Document ID: FERC-2014-0499-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: License Applications and Requests to Use the Traditional Licensing Process: The City of Holyoke Gas&Electric Department, Hampden County, Holyoke, MA
Posted Date: 2014-04-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22485-22486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09068]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2386-003]

The City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department; 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.: 2386-003.
    c. Date Filed: January 31, 2014.
    d. Submitted By: City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department.
    e. Name of Project: Holyoke No. 1 Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Between the first and second level canals on the 
Holyoke Canal System adjacent to the Connecticut River, in the city of 
Holyoke in Hampden County, Massachusetts. The project does not occupy 
federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Paul Ducheney, Superintendent, 
Holyoke Gas & Electric, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA 01040; (413) 
536-9340; email_ducheney@hged.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Adam Beeco at (202) 502-8655; or email at 
adam.beeco@ferc.gov.
    j. Holyoke Gas and Electric filed its request to use the 
Traditional Licensing Process on January 31, 2014. Holyoke Gas and 
Electric provided public notice of its request on February 6, 2014. In 
a letter dated April 15, 2014, the Director of the Division of 
Hydropower Licensing approved Holyoke Gas and Electric's request to use 
the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing

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regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating consultation with 
the Massachusetts 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. With this notice, we are designating Holyoke Gas and Electric as 
the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
    m. Holyoke Gas and Electric 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.
    n. 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, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in paragraph h.
    o. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an 
application for a new license for Project No. 2386. Pursuant to 18 CFR 
16.8, 16.9, and 16.10, each application for a new license and any 
competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at 
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All 
applications for license for this project must be filed by January 31, 
2017.
    p. 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: April 15, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-09068 Filed 4-21-14; 8:45 am]
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