80_FR_39224 80 FR 39094 - New England Hydropower Company, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

80 FR 39094 - New England Hydropower Company, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 130 (July 8, 2015)

Page Range39094-39095
FR Document2015-16685

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39094-39095]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16685]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14550-001]


New England Hydropower Company, LLC; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study 
Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Exemption from Licensing.

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    b. Project No.: 14550-001.
    c. Date filed: June 26, 2015.
    d. Applicant: New England Hydropower Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Hanover Pond Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Quinnipiac River, near the city of Meriden, in 
New Haven County, Connecticut. No federal lands would be occupied by 
project works or located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael C. Kerr, New England Hydropower 
Company, LLC, P.O. Box 5524, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts 01915; (978) 
360-2547, [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) 502-8969, [email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: August 25, 2015.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14550-001.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Hanover Pond Dam Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) 
An existing 25-foot-high, 150-foot-long earth embankment dam with four 
low-level sluice gates and a 250-foot-long concrete spillway; (2) the 
existing approximately 71.0-acre Hanover Pond with a storage capacity 
of 1,800 acre-feet at a normal operating elevation of about 87.3 feet 
NGVD29; (3) an existing 175-foot-long, 16.0-foot-wide fish ladder; (4) 
a new 8-foot-high, 12.5-foot-wide hydraulically-powered sluice gate 
equipped with a new 8-foot-high, 17-foot-wide trashrack with 9-inch bar 
spacing; (5) a new 78-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter buried precast 
concrete penstock; (6) a new 46.5-foot-long, 11.65-foot wide Archimedes 
screw generator unit, with an installed capacity of 192 kilowatts; (7) 
a new 12-foot-high, 18-foot-long, 16.0-foot-wide concrete powerhouse 
containing a new gearbox, generator, and electrical controls; (8) a new 
15-foot-long, variable-width concrete tailrace; (9) a new 500-foot-
long, 35-kilovolt above ground transmission line connecting the 
powerhouse to Connecticut Light and Power's distribution system; and 
(10) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the 
proposed Hanover Pond Dam Project would be about 900 megawatt-hours.
    o. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the New 
Hampshire State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate (e.g., study requests and/or application 
deficiencies may lengthen the schedule).
    Issue Notice of Acceptance/Ready for Environmental Analysis--
September 2015
    Issue EA/Order--February 2016

