82 FR 14893 - Village of North Bennington; 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 82, Issue 55 (March 23, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 55 (Thursday, March 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 14893]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05795]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14840-000]


Village of North Bennington; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 28, 2017, the Village of North Bennington, Vermont, 
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 Firehouse Dam Hydroelectric Project (Firehouse Project or project) 
to be located on Paran Creek, near the Village of North Bennington, in 
Bennington County, Vermont. 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 Firehouse Project would consist of: (1) The existing 
40-foot-long, 10-foot-concrete gravity Firehouse Dam and spillway 
topped with new 1-foot-high flashboards and/or a new crest control 
inflatable rubber gate; (2) an existing 1.27-acre impoundment with a 
normal maximum water surface elevation 614.03 feet above mean sea 
level; (3) a new intake structure; (4) a new 20-foot-long, 15-foot-wide 
concrete and wood powerhouse containing a single 36-kilowatt turbine-
generator unit; (5) a new 75-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt transmission 
line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation 
of the Firehouse Project would be 171.58 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: William F. Scully, P.O. Box 338, North 
Bennington, Vermont 05257; phone: (802) 379-2469; email: 
[email protected].
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts; phone: (202) 502-6123; 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-14840-000.
    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-14840) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 16, 2017.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-05795 Filed 3-22-17; 8:45 am]
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