[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50305-50306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25384]


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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-11607-000.
    c. Date Filed: August 29, 1997.
    d. Applicant: Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant and Massachusetts 
Municipal Wholesale Electric 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: Roger W. Bacon, Director, Power Services 
Division, Massachusetts Wholesale Electric Company, Randall Road, P.O. 
Box 426, Ludlow, MA 01056, (413) 589-1041.
Thomas E. Lewis, Jr., General Manager, Ashburnham Municipal Light 
Plant,

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78 Central Street, P.O. Box 823, Ashburnham, MA 01430-4423, (508) 827-
4423

    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) the Fish Lift Park 
adjoining the dam; (4) a 2,290-acre reservoir that extends 
approximately 25 miles upstream; (5) a three-level canal system 
adjacent to the river with headgates at the dam; (6) 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; (7) a total nameplate 
capacity of 58,756 kW, consisting of the existing 43,756 kW project 
plus a 15,000 kW expansion at the Hadley Falls Station; (8) 
transmission line connections; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The 
applicant estimates that the total average annual generation would be 
212,000 MWh, which would increase to 257,600 MWh after completing the 
expansion in 2006.
    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 section 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 each of 
the applicants.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25384 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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