    Dated: June 30, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-16685 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The                applicable State Historic Preservation                    heard by the courts if they choose to
                                                main goal of the scoping process is to                    Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their                      appeal the Commission’s final ruling.
                                                focus the analysis in the EA on the                       views and those of other government                       An intervenor formally participates in
                                                important environmental issues. By this                   agencies, interested Indian tribes, and                   the proceeding by filing a request to
                                                notice, the Commission requests public                    the public on the project’s potential                     intervene. Instructions for becoming an
                                                comments on the scope of the issues to                    effects on historic properties.4 We will                  intervenor are in the User’s Guide under
                                                address in the EA. We will consider all                   define the project-specific Area of                       the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s
                                                filed comments during the preparation                     Potential Effects (APE) in consultation                   Web site.
                                                of the EA.                                                with the SHPOs as the project develops.
                                                                                                                                                                    Additional Information
                                                   In the EA we will discuss impacts that                 On natural gas facility projects, the APE
                                                could occur as a result of the                            at a minimum encompasses all areas                           Additional information about the
                                                construction and operation of the                         subject to ground disturbance (examples                   project is available from the
                                                proposed project under these general                      include construction right-of-way,                        Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
                                                headings:                                                 contractor/pipe storage yards,                            at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
                                                   • Geology and soils;                                   compressor stations, and access roads).                   site at www.ferc.gov using the
                                                   • land use;                                            Our EA for this project will document                     ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary
                                                   • water resources, fisheries, and                      our findings on the impacts on historic                   link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and
                                                wetlands;                                                 properties and summarize the status of                    enter the docket number, excluding the
                                                   • cultural resources;                                  consultations under section 106.                          last three digits in the Docket Number
                                                   • vegetation and wildlife; including                                                                             field (i.e., C15–495). Be sure you have
                                                                                                          Environmental Mailing List                                selected an appropriate date range. For
                                                migratory birds;
                                                   • air quality and noise;                                  The environmental mailing list                         assistance, please contact FERC Online
                                                   • endangered and threatened species;                   includes federal, state, and local                        Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov
                                                   • public safety; and                                   government representatives and                            or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for
                                                   • cumulative impacts.                                  agencies; elected officials;                              TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. The
                                                   We will also evaluate reasonable                       environmental and public interest                         eLibrary link also provides access to the
                                                alternatives to the proposed project or                   groups; Native American Tribes; other                     texts of formal documents issued by the
                                                portions of the project, and make                         interested parties; and local libraries                   Commission, such as orders, notices,
                                                                                                          and newspapers. This list also includes                   and rulemakings.
                                                recommendations on how to lessen or
                                                                                                          all affected landowners (as defined in                       In addition, the Commission offers a
                                                avoid impacts on the various resource
                                                                                                          the Commission’s regulations) who are                     free service called eSubscription which
                                                areas.                                                                                                              allows you to keep track of all formal
                                                   The EA will present our independent                    potential right-of-way grantors, whose
                                                                                                          property may be used temporarily for                      issuances and submittals in specific
                                                analysis of the issues. The EA will be                                                                              dockets. This can reduce the amount of
                                                available in the public record through                    project purposes, or who own homes
                                                                                                          within certain distances of aboveground                   time you spend researching proceedings
                                                eLibrary. We may publish and distribute                                                                             by automatically providing you with
                                                the EA to the public for an allotted                      facilities, and anyone who submits
                                                                                                          comments on the project. We will                          notification of these filings, document
                                                comment period. We will consider all                                                                                summaries, and direct links to the
                                                comments on the EA before making our                      update the environmental mailing list as
                                                                                                          the analysis proceeds to ensure that we                   documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
                                                recommendations to the Commission.                                                                                  filing/esubscription.asp.
                                                To ensure we have the opportunity to                      send the information related to this
                                                                                                          environmental review to all individuals,                     Finally, public meetings or site visits
                                                consider and address your comments,                                                                                 will be posted on the Commission’s
                                                please carefully follow the instructions                  organizations, and government entities
                                                                                                          interested in and/or potentially affected                 calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
                                                in the Public Participation section,                                                                                EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
                                                beginning on page 2.                                      by the proposed project.
                                                                                                             If we publish and distribute the EA,                   with other related information.
                                                   With this notice, we are asking
                                                agencies with jurisdiction by law and/                    copies will be sent to the environmental                    Dated: June 30, 2015.
                                                or special expertise with respect to the                  mailing list for public review and                        Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                environmental issues of this project to                   comment. If you would prefer to receive                   Secretary.
                                                formally cooperate with us in the                         a paper copy of the document instead of                   [FR Doc. 2015–16682 Filed 7–7–15; 8:45 am]
                                                preparation of the EA.3 Agencies that                     the CD version or would like to remove                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                would like to request cooperating                         your name from the mailing list, please
                                                agency status should follow the                           return the attached Information Request
                                                instructions for filing comments                          (appendix 2).                                             DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                provided under the Public Participation                   Becoming an Intervenor                                    Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                section of this notice.                                     In addition to involvement in the EA                    Commission
                                                Consultations Under Section 106 of the                    scoping process, you may want to
                                                                                                                                                                    [Project No. 14550–001]
                                                National Historic Preservation Act                        become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an
                                                                                                          official party to the Commission’s                        New England Hydropower Company,
                                                  In accordance with the Advisory
                                                                                                          proceeding. Intervenors play a more                       LLC; Notice of Application Tendered
                                                Council on Historic Preservation’s
                                                                                                          formal role in the process and are able                   for Filing With the Commission and
                                                implementing regulations for section
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                                                                                                          to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be                Soliciting Additional Study Requests
                                                106 of the National Historic
                                                Preservation Act, we are using this                         4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s          Take notice that the following
                                                notice to initiate consultation with the                  regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal              hydroelectric application has been filed
                                                                                                          Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define           with the Commission and is available
                                                  3 The Council on Environmental Quality                  historic properties as any prehistoric or historic
                                                regulations addressing cooperating agency                 district, site, building, structure, or object included   for public inspection.
                                                responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal         in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register        a. Type of Application: Exemption
                                                Regulations, Part 1501.6.                                 of Historic Places.                                       from Licensing.


