Document ID: FERC-2013-0503-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Hamilton Street Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2013-04-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22872-22873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09012]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14499-000]

 Hamilton Street Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 19, 2013, Hamilton Street Hydro, 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 
hydropower at the existing Chain Dam located on the Lehigh River in 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 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 Chain Dam Hydroelectric Project would consist of the 
following: (1) An existing 20-foot-high concrete gravity dam with a 
690-foot-long spillway; (2) an existing impoundment having a surface 
area of 300 acres and a storage capacity of 1,197 acre-feet at an 
elevation of 190 feet mean sea level (msl); (3) a new 70-foot-long by 
40-foot-wide by 35-foot-high powerhouse with three new identical 
turbine-generator units with an installed capacity of 1,368 kilowatts 
each, and three identical 20-foot-wide, 10-foot-high, 5-foot-long 
direct intakes; (4) a new tailrace consisting of a 300-foot-long, 5-
foot-high concrete wing wall; (5) a new 4,160-kilovolt transmission 
line extending 245 feet from the powerhouse to an existing distribution 
line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have 
an annual generation of 18.3 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mark Boumansour, Hamilton Street Hydro, LLC, 
1401 Walnut Street, Suite 301,

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Boulder, CO 80302; phone: (303) 440-3378.
    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. 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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14499-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 11, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-09012 Filed 4-16-13; 8:45 am]
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