81 FR 93909 - Island Hydroelectric Project; 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 81, Issue 246 (December 22, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 93909]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30852]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14805-000]


Island Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On November 14, 2016, Island in the Sky Hydro, 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 
Island Hydroelectric Project (Island Project) to be located on the 
Blackstone River, in Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island. 
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) The existing 10-foot-
high, 156-foot-long stone block dam with provisions for 12-inch-high 
flashboards; (2) an existing 26-acre impoundment with a storage 
capacity of 120-acre-feet and a normal maximum water surface elevation 
of 34.9 feet (National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929); (3) an 
existing trashrack and 14- to 40-foot-wide, 70-foot-long forebay; (4) 
an existing concrete and steel, 40-foot-wide, 70-foot-long powerhouse 
containing one turbine-generator unit with an installed capacity of 700 
kilowatts; (5) a proposed 300-foot-long, 15-kilovolt transmission line 
connecting the powerhouse to the National Grid distribution system; and 
(6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the 
Island Project would be about 4,360 megawatt-hours. The existing dam 
and appurtenant works are owned by the State of Rhode Island.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ronald L. Johnson, Island in the Sky Hydro, 
LLC, PO Box 193, Thorndike, MA 01079; phone: (413) 883-7468.
    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 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14805-000.
    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-14805) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 16, 2016.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-30852 Filed 12-21-16; 8:45 am]
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