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                                                   b. Project No.: 14550–001.                               m. The application is not ready for                or application deficiencies may
                                                   c. Date filed: June 26, 2015.                         environmental analysis at this time.                  lengthen the schedule).
                                                   d. Applicant: New England                                n. The Hanover Pond Dam                              Issue Notice of Acceptance/Ready for
                                                Hydropower Company, LLC.                                 Hydroelectric Project would consist of:                    Environmental Analysis—
                                                   e. Name of Project: Hanover Pond                      (1) An existing 25-foot-high, 150-foot-                    September 2015
                                                Dam Hydroelectric Project.                               long earth embankment dam with four                     Issue EA/Order—February 2016
                                                   f. Location: On the Quinnipiac River,                 low-level sluice gates and a 250-foot-                  Dated: June 30, 2015.
                                                near the city of Meriden, in New Haven                   long concrete spillway; (2) the existing              Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                County, Connecticut. No federal lands                    approximately 71.0-acre Hanover Pond                  Secretary.
                                                would be occupied by project works or                    with a storage capacity of 1,800 acre-feet            [FR Doc. 2015–16685 Filed 7–7–15; 8:45 am]
                                                located within the project boundary.                     at a normal operating elevation of about              BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                   g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility                  87.3 feet NGVD29; (3) an existing 175-
                                                Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16                      foot-long, 16.0-foot-wide fish ladder; (4)
                                                U.S.C. 2705, 2708.                                       a new 8-foot-high, 12.5-foot-wide                     DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                   h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael C.                  hydraulically-powered sluice gate
                                                Kerr, New England Hydropower                             equipped with a new 8-foot-high, 17-                  Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                Company, LLC, P.O. Box 5524, Beverly                     foot-wide trashrack with 9-inch bar                   Commission
                                                Farms, Massachusetts 01915; (978) 360–                   spacing; (5) a new 78-foot-long, 12-foot-             [Docket No. PF14–22–000]
                                                2547, Michael@nehydropower.com.                          diameter buried precast concrete
                                                   i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202)                    penstock; (6) a new 46.5-foot-long,                   Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company,
                                                502–8969, john.ramer@ferc.gov.                           11.65-foot wide Archimedes screw                      L.L.C.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
                                                   j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,              generator unit, with an installed                     Environmental Impact Statement for
                                                local, and tribal agencies with                          capacity of 192 kilowatts; (7) a new 12-              the Planned Northeast Energy Direct
                                                jurisdiction and/or special expertise                    foot-high, 18-foot-long, 16.0-foot-wide               Project, Request for Comments on
                                                with respect to environmental issues                     concrete powerhouse containing a new                  Environmental Issues, and Notice of
                                                that wish to cooperate in the                            gearbox, generator, and electrical                    Public Scoping Meetings
                                                preparation of the environmental                         controls; (8) a new 15-foot-long,
                                                                                                         variable-width concrete tailrace; (9) a                  The staff of the Federal Energy
                                                document should follow the
                                                                                                         new 500-foot-long, 35-kilovolt above                  Regulatory Commission (FERC or
                                                instructions for filing such requests
                                                                                                         ground transmission line connecting the               Commission) will prepare an
                                                described in item l below. Cooperating
                                                                                                         powerhouse to Connecticut Light and                   environmental impact statement (EIS)
                                                agencies should note the Commission’s
                                                                                                         Power’s distribution system; and (10)                 that will discuss the environmental
                                                policy that agencies that cooperate in
                                                                                                         appurtenant facilities. The estimated                 impacts of the Northeast Energy Direct
                                                the preparation of the environmental
                                                                                                         annual generation of the proposed                     Project (Project) involving construction
                                                document cannot also intervene. See, 94
                                                                                                         Hanover Pond Dam Project would be                     and operation of facilities by Tennessee
                                                FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
                                                                                                         about 900 megawatt-hours.                             Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
                                                   k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18                                                                     (Tennessee Gas) in Pennsylvania, New
                                                CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if                     o. A copy of the application is
                                                                                                                                                               York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
                                                any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or                    available for review at the Commission
                                                                                                                                                               and Connecticut. The Commission will
                                                person believes that an additional                       in the Public Reference Room or may be
                                                                                                                                                               use this EIS in its decision-making
                                                scientific study should be conducted in                  viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
                                                                                                                                                               process to determine whether the
                                                order to form an adequate factual basis                  http://www.ferc.gov using the
                                                                                                                                                               Project is in the public convenience and
                                                for a complete analysis of the                           ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
                                                                                                                                                               necessity.
                                                application on its merit, the resource                   number excluding the last three digits in                This notice announces the opening of
                                                agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file                the docket number field to access the                 the scoping process the Commission
                                                a request for a study with the                           document. For assistance, contact FERC                will use to gather input from the public
                                                Commission not later than 60 days from                   Online Support. A copy is also available              and interested agencies on the Project.
                                                the date of filing of the application, and               for inspection and reproduction at the                You can make a difference by providing
                                                serve a copy of the request on the                       address in item h above.                              us with your specific comments or
                                                applicant.                                                  You may also register online at                    concerns about the Project. Your
                                                   l. Deadline for filing additional study               http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                      comments should focus on the potential
                                                requests and requests for cooperating                    esubscription.asp to be notified via                  environmental effects, reasonable
                                                agency status: August 25, 2015.                          email of new filings and issuances                    alternatives, and measures to avoid or
                                                   The Commission strongly encourages                    related to this or other pending projects.            lessen environmental impacts. Your
                                                electronic filing. Please file additional                For assistance, contact FERC Online                   input will help the Commission staff
                                                study requests and requests for                          Support.                                              determine what issues they need to
                                                cooperating agency status using the                         p. With this notice, we are initiating             evaluate in the EIS. To ensure that your
                                                Commission’s eFiling system at http://                   consultation with the New Hampshire                   comments are timely and properly
                                                www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For                State Historic Preservation Officer                   recorded, please send your comments so
                                                assistance, please contact FERC Online                   (SHPO), as required by section 106 of                 that the Commission receives them in
                                                Support at FERCOnlineSupport@                            the National Historic Preservation Act                Washington, DC, on or before August
                                                ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or                 and the regulations of the Advisory                   31, 2015.
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                                                (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of                         Council on Historic Preservation, 36                     If you sent comments on this project
                                                electronic filing, please send a paper                   CFR 800.4.                                            to the Commission before the opening of
                                                copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy                          q. Procedural schedule: The                        this docket on September 15, 2014, you
                                                Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street                  application will be processed according               will need to file those comments in
                                                NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first                     to the following preliminary schedule.                Docket No. PF14–22–000 to ensure they
                                                page of any filing should include docket                 Revisions to the schedule will be made                are considered as part of this
                                                number P–14550–001.                                      as appropriate (e.g., study requests and/             proceeding.


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