Document ID: FERC-2019-0883-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Permit Application: New England Hydropower Company, LLC
Posted Date: 2019-07-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 36918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16115]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14997-000]

New England Hydropower Company, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On May 23, 2019, New England Hydropower Company, 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 on the Lehigh Canal 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 Lehigh Canal Allentown Hydroelectric Project would 
consist of the following: (1) An existing 11-foot-high, 480-foot-long 
concrete gravity dam (i.e., the Hamilton Street Dam); (2) an existing 
impoundment with an approximate surface area of 50 acres and a storage 
capacity of 371 acre-feet at a normal surface elevation of 240 feet 
mean sea level; (3) an existing canal approximately 0.58 mile long; (4) 
an existing 20-foot-wide gate structure on the canal with a spillway; 
(5) a new 14-foot-wide, 20-foot-long intake channel; (6) a new 16-foot 
by 20-foot powerhouse containing one Archimedes Screw turbine-generator 
unit with a total capacity of 485 kilowatts; (7) a new 480-volt, 350-
foot-long transmission line connecting the powerhouse to a nearby grid 
interconnection point; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The proposed 
project would have an average annual generation of 3,560 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Michael C. Kerr, New England Hydropower Company, 
LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 451C, Beverly, MA 01915; phone: (978) 
360-2547.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14997-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14997) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 22, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-16115 Filed 7-29-19; 8:45 am]
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