Document ID: FERC-2018-0929-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department
Posted Date: 2018-07-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34570-34571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15560]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2386-004, 2387-003, 2388-004]

City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department; Notice of 
Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, 
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Licenses.
    b. Project Nos.: 2386-004, 2387-003, and 2388-004.
    c. Date filed: August 31, 2016.
    d. Applicant: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department.
    e. Names of Projects: Holyoke Number 1 Hydroelectric Project, P-
2386-004; Holyoke Number 2 Hydroelectric Project, P-2387-003; and 
Holyoke Number 3 Hydroelectric Project, P-2388-004.
    f. Locations: Holyoke Number 1 (P-2386-004) and Holyoke Number 2 
(P-2387-003) are located between the first and second level canals, and 
Holyoke Number 3 (P-2388-004) is located between the second and third 
level canals on the Holyoke Canal System, adjacent to the Connecticut 
River, in the city of Holyoke in Hampden County, Massachusetts. The 
projects do not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Paul Ducheney, Superintendent, City of 
Holyoke Gas and Electric Department, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA 
01040, (413) 536-9340 or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Kyle Olcott at (202) 502-8963; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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 
[email protected], (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 the 
relevant docket number(s): P-2386-004, P-2387-003, and/or P-2388-004.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    k. These applications have been accepted and are now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. The existing Holyoke Number 1 Project consists of: (1) An intake 
at the wall of the first level canal fed by the Holyoke Canal System 
(licensed under FERC Project No. 2004) with two 14.7-foot-tall by 24.6-
foot-wide trash rack screens with 3.5-inch clear spacing; (2) two 
parallel 10-foot-diameter, 36.5-foot-long penstocks; (3) a 50-foot-long 
by 38-foot-wide brick powerhouse with two 240-kilowatt and two 288-
kilowatt turbine generator units; (4) two parallel 20-foot-wide, 328.5-
foot-long brick arched tailrace conduits discharging into the second 
level canal; and, (5) appurtenant facilities. There is no transmission 
line associated with the project as it is located adjacent to the 
substation of interconnection. The project is estimated to generate 
2,710,000 kilowatt-hours annually.
    The existing Holyoke Number 2 Project consists of: (1) An intake at 
the wall of the first level canal fed by the Holyoke Canal System 
(licensed under FERC Project No. 2004) with three trash rack screens 
(one 16.2-foot-tall by 26.2-foot-wide and two 14.8-foot-tall by 21.8-
foot-long) with 3-inch clear spacing; (2) two 9-foot diameter, 240-
foot-long penstocks; (3) a 17-foot-high by 10-foot-diameter surge tank; 
(4) a 60-foot-long by 40-foot-wide by 50-foot high powerhouse with one 
800-kilowatt vertical turbine generator unit; (5) two parallel 9-foot-
wide, 10-foot-high, 120-foot-long brick arched tailrace conduits 
discharging into the second level canal; (6) an 800-foot-long, 4.8-
kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project 
is estimated to generate 4,710,000 kilowatt-hours annually.
    The existing Holyoke Number 3 Project consists of: (1) A 52.3-foot-
long by 14-foot-high intake trash rack covering an opening in the 
second level canal fed by the Holyoke Canal System (licensed under FERC 
Project No. 2004); (2) two 11-foot-high by 11-foot-wide headgates; (3) 
two 85-foot-long, 93-square-foot in cross section low pressure brick 
penstocks; (4) a 42-foot-long by 34-foot-wide by 28-foot-high 
reinforced concrete powerhouse with one 450-kilowatt turbine generator 
unit; (5) a 29.7-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep, 118-foot-

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long open tailrace discharging into the third level canal; and, (6) 
4.8-kilovolt generator leads that connect directly to the 4.8-kilovolt 
area distribution system; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project 
is estimated to generate 2,119,000 kilowatt-hours annually.
    m. Copies of the applications are available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's website 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. Copies are also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
applications directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    o. Procedural schedule: The applications will be processed 
according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be 
made as appropriate.

Commission issues draft EA, December 2018
Comments on draft EA, February 2019
Commission issues final EA, June 2019

    Dated: July 16, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-15560 Filed 7-19-18; 8:45 am]
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