[Federal Register: August 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 160)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No.: 7528-009]
Public Service Company of New Hampshire; Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
August 10, 2007.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
b. Project No.: 7528-009.
c. Date Filed: July 30, 2007.
d. Applicant: Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
e. Name of Project: Canaan Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on the northern Connecticut
River in Coos County, New Hampshire and Essex County, Vermont. The
project does not occupy United States land.
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g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: James K. Kerns, Project Manager, Public
Service Company of New Hampshire, 780 North Commercial Street,
Manchester, NH 03101 (603) 634-2936.
i. FERC Contact: Kristen Murphy (202) 502-6236 or
kristen.murphy@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The existing project consist of: (1) A 275-foot-long, 14.5-foot-
high concrete gravity dam with a spillway equipped with 3.5-foot-high
wooden flashboards, utilized year-round; (2) a 20-acre reservoir with a
gross storage capacity of approximately 200 acre-feet; (3) an intake
structure with a 12.5-foot-wide, 12-foot-high timber gate leading to;
(4) a 1,360-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter wood stave penstock; (5) two
21.3-foot-high, 15.3-foot-diameter steel surge tanks; (6) a powerhouse
with one generating unit with an installed capacity of 1,100 kW; and
(8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation of
the project is 7,300 megawatt-hours.
The project is voluntarily operated in a run-of-river mode.
Further, a total minimum flow of 136 cfs or inflow, whichever is less,
is released downstream of the dam, with 50 cfs released through the
1,600-foot-long bypassed reach and the remaining 86 cfs released
through the project turbine. As proposed, the project would continue to
be operated in a run-of-river mode. Further, a total minimum flow of
165 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, would be released downstream of
the project dam through the bypassed reach.
l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or
may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 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
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item
(h) above.
m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.asp
to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. The Commission staff
proposes to issue a single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than
issuing a draft and final EA. The schedule allows 30 days for entities
to comment on the EA, and 60 days for agencies to file modified
mandatory terms and conditions. Staff will take into consideration all
comments and terms and conditions received on the EA before final
action is taken on the license application. Revisions to the schedule
may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance and Ready for September 28, 2007.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing interventions, comments, November 27, 2007.
recommendations, preliminary terms and
conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
Notice of availability of the EA.......... March 26, 2008.
Filing comments on EA..................... April 25, 2008.
Filing modified terms and conditions...... June 24, 2008.
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o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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