Document ID: FERC-2013-1451-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Northwoods Renewables, LLC
Posted Date: 2013-11-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66354-66355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26452]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14532-000]

Northwoods Renewables, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On June 21, 2013, Northwoods Renewables, 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 Bethlehem 
Hydroelectric Project to be located on the Ammonoosuc River, in the 
town of Bethlehem, Grafton County, New Hampshire. 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) An existing 29-foot-
high, 282-foot-long concrete dam that includes a 20-foot-high, 139.5-
foot-long spillway with new 3-foot-high flashboards; (2) an existing 
1,500-foot-long, 5.5-acre impoundment with a normal water surface 
elevation of 1140.4 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (3) 
an existing sluiceway with a new 8-foot-wide, 10-foot-high sluice gate; 
(4) a new 4,000-cubic-foot forebay structure with a 35-foot-wide, 10-
foot-high trashrack; (5) a new 9-foot-wide, 10-foot-high head gate; (6) 
a new 8-foot-diameter, 50-foot-long penstock that passes through an 
existing 25-foot-long gatehouse; (7) a new 25-foot-wide, 25-foot-long 
powerhouse containing a 140-kilowatt (kW) turbine-generating unit and 
260-kW turbine-generating unit for a total installed capacity of 400 
kW; (8) a new 25-foot-long excavated tailrace; (9) a new 100 to 200-
foot-long, 480 to 600-volt buried transmission line and 35 to 60-foot-
long, 19.9-kilovolt aboveground transmission line connecting the 
powerhouse to the Public Service of New Hampshire's distribution 
system; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would 
have an estimated average annual generation of 1,480 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: James World, 12 High Street, Lancaster, NH 
03584; phone: (802) 463-3230.
    FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry; phone: (202) 502-8328.

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    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-14532-000.
    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 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter 
the docket number (P-14532) in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 29, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-26452 Filed 11-4-13; 8:45 am]
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