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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 89 (Monday, May 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21789-21790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10847]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13390-000]

Northeast Hydrodevelopment, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

May 4, 2009.
    On March 6, 2009, Northeast Hydrodevelopment, LLC filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Bucks Street Dams 
Hydroelectric Project, to be located on the Suncook River, in Merrimack 
County, New Hampshire. On March 25, 2009, the applicant filed 
corrections to their original preliminary permit application for the 
Buck Street Dams Project.
    The proposed Buck Street Dams Project would be located along the 
Suncook River channel below the existing outlet works at an existing 
dam owned by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. 
The existing dams are 198 feet long and 15 feet high and impound the 
Suncook River.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) Either a new 
approximately 120-foot-long power canal or dual 7-foot-diameter 
penstocks located below the existing outlet facilities below East Buck 
Street Dam; (2) a new powerhouse containing two or three submersible or 
tubular-type turbine-generators with a total hydraulic capacity of 600 
cubic feet per second and a either a total installed generating 
capacity of 0.394 megawatts; (3) a newly excavated 150-foot-long 
tailrace; (4) an approximately 200-foot-long transmission line; (5) one 
foot of new flashboards would be added to West Buck Street Dam; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The Buck street Dams Project would have an 
estimated average annual generation of 1,750 megawatts-hours (MWh), 
which would be sold to Public Service of New Hampshire.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Norm Herbert, Manager, Northeast 
Hydrodevelopment, LLC, 100 State Route 101A, Building C, Suite 270, 
Amherst, New Hampshire 03031, (603) 672-8210.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) 502-8969.
    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. 
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at

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http://www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. More information about this 
project 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-13390) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-10847 Filed 5-8-09; 8:45 am]
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