[Federal Register: January 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 10)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[ Project No. 1893-042]
Public Service Company of New Hampshire; Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study
Requests, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a
Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
January 7, 2004.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric license application
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public
inspection.
a. Type of Application: New major license.
b. Project No.: P-1893-042.
c. Date Filed: December 30, 2003.
d. Applicant: Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH).
e. Name of Project: Merrimack River Project.
f. Location: On the Merrimack River, in Merrimack and Hillsborough
counties, New Hampshire. The project does not occupy Federal lands of
the United States.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: James J. Kearns, 780 North Commercial Street,
P.O. Box 330, Manchester, NH, (603) 634-2936.
i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov (202)
502-6131.
j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, and local
agencies and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the
preparation of the environmental document. Agencies who would like to
request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in item l below.
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 a factual basis for 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 after the
application filing and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: February 27, 2004.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's rules of practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
Additional study requests may be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-
Filing'' link.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Project Description: The project consists of the following three
developments:
The Amoskeag Development consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) A 29-foot-high, 710-foot-long concrete gravity dam
comprised of: (i) a low crest section with 5-foot-high flashboards; and
(ii) a high crest section with 3-foot-high flashboards; (2) a 7-mile-
long, 478-acre reservoir; (3) a powerhouse, integral with the dam,
containing three generating units with a total installed capacity of
16,000 kW; (4) a 415-foot-long, 34.5-kV double circuit transmission
line; and (5) other appurtenances.
The Hooksett Development consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) A dam comprised of: (i) a 340-foot-long stone masonry
section with 2-foot-high flashboards connected to; (ii) a 250-foot-long
concrete section with 2-foot-high flashboards; (2) a 15-foot by 20-foot
Taintor gate; (3) a 5.5-mile-long, 405-acre reservoir; (4) a powerhouse
containing a single generating unit with an installed capacity of 1,600
kW; and (5) other appurtenances.
The Garvins Falls Development consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) An 18-foot-high, 550-foot-long concrete and granite
gravity dam comprised of: (i) a low crest section with 3-foot-high
flashboards; and (ii) a high crest section with 1.2-foot-high
flashboards; (2) an 8-mile-long reservoir; (3) a 500-foot-long water
canal with a 10-foot-wide waste gate; (4) two powerhouses, each
containing two generating units for a total installed capacity of
12,300 kW; (5) a 340-foot-long, 34.5-kV transmission line; and (6)
other appurtenances.
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o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is
available for public inspection in the Public Reference Room. This
filing may also be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last threee
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (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.
p. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm
to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support. To view upcoming FERC events, go to http://www.ferc.gov
and click on ``View Entire Calendar''.
q. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the New
Hampshire State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
r. Procedural Schedule and Final Amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. The Commission
staff proposes to issue one environmental assessment rather than issue
a draft and final EA. Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations,
prescriptions, and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA
issued in the summer of 2005.
Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter--April 2004
Issue Scoping Document--July 2004
Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis--January
2005
Notice of the availability of the EA--June 2005
Ready for Commission decision on the application--December 2005
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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-71 Filed 01-14-04; 8:45 am]
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