Document ID: FERC-2013-0939-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: City of Berlin, Berlin Water Works
Posted Date: 2013-07-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41398-41399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16497]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14529-000]

City of Berlin, Berlin Water Works; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On June 19, 2013, the City of Berlin, Berlin Water Works, 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 
Ammonoosuc Water Treatment Plant Hydroelectric Project (Project) to be 
located on a water supply conduit at the City of Berlin's municipal 
water treatment plant (WTP), in Coos County, New Hampshire. The sole 
purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 
holder priority to file a license or exemption 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) 
Installation of inline

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turbine/generator(s), housed in a concrete vault immediately upstream 
from an existing pressure reducing value on an existing 16 to 20-inch 
diameter cement-transite water main leading to the City's WTP; (2) 
piping, valves, control panels, and other appurtenant equipment housed 
in the concrete vault; and (3) a two-way net metering system installed 
on an existing underground interconnection transmission line leading to 
Public Service of New Hampshire's utility line 25WL. The 
estimated annual generation of the project would be 51.0 megawatt-
hours. The WTP will use the power produced by the proposed project to 
run process equipment, lighting, and fulfill other electrical needs in 
the WTP.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Roland Viens, Superintendent, City of 
Berlin, Berlin Water Works, 55 Willow Street, Berlin, New Hampshire, 
03570; phone: (603) 752-1677.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer; phone: (202) 502-8969 or email: 
john.ramer@ferc.gov.
    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 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14529) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 2, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-16497 Filed 7-9-13; 8:45 am]
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