[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 57075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22644]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14634-000]
New England Hydropower Company, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On September 5, 2014, the New England Hydropower Company, LLC,
filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f)
of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of
the Ashton Dam Hydroelectric Project (Ashton Project or project) to be
located on Blackstone River, near Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode
Island. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to
grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during
the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit
holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter
upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express
permission.
The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) An
existing 20-foot-high, 400-foot-long masonry dam with a 250-foot-long
main spillway and a 150-foot-long auxiliary spillway; (2) an existing
35-acre impoundment with a normal storage capacity of 112 acre-feet at
an operating elevation of about 74.0 feet national geodetic vertical
datum; (3) a new 100-foot-long, 28-foot-wide, and 6.5-foot-deep intake
canal; (4) a new 7-foot-high, 13-foot-wide hydraulically-powered sluice
gate, with a new 7-foot-high, 41-foot-wide trashrack with 6-inch bar
spacing; (5) two new 32-foot-long, 13-foot-wide Archimedes screw
generator units, with an installed capacity of 300 kilowatts; (6) a new
10-foot-high, 25.4-foot-long, 39-foot-wide concrete powerhouse
containing the generator and a new gearbox and electrical controls; (7)
a new above ground 830-foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt transmission line
connecting the powerhouse to the distribution system owned by
Narragansett Electric Company; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The
estimated annual generation of the proposed Ashton Project would be
about 1,613 megawatt-hours. The existing Ashton Dam and appurtenant
works is owned by Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael C. Kerr, P.O. Box 5524, Beverly
Farms, MA 01915; phone: (978) 360-2547.
FERC Contact: John Ramer; phone: (202) 502-8969 or email:
[email protected].
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing
applications 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
[email protected], (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-14634-000.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's Web site at http: //www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14634) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: September 17, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22644 Filed 9-23-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P