[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57074-57075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22648]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14633-000]
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 Albion Dam Hydroelectric Project (Albion Project or project) to be
located on Blackstone River, near Cumberland and Lincoln, 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 25-foot-high, 400-foot-long granite and stone masonry dam with
a 300-foot-long stone masonry spillway; (2) an existing 55-acre
impoundment with a normal storage capacity of 235 acre-feet at an
operating elevation of about 87.5 feet national geodetic vertical
datum; (3) a new 35-foot-long, 11.3-foot-wide, and 4-foot-deep intake
canal; (4) two new 6-foot-high, 8-foot-wide hydraulically-powered
sluice gates, with a new 6-foot-high, 9-foot-wide trashrack with 6-inch
bar spacing; (5) a new 56-foot-long, 7.7-foot-wide Archimedes screw
generator unit, with an installed capacity of 200 kilowatts; (6) a new
10-foot-high, 12-foot-long, 18-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing
the generator and a new gearbox and electrical controls; (7) a new
above ground 480-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 Albion Project would be about 1,226
megawatt-hours. The existing Albion Dam and appurtenant works are owned
by Rhode Island Department of Transportation.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael C. Kerr, P.O. Box 5524, Beverly
Farms, MA 01915; phone: (978) 360-2547.
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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-14633-000.
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-14633) 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. 2014-22648 Filed 9-23-14; 8:45 am]
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