[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3364-3365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00921]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12611-014]
Verdant Power, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
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.: 12611-014.
c. Date Filed: December 30, 2019.
d. Applicant: Verdant Power, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project.
f. Location: On the East River in New York 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. Ronald F. Smith, President and Chief
Operating Officer, Verdant Power, LLC, P.O. Box 282, Roosevelt Island,
New York, New York 10044. Phone: (703) 328-6842. Email:
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick at (202) 502-8660; or email at
[email protected].
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: February 28, 2020.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
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, 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-12611-014.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing pilot project license authorizes the following
project facilities: (a) Thirty 35-kilowatt, 5-meter-diameter axial flow
turbine-generator units; (b) ten triframe mounts, each supporting three
turbine-generator units; (c) 480-volt underwater cables from each
triframe mount to five shoreline switchgear vaults that interconnect to
a control room and interconnection points; and (d) appurtenant
facilities for navigation safety and operation.
Under the current pilot project license, which expires on December
31, 2021, Verdant installed, tested, and then removed a total of five
turbine-generator units. Verdant also proposes to install three
turbine-generator units attached to one tri-frame mount in 2020, under
the existing pilot project license.
The proposed project would consist of a maximum of fifteen 35-
kilowatt, 5-meter-diameter axial flow turbine-generator units with a
total installed capacity of 0.525 megawatt, with underwater cables
connecting five triframe mounts to two shoreline switchgear vaults. The
project would operate using the natural tidal currents of the East
River, during both ebb and flood tidal periods. As the direction of
tidal flow changes, each turbine-generator unit would rotate (or yaw)
to align the rotor to the direction of flow, through a passive system
caused by hydrodynamic forces on the turbine-generator unit. The annual
generation is expected to be from 840 to 1,200 megawatt-hours.
o. 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.
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.
p. 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 Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--March 2020
Request Additional Information--2020 March
Issue Acceptance Letter--2020 June
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--July 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--2020 September
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--2020 September
Issue Single EA--2021 March
Comments on EA--2021 April
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no
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later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice of ready for
environmental analysis.
Dated: January 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-00921 Filed 1-17-20; 8:45 am]
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