Document ID: FERC-2009-1416-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: City of Keene, NH; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2009-09-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 178)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13530-000]

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

September 9, 2009.
    On July 6, 2009, the City of Keene, New Hampshire filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Ashuelot River Dam Project, 
to be located on the Ashuelot

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River, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) The existing 160-foot-
long, 16-foot-high Ashuelot Park Dam with 2-foot-high flashboards; (2) 
the existing 34-acre reservoir with 120 acre-feet of storage capacity; 
(3) a new powerhouse below the existing outlet works containing two 
generating units with a installed capacity of 240 kilowatts; (4) a new 
150-foot-long tailrace; and (5) an approximately 500-foot-long 
transmission line. The project would have an estimated average annual 
generation of 1,000 megawatts-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John Maclean, City Manager, 3 Washington 
Street, Keene, NH 03431, phone (603) 357-9804.
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502-6093.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
13419-000 filed April 2, 2009. Competing applications had to be filed 
on or before July 3, 2009.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments, and motions to intervene may be 
filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 
and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-
Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, documents may be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight copies should be 
mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For more 
information on how to submit these types of filings please go to the 
Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp.
    More information about this project 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-13530) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-
866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22233 Filed 9-15-09; 8:45 am]

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