16 acres
and a storage capacity of 50 acre-feet at the normal pool elevation of
780.7 feet msl; (3) a concrete forebay wall and reinforced-concrete
intake with a 6-foot-high, 6-foot-wide steel vertical-slide gate along
the right (north) bank; (4) a 5-foot-diameter, 1,507-foot-long
reinforced-concrete underground pipeline and a 5-foot-diameter, 200-
foot-long riveted-steel underground penstock; (5) a 79-foot-long, 29-
foot-wide, 24-foot-high powerhouse containing two Ossberger turbines
and induction generators with a combined authorized capacity of 1,718
kilowatts; (6) a tailrace located on the river right-side of Fall Creek
directly below the powerhouse; (7) a 385-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt
transmission line connecting to Cornell's distribution system; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
The Cornell Project is operated in a run-of-river mode and bypasses
an 1,800-foot-long reach of Fall Creek that extends from the toe of the
dam to the powerhouse tailrace. From 2013 through 2018, the average
annual generation was 4,599 megawatt-hours.
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.
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 intends to prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) for the Cornell 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 13, 2019.
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 13, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-27417 Filed 12-18-19; 8:45 am]
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