80 FR 23529 - Murphy Dam, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23529-23530]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09754]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14670-000]


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

    On March 20, 2015, Murphy Dam, 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 Murphy Dam 
Hydroelectric Project (Murphy Dam Project) to be located on the 
Connecticut River, near Pittsburg, Coos 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 the following: (1) An 
existing 100-foot-high, 2,100-foot-long earthen embankment dam; (2) an 
adjacent 300-foot-long concrete spillway with a stoplog and flashboard 
crest elevation of 1,385 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD); 
(3) the existing 2,020-acre Lake Francis with a storage capacity of 
96,000 acre-feet; (4) a new 8-foot-diameter, 500-foot-long steel 
penstock connected to an existing 916-foot-long, steel-lined concrete 
outlet conduit and concrete intake structure; (5) a new 30-foot-wide, 
40-foot long, 20-foot high powerhouse containing one Kaplan turbine-
generator unit having a total installed capacity of 3.0 megawatts; (6) 
a new 30-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep, 100-foot-long, riprap-lined tailrace; 
(7) a new 1,600-foot-long, 12-kilovolt transmission line connecting the 
powerhouse to the Public Service of New Hampshire distribution system; 
and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the 
Murphy Dam Project would be about 12,400 megawatt-hours. The existing 
Murphy Dam and appurtenant works is owned by the New Hampshire 
Department of Environmental Services.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Boumansour, Murphy Dam LLC, c/o Gravity 
Renewables, Inc. 1401 Walnut Street, Suite 220, Boulder, CO 80302; 
phone: (303) 615-3101; email: [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Patrick Crile; phone: (202) 502-8042 or email: 
[email protected].
    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 
[email protected], (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

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First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing 
should include docket number P-14670-000.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14670) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 21, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-09754 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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