[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25386]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission 
(Major License)

September 19, 1997.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2004-073.
    c. Date Filed: September 2, 1997.
    d. Applicant: Holyoke Water Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Holyoke Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Connecticut River in Hampden, Hampshire, and 
Franklin Counties, Massachusetts.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: 

Ronald G. Chevalier, Vice President, Holyoke Water Power Company, P.O. 
Box 270, Hartford, CT 06141-0270, (860) 665-5315
James J. Kearns, Project Manager, Northeast Utilities Service Company, 
P.O. Box 270, Hartford, CT 06141-0270, (860) 665-5936
Catherine E. Shively, Counsel, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, 
1000 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03105, (603) 634-2326

    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer, (202) 219-0365.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date shown in paragraph 
(c).
    k. Description of Project: 
    The proposed run-of-river project would consist of the following 
features: (1) An approximately 1,000-foot-long masonry dam to elevation 
97.47 feet NGVD, topped with a 3.1-foot-high rubber dam; (2) upstream 
and downstream fish passage facilities; (3) a 2,290-acre reservoir that 
extends approximately 25 miles upstream; (4) a three-level canal system 
adjacent to the river with headgates at the dam; (5) six separate 
hydroelectric facilities, named Hadley Falls Station, Riverside 
Station, Boatlock Station, Beebe-Holbrook Units, Skinner Unit and 
Chemical Units, and, except for the Hadley Falls Station which has its 
intake structure adjacent to the canal headgate structure, the 
facilities withdraw water from the canal system; (6) a total nameplate 
capacity of 43,756 kW; (7) transmission line connections; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average 
annual generation would be approximately 223,389 MWh.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required 
by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations 
of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    m. Pursuant to Sec. 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the filing date and serve a copy of the request on the 
applicant.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25386 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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