Document ID: FERC-2013-1322-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: New England Hydropower Co., LLC
Posted Date: 2013-10-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 61958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24396]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14550-000]

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

    On August 20, 2013, 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 
Hanover Pond Dam Project (proposed project) to be located on Quinnipiac 
River, near the city of Meriden, in New Haven County, Connecticut. 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, 430-foot-long earth embankment dam with four 
low-level, sluice gates and a 242-foot-long concrete spillway; (2) the 
existing 67.6-acre Hanover Pond with a storage capacity of 1,800 acre-
feet at a normal operating elevation of about 87.9 feet above mean sea 
level; (3) an existing 175-foot-long, 4.0-foot-wide fish ladder; (4) a 
new 6-foot-high, 10.65-foot-wide hydraulically-powered sluice gate 
equipped with a new 14-foot-high, 12-foot-wide trashrack with 6-inch 
bar spacing; (5) a new 115-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter buried precast 
concrete penstock; (6) a new 50.7-foot-long, 10.65-foot wide Archimedes 
screw generator unit, with an installed capacity of 165 kilowatts; (7) 
a new 10-foot-high, 15-foot-long, 15.5-foot-wide concrete powerhouse 
containing a new gearbox, generator, and electrical controls; (8) a new 
55-foot-long, 13.5-foot-wide tailrace; (9) a new 530-foot-long, 35-
kilovolt above ground transmission line connecting the powerhouse to 
Connecticut Light and Power's distribution system; and (10) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the proposed Hanover 
Pond Dam Project would be about 749 megawatt-hours. The existing 
Hanover Pond Dam, fish ladder, and property on both sides of the river 
are owned by the city of Meriden.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael C. Kerr, New England Hydropower 
Company, LLC, P.O. Box 5524, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts 01915; phone: 
(978) 360-2547.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer; phone: (202) 502-8969.
    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 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14550) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 30, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-24396 Filed 10-7-13; 8:45 am]
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