[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 74 (Thursday, April 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21226-21227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08023]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2934-029]


New York State Electric & Gas Corporation; Notice of Settlement 
Agreement

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: 2934-029.
    c. Date Filed: April 8, 2020.
    d. Applicant: New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG).
    e. Name of Project: Upper Mechanicville Hydroelectric Project 
(Project).
    f. Location: On the Hudson River, in Saratoga and Rensselaer 
Counties, New York. The project does not occupy any federal land.

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    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: David W. Dick, Manager, NYSEG and RG&E Hydro 
Engineering, 1300 Scottsville Road, Rochester, NY 14624; (585) 724-
8535; david_dick@rge.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan, (202) 502-8278 or 
jody.callihan@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments: Comments on the Settlement 
Agreement are due on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Reply comments are due 
on Monday, May 11, 2020.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 
6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. 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) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY).
    The Commission's 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. NYSEG filed an Offer of Settlement (Settlement Agreement) on 
behalf of itself, the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation (New York DEC), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and New 
York State Council of Trout Unlimited. The Settlement Agreement 
includes protection, mitigation, and enhancement measures addressing 
impoundment elevations and allowable fluctuations, a seasonal minimum 
flow, fish passage and protection for American eel, and by reference, 
management plans for northern long-eared bat (Appendix A), bald eagles 
(Appendix B), and invasive species (Appendix D). NYSEG requests that 
the measures in the Settlement Agreement be incorporated as license 
conditions, without modification, in any new license issued for the 
project. The signatories to the Settlement Agreement also request a 50-
year license term for the project.
    l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available for review 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.
    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.

    Dated: April 10, 2020.
 Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
 Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08023 Filed 4-15-20; 8:45 am]
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