Document ID: FERC-2014-0054-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: New England Hydropower Company, LLC
Posted Date: 2014-01-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 2654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00541]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14574-000]

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

    On December 18, 2013, the 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 the 
Union Pond Dam Hydroelectric Project (proposed project) to be located 
on Hockanum River, in the city of Manchester, in Hartford County, 
Connecticut. 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 project would consist of the following: (1) An 
existing 33-foot-high, 590-foot-long earth embankment dam with a 360-
foot-long concrete spillway; (2) the existing 50-acre Union Pond with a 
storage capacity of 515 acre-feet at an elevation of about 142.3 feet 
above mean sea level; (3) a new 6-foot-high, 8-foot-wide hydraulically-
powered sluice gate and a new 6-foot-high, 9-foot-wide trashrack with 
6-inch bar spacing; (4) a new 35-foot-long, 11.3-foot-diameter concrete 
intake canal; (5) a new 56-foot-long, 7.7-foot wide Archimedes screw 
generator unit with an installed capacity of 122 kilowatts; (6) a new 
10-foot-high, 12-foot-long, 18-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing 
a new gearbox and electrical controls; (7) a new 90-foot-long, 35-
kilovolt above-ground transmission line connecting the powerhouse to 
Connecticut Light and Power's distribution system; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the proposed Union Pond 
Dam Hydroelectric Project would be about 575 megawatt-hours. The 
existing Union Pond Dam and adjacent property are owned by the city of 
Manchester.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael C. Kerr, New England Hydropower 
Company, LLC, P.O. Box 5524, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts 01915; phone: 
(978) 360-2547.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer; phone: (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. 
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:[sol][sol]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:[sol][sol]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-14574-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's Web site at http:[sol][sol]www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-14574) in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support.

    Dated: January 8, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-00541 Filed 1-14-14; 8:45 am]
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