Taftsville Hydroelectric Project

Central Rivers Power, NH LLC; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment

FERC issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment for the 0.5-megawatt Taftsville Hydroelectric Project (No. 2490), a minor relicense application filed by Green Mountain Power Corporation on August 30, 2022. The project sits on the Ottauquechee River in Windsor County, Vermont. FERC staff does not anticipate the relicensing will constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the human environment. The EA is targeted for issuance on August 25, 2025, after which it will be circulated for public review and considered in the final licensing decision.

Green Mountain Power Corporation; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment

FERC has issued a Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) for the Gorham Hydroelectric Project, a hydroelectric facility proposed by Central Rivers Power, NH LLC on the Androscoggin River in Coos County, New Hampshire. No federal land is occupied by project works or within the project boundary. The FEA concludes that licensing the project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. This is a procedural Notice of Availability; the full impact analysis is in the FEA document itself.