[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81195-81196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27534]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 5944-024]
Ampersand Moretown Hydro, 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: New Minor License.
b. Project No.: 5944-024.
c. Date Filed: November 30, 2020.
d. Applicant: Ampersand Moretown Hydro, LLC (AMH).
e. Name of Project: Moretown #8 Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Mad River in
the the town of Moretown, Washington County, Vermont. 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: Sayad Moudachirou, Licensing Manager,
Ampersand Moretown Hydro LLC, 717 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, MA
02111; Telephone (617) 933-7206.
i. FERC Contact: Maryam Zavareh, (202) 502-8474 or
maryam.zavareh@ferc.gov.
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: January 29, 2021. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and
requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission's eFiling
system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The existing Moretown Project consists of a
36-acre impoundment at normal maximum elevation of 524.7 feet above
mean sea level (msl); a 159-foot-long overflow spillway dam with a
crest elevation of 524.7 msl; a concrete intake structure with a 12.5-
foot-wide, 15.1-foot-high trashrack; a 169-foot-long wingwall adjacent
to spillway; a 39.4-foot-long, 8.5-foot-diameter steel penstock; a
39.4-foot-long, 19.7-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing a single
1.25-megawatt turbine-generator unit; a tailrace; a 106-foot-long,
12.5-kilovolt transmission line; and appurtenant facilities. The
project generates an annual average of 2,094 megawatt-hours.
AMH proposes to continue to operate the project in an automated
run-of-river mode. The project operates within a flow range of 100
cubic feet per second (cfs) (minimum hydraulic capacity of the turbine)
and 459 cfs (maximum hydraulic capacity of the turbine).
o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 (P-
5944). A copy of the application is typically available to be viewed at
the Commission in the Public Reference Room. At this time, the
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference
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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
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p. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Notice of Acceptance....... January 2021.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for May 2021.
comments.
Comments on Scoping Document 1 July 2021.
Due.
Issue Scoping Document 2......... August 2021.
Issue Notice of Ready for August 2021.
Environmental Analysis.
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q. 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: December 9, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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