[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36893-36894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17998]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Competing Application Accepted for Filing With the 
Commission

July 1, 1998.
    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. Competing Applicant(s): 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. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Competing Applicant(s) Contact:

Roger W. Bacon, Director, Power Services Division, Mass. Municipal 
Wholesale Elec. Company, Randall Road, P.O. Box 426, Ludlow, MA 01056, 
(413) 589-1041.
Jack LcMieur, Acting General Manager, Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant, 
78 Central Street, P.O. Box 823, Ashburnham, MA 01430, (508) 827-4423.

    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer (202) 219-0365.
    j. Comment Date: August 31, 1998.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been 
accepted, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time--see 
attached paragraph E1.
    l. 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 National Geodetic Vertical datum, 
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 kilowatts (kW), consisting of the

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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 estimated average annual generation is about 212,000 
megawatt-hours (MWh), which would increase to about 257,600 MWh after 
completing the expansion in 2006.
    m. Purpose of Project: The power generated by the project would be 
used within Holyoke Gas & Electric Department's distribution system, 
with a portion sold to the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric 
Company.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A4, B1, and E1.
    o. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files and Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First 
Street, N.E., Room 2A-1, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-2326. Copies are also available for inspection and reproduction at 
(1) the Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant, 78 Central Street, 
Ashburnham, Massachusetts 01430, and (2) the Holyoke Gas & Electric 
Department, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040.
    A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the 
initial development application, which has already been given, 
established the due date for filing competing applications or notices 
of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing 
development application must be filed in response to and in compliance 
with public notice of the initial development application. No competing 
applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this 
notice.
    B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest 
or a motion to intervene in accordance with requirements of Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In 
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will 
consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to 
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party 
to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be 
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular 
application.
    E1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
not ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the 
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, or prescriptions.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE''; (2) set forth in the heading 
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. Any of these documents must be filed by providing the 
original and the number of copies required by the Commission's 
regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional copy must 
be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, Office of Hydropower 
Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above address. 
A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each 
representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-17998 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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