[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 67937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26765]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12766-007]


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: Green Mountain Power Corporation

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New License for Transmission Line Project.
    b. Project No.: 12766-007.
    c. Date filed: November 22, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power Corporation (Green Mountain 
Power).
    e. Name of Project: Clay Hill Road Line 66 Transmission Project.
    f. Location: Along Clay Hill Road in the town of Hartland, Windsor 
County, Vermont. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or 
located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: John Greenan, Green Mountain Power 
Corporation, 2152 Post Road, Rutland, VT 05701; Phone at (802) 770-
2195, or email at John.Greenan@greenmountainpower.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Bill Connelly at (202) 502-8587, or 
william.connelly@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 21, 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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-12766-007.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing Clay Hill Road Line 66 
Transmission Project consists of: (1) A 2.3-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt, 
three-phase electrical line mounted on top of Green Mountain Power 
Corporation's regional distribution line (Line 66) along Clay Hill Road 
from Pole 115 to 62x; and (2) appurtenant facilities. The project 
serves as a primary transmission line for the North Hartland Project 
No. 2816.
    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)--January 2020
Request Additional Information--January 2020
Issue Acceptance Letter--April 2020
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--May 2020
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--July 2020
Issue Scoping Document 2--August 2020
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--August 2020
Commission issues Environmental Assessment--February 2021

    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 6, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-26765 Filed 12-11-19; 8:45 am]
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