Document ID: FERC-2009-0670-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Northeast Hydrodevelopment, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2009-05-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 88)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13388-000]

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

May 1, 2009.
    On March 6, 2009, Northeast Hydrodevelopment, LLC filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Milton Three Ponds Dam 
Hydroelectric Project, to be located on the Salmon Falls River, in 
Strafford County, New Hampshire.
    The proposed Milton Three Ponds Project would be located along the 
Salmon Falls River channel below an existing electromechanically 
operated Obermeyer crest gate unit, which is adjacent to an existing 
gatehouse atop an existing dam owned by the State of New Hampshire 
Department of Environmental Services. The existing dam is 156 feet long 
and 19 feet high and impounds the Salmon Falls River to form three 
distinct ponds: Milton Pond, Northeast Pond, and Town House Pond.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) Either a new 
approximately 80-foot-long power canal or dual 80-foot-long concrete 
penstocks located below the existing Obermeyer outlet gate; (2) a new 
powerhouse containing one or two submersible or tubular-type turbine-
generators with a total hydraulic capacity of 300 cubic feet per second 
and a total installed generating capacity of 0.21 megawatts; (3) a 
newly excavated 150-foot-long tailrace; (4) an approximately 400-foot-
long transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The Milton 
Three Ponds Project would have an estimated average annual generation 
of 1,000 megawatts-hours, which would be sold to Public Service of New 
Hampshire.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Norm Herbert, Manager, Northeast 
Hydrodevelopment, LLC, 100 State Route 101A, Building C, Suite 270, 
Amherst, New Hampshire 03031, (603) 672-8210.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer, (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. 
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 
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-
13388) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-10697 Filed 5-7-09; 8:45 am]