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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14635-001]

Village of Gouverneur, New York; 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: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 14635-001.
    c. Date filed: September 20, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Village of Gouverneur, New York (Village of
Gouverneur).
    e. Name of Project: Gouverneur Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Oswegatchie River, in the Village of Gouverneur
in St. Lawrence County, New York. The project does not occupy federal
land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ronald P. McDougall, Mayor, Village of
Gouverneur, 33 Clinton Street, Gouverneur, NY 13642;<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    i. FERC Contact: Jody Callihan,<PHONE_NUMBER> or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    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 Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY).
    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 1500--1518
that federal agencies use to implement NEPA (see Update to the
Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act, 85 FR 43,304). 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 proposed Gouverneur Project. Commission staff intends to
conduct its NEPA review in accordance with CEQ's new regulations.
    l. The Gouverneur Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) A 250-foot-long concrete gravity dam that includes two
bridge piers and three separate spillways that range in crest elevation
from 403.4 to 403.7 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(NAVD88); (2) an impoundment with a surface area of 109 acres at the
normal pool elevation of 403.8 feet NAVD88; (3) a concrete intake
structure containing two trash rack bays separated by a 2-

foot-wide center pier, each containing a 14-foot-wide trash rack; (4) a
20-foot by 36-foot powerhouse integral to the dam and containing two
vertical axial flow propeller type turbines rated at 100 kilowatts each
and two 100-kilovolt-ampere Westinghouse generators with a power factor
of 0.8; (5) two generator leads from the turbine-generator units to a
switchgear at the powerhouse interconnecting with the local grid; and
(6) appurtenant facilities.
    The Village of Gouverneur proposes to continue operating the
project in a run-of-river mode and release a minimum flow of 110 cubic
feet per second over the project's spillways. In addition, the
applicant proposes to enhance the existing boat launch located on River
Street. The project generated an annual average of 1,195 megawatt-hours
between 2014 and 2017.
    m. A copy of the application can 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.
    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 4.34(b).
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 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    n. The license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. Please note
that the certification request must be sent to the certifying authority
and to the Commission concurrently.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Deadline for Filing Comments,              January 2021.
 Recommendations, and Agency Terms and
 Conditions/Prescriptions.
Deadline for Filing Reply Comments.......  February 2021.
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    Dated: November 19, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Notification of Petition for Approval; Railroad Safety Program
Plan

    Although not required, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is
providing notice that it has received a petition for approval of a
Railroad Safety Program Plan (RSPP) submitted pursuant to Title 49 Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 236, Subpart H. The petition is
listed below, including the party seeking approval, and the requisite
docket number. FRA is not accepting comments on this RSPP.

Long Island Rail Road

[Docket Number FRA-2011-0026]

    The Long Island Railroad (LIRR) submitted a petition for approval
of an RSPP. The petition, RSPP and any related documents have been
placed in the requisite docket (FRA-2011-0026) and are available for
public inspection.
    Interested parties are invited to review the RSPP and associated
documents at the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Docket Management
Facility during regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. All documents
in the public docket are also available for inspection and copying on
the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications received into any of our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the document (or signing the document, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Page 19477)
or at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 28, 2010.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
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