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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 158 / Thursday, August 19, 2021 / Notices
The Commissions Rules of Practice and Procedure 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.
l. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time.
m. The existing Sugar River II
Hydroelectric Project consists of: 1 A
113.5-foot-long, 10-foot-high reinforced concrete dam that includes the following sections: a A 35-foot-long left abutment section with a cut-off wall;
b a 42.5-foot-long spillway section with a crest elevation of 822 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929
NGVD 29 that contains: i Two 11.5foot-wide, 10-foot-high stanchion bays equipped with wooden stop logs; ii a 13-foot-wide, 10-foot-high hydraulically-operated steel slide gate;
and iii a 3-foot-wide sluiceway; and c a 36-foot-long right abutment section with a cut-off wall; 2 a 1.4-acre impoundment with a storage capacity of 11 acre-feet at an elevation of 822 feet NGVD 29; 3 a 14-foot-wide, 12-foothigh intake structure adjacent to the right abutment equipped with a trashrack with 1-inch clear bar spacing;
4 a 650-foot-long buried penstock that includes a 400-foot-long, 7-footdiameter steel section and a 250-footlong, 7-foot-diameter concrete section;
5 a 35-foot-long, 27-foot-wide concrete and brick masonry powerhouse containing a single 200-kilowatt Francis-type turbine-generator unit; 6 a 75-foot-long, 4.16-kilovolt overhead transmission line and a transformer that connects the project to the local utility distribution system; and 7 appurtenant facilities.
Downstream fish passage facilities include the 3-foot-wide sluiceway in the dam spillway and a 3-foot-deep plunge pool located downstream of the stanchion bays. The project also includes an existing parking area on the north bank of the projects impoundment.
Article 402 of the current license requires the licensee to operate the project in an instantaneous run-of-river mode. The project is operated in a runof-river mode by manually raising and lowering the spillway slide gate, and removing/adding stop logs to the stanchion bays to pass flows and maintain a constant impoundment water surface elevation of 822 feet NGVD 29. The project creates an
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approximately 400-foot-long bypassed reach of the Sugar River.
Article 403 of the current license, as amended on June 27, 1996, requires a minimum flow release to the bypassed reach of: 1 15 cubic feet per second cfs or inflow, whichever is less, through the downstream fishway from June 16 through March 31 to protect aquatic resources and water quality in the bypassed reach; and 2 20 cfs from April 1 through June 15, during the downstream migration season for Atlantic Salmon smolts. The average annual energy production of the project from 2010 to 2015 was 650.44 MWh.
New Hampshire Renewable proposes to: 1 Continue to operate the project in an instantaneous run-of-river mode, such that project outflow approximates inflow; 2 release a year-round minimum flow of 15 cfs; 3 install an automation system to operate the project in a run-of-river mode; and 4 consult with the New Hampshire State Historic Preservation Officer before beginning any land-disturbing activities or alterations to known historic structures within the project boundary.
n. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents via the internet through the Commissions 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. For assistance, contact FERC
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, 866 2083676 or TYY, 202
5028659.
o. 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.
p. Scoping Process Commission staff will prepare either an environmental assessment EA or an Environmental Impact Statement EIS
that describes and evaluates the probable effects, if any, of the licensees proposed action and alternatives. The EA or EIS will consider environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. The Commissions scoping process will help determine the required level of analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether the Commission prepares an EA or an EIS. At this time, we do not anticipate holding on-site scoping meetings. Instead, we are soliciting written comments and suggestions on the preliminary list of
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issues and alternatives to be addressed in the NEPA document, as described in scoping document 1 SD1, issued August 13, 2021.
Copies of the SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the NEPA document were distributed to the parties on the Commissions mailing list and the applicants distribution list.
Copies of the 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 1866
2083676 or for TTY, 202 5028659.
Dated: August 13, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project No. 2879012

Green Mountain Power Corporation;
Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions Commission regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for license for the Bolton Falls Hydroelectric Project, located on the Winooski River in Washington County, Vermont, and has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment DEA
for the project. No federal land is occupied by project works or located within the project boundary.
The DEA contains staffs analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the project and concludes that licensing the project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
The Commission provides all interested persons with an opportunity to view and/or print the EA via the internet through the Commissions 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. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commissions Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the
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