Document ID: FERC-2013-0504-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Hamilton Street Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2013-04-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 22873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09013]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14500-000]

Hamilton Street Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 19, 2013, Hamilton Street Hydro, 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 
hydropower at the existing Hamilton Street Dam located on the Lehigh 
River in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 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 Hamilton Street Dam Hydroelectric Project would 
consist of the following: (1) An existing 14-foot-high concrete gravity 
dam with a 480-foot-long spillway; (2) an existing impoundment having a 
surface area of 50 acres and a storage capacity of 371 acre-feet at an 
elevation of 240 feet mean sea level (msl); (3) a new 60-foot-long by 
30-foot-wide by 30-foot-high powerhouse with two turbine-generator 
units having a combined capacity of 2,028 kilowatts and two identical 
20-foot-wide, 10-foot-high, 5-foot-long direct intakes; (4) a 500-foot-
long section of the existing canal to direct flows to the intakes; (5) 
a new 40-foot-wide, 100-foot-long tailrace; (6) a new 1,500-foot-long, 
4,160-kilovolt transmission line extending from the powerhouse to an 
existing substation; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed 
project would have an annual generation of 9.635 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mark Boumansour, Hamilton Street Hydro, LLC, 
1401 Walnut Street, Suite 301, Boulder, CO 80302; phone: (303) 440-
3378.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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. 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 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and five copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14500-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 11, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-09013 Filed 4-16-13; 8:45 am]
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