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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 8, 2021 / Notices
must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license for this project must be filed by April 30, 2024.
o. Register online at https
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: June 2, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 12611014

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Verdant Power, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions 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.: P12611014.
c. Date filed: December 30, 2019.
d. Applicant: Verdant Power, LLC
Verdant Power.
e. Name of Project: Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project RITE 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. 791a825r.
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 3286842.
Email: rsmith@verdantpower.com.
i. FERC Contact: Andy Bernick at 202 5028660, or andrew.bernick@
ferc.gov.
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 Commissions eFiling system at https
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.

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Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.aspx. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, 866 2083676 toll free, or 202 5028659 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, 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 P12611014.
The Commissions 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 now ready for environmental analysis.
The Council on Environmental Quality CEQ issued a final rule on July 15, 2020, revising the regulations under 40 CFR parts 15001518 that federal agencies use to implement NEPA see Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 85
FR 43304. The Final Rule became effective on and applies to any NEPA
process begun after September 14, 2020.
An agency may also apply the regulations to ongoing activities and environmental documents begun before September 14, 2020, which includes the RITE Project. Commission staff intends to conduct its NEPA review in accordance with CEQs new regulations.
l. The existing pilot project license, which expires on December 31, 2021, authorizes the following project facilities: a Thirty 35-kilowatt, 5meter-diameter axial flow turbinegenerator 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
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appurtenant facilities for navigation safety and operation.
On October 22, 2020, Verdant installed three turbine-generator units attached to one tri-frame mount under the existing pilot project license.
Between October 2020 and January 2021, the pilot project generated about 90 megawatt-hours. Under the current pilot project license, Verdant is required to remove all project facilities, including triframe mounts and turbines, prior to the expiration of its pilot project license.
The proposed project would consist of a maximum of fifteen 35-kilowatt, 5meter-diameter axial flow turbinegenerator 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 turbinegenerator unit would rotate or yaw to align the rotor to the direction of flow, through a passive system caused by hydrodynamic forces on the turbinegenerator unit. The annual generation is expected to be from 840 to 1,200
megawatt-hours.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commissions 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.
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 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 4.34b.
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 4.34b and 385.2010.
You may also register online at http
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