Document ID: FERC-2015-1688-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Albany Engineering Corp.
Posted Date: 2015-12-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 235 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 76283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30849]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14387-001]

Albany Engineering Corporation; Notice of Successive Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On September 22, 2015, Albany Engineering Corporation filed an 
application for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 
4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility 
of hydropower at the New York State Canal Corporation's Lock C1 Dam 
located on the Hudson River in Saratoga and Rensselaer Counties, New 
York. 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 Waterford Hydroelectric Project would consist of the 
following: (1) An existing 672-foot-long and 15-foot-high ogee-shaped 
concrete gravity dam with a 356-foot-long tainter-gated structure 
forming the eastern portion of the dam; (2) an existing impoundment 
having a surface area of 400 acres and a storage capacity of 5,000 
acre-feet at the spillway crest elevation of 28.3 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum; (3) either a new powerhouse at the east end of 
the dam with two identical turbine generator units with a total 
installed capacity of 10.2 megawatts (MW) (Scenario 1), or two new 
identical modular floating barge-type structures at the west end of the 
tainter gates housing 18 turbine-generator units with a total installed 
capacity of 4.0 MW (Scenario 2); (4) a proposed 10,000-foot-long, 34.5-
kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an annual generation of 39,000 megawatt-
hours (MWh) (Scenario 1) or 12,000 MWh (Scenario 2).
    Applicant Contact: Wendy Jo Carey, Albany Engineering Corporation, 
5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205; phone: (518) 456-7712.
    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-14387-001.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14387) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 2, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-30849 Filed 12-7-15; 8:45 am]
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