Document ID: FERC-2016-0109-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: City of Springfield, MA
Posted Date: 2016-01-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01118]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-14721-000]

The City of Springfield; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On October 13, 2015, the City of Springfield, Massachusetts 
(Springfield) 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 Watershops Pond Dam Hydroelectric Project (project) 
to be located on the Mill River, near Springfield, Hampden County, 
Massachusetts. 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: (1) The existing 105-foot-
long, 32-foot-high, concrete and masonry gravity Watershops Pond dam; 
(2) an existing 198-acre impoundment with a normal maximum water 
surface elevation of 155 feet above mean sea level; (3) a new 7-foot-
long, 4-foot-wide steel penstock; (4) a new 100-foot-long, 30-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing a single turbine generator unit with an installed 
capacity of 145 kilowatts; (5) a new 800-foot-long, 0.48-kilovolt 
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The project would 
have an estimated average annual energy generation of 707 megawatt-
hours. There are no federal lands associated with the project.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Peter J. Garvey, Director, Department of 
Capital Asset Construction, 36 Court Street, Room 312, Springfield, 
Massachusetts 01103; phone: (413) 787-6445.
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts; phone: (202) 502-6123; email: 
michael.watts@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-14721-000.
    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-14721) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 14, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-01118 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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