Document ID: FERC-2014-1216-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: New England Hydropower Co., LLC
Posted Date: 2014-09-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57074-57075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22648]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14633-000]

New England Hydropower Company, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On September 5, 2014, the New England Hydropower Company, 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 
the Albion Dam Hydroelectric Project (Albion Project or project) to be 
located on Blackstone River, near Cumberland and Lincoln, Providence 
County, Rhode Island. 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 project would consist of the following: (1) An 
existing 25-foot-high, 400-foot-long granite and stone masonry dam with 
a 300-foot-long stone masonry spillway; (2) an existing 55-acre 
impoundment with a normal storage capacity of 235 acre-feet at an 
operating elevation of about 87.5 feet national geodetic vertical 
datum; (3) a new 35-foot-long, 11.3-foot-wide, and 4-foot-deep intake 
canal; (4) two new 6-foot-high, 8-foot-wide hydraulically-powered 
sluice gates, with a new 6-foot-high, 9-foot-wide trashrack with 6-inch 
bar spacing; (5) a new 56-foot-long, 7.7-foot-wide Archimedes screw 
generator unit, with an installed capacity of 200 kilowatts; (6) a new 
10-foot-high, 12-foot-long, 18-foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing 
the generator and a new gearbox and electrical controls; (7) a new 
above ground 480-foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt transmission line connecting 
the powerhouse to the distribution system owned by Narragansett 
Electric Company; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the proposed Albion Project would be about 1,226 
megawatt-hours. The existing Albion Dam and appurtenant works are owned 
by Rhode Island Department of Transportation.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael C. Kerr, P.O. Box 5524, Beverly 
Farms, MA 01915; phone: (978) 360-2547.

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    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.
    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-14633-000.
    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-14633) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 17, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22648 Filed 9-23-14; 8:45 am]
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