Document ID: FERC-2012-0490-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: 5440 Hydro, Inc.
Posted Date: 2012-03-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16023-16024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6523]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13806-001]

5440 Hydro, Inc.: Notice of Intent To File License Application, 
Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the 
Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 13806-001.
    c. Date Filed: January 17, 2012.
    d. Submitted By: 5440 Hydro, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Brooklyn Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Upper Ammonoosuc River, near the Town of 
Groveton in Coos County, New Hampshire. No federal lands are occupied 
by the project works or located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.

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    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Lutz Loegters, 5440 Hydro, Inc., 
717 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, MA 02111; 617-933-7200; email at 
lutz@ampersandenergy.com.
    i. FERC Contact: John Ramer at (202) 502-8969; or email at 
john.ramer@ferc.gov.
    j. 5440 Hydro, Inc. filed its request to use the Traditional 
Licensing Process on January 17, 2012. 5440 Hydro, Inc. provided public 
notice of its request on January 17, 2012. In a letter dated March 13, 
2012, the Acting Director of the Division of Hydropower Licensing 
approved 5440 Hydro, Inc.'s request to use the Traditional Licensing 
Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: 
(a) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries under section 
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920; and (c) the New Hampshire 
State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, 
National Historical Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations 
of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. 5440 Hydro, Inc. filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; 
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, 
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    m. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(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 at 
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
    n. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: March 13, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-6523 Filed 3-16-12; 8:45 am]
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