Document ID: FERC-2011-0317-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests: Whitman River Dam, Inc
Posted Date: 2011-03-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 12094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4963]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13237-002]

Whitman River Dam, Inc.

Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Exemption From Licensing.
    b. Project No.: 13237-002.
    c. Date Filed: February 14, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Whitman River Dam, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Crocker Dam Hydro Project.
    f. Location: On the Whitman River, in the Town of Westminster, 
Worcester County, Massachusetts. The project would not occupy lands of 
the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Robert T. Francis, P.O. Box 145, 10 Tommy 
Francis Road, Westminster, MA 01473, (978) 874-1010, 
bfrancis@verizon.net.
    i. FERC Contact: Jeff Browning, (202) 502-8677 or 
Jeffrey.Browning@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: April 15, 2011.
    All documents 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/ferconline.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; call toll-free at (866) 208-
3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. 
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Crocker Dam Hydro Project would consist of: (1) The existing 
520-foot-long, 38.5-foot-high Crocker Pond dam; (2) an existing 99.7-
acre impoundment with a normal water surface elevation of 751 feet msl; 
(3) an existing intake structure equipped with 42-inch-diameter 
penstock; and (4) a new powerhouse located adjacent to the dam 
containing one 145-kilowatt turbine generating unit. The proposed 
project is estimated to generate an average of 887,450 kilowatt-hours 
annually.
    The applicant proposes to construct a new powerhouse downstream of 
the dam connected to the existing penstock via a short extension.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required 
by Sec.  106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations 
of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate (e.g., if scoping is waived, the schedule 
would be shortened).

Issue Deficiency Letter: April 2011.
Issue Notice of Acceptance: June 2011.
Issue Scoping Document: July 2011.
Issue Notice ready for environmental analysis: September 2011.
Issue Notice of the availability of the EA: February 2012.

    Dated: February 25, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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