[Federal Register: May 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 95)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2985-006]
MeadWestvaco Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
May 12, 2009.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 2985-006.
c. Date Filed: April 29, 2009.
d. Applicant: MeadWestvaco Corporation.
e. Name of Project: Willow Mill Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Housatonic River in the Town of Stockbridge,
Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The project does not affect federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas A. Beebe, Senior Engineering Project
Manager, MeadWestvaco, MW Custom Papers, LLC, P.O. Box 188, South Lee,
MA 01260, (413) 243 5938, thomas.beebe@mwv.com.
i. FERC Contact: Kristen Murphy, (202) 502-6236 or
kristen.murphy@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The existing Willow Mill Project consists of: (1) A 14-foot-
high, 150-foot-wide stone masonry gravity dam; (2) an 11-acre
impoundment; (3) a 10-foot-deep, 18-foot-wide, 50-foot-long rubble and
masonry canal connected to a 10-foot-deep, 18-foot-wide, 260-foot-long
rubble and masonry underground headrace; (4) two 5.5-foot-long, 8-foot
diameter steel penstocks; (5) a 100-kW turbine generating unit; and (6)
a 210-foot-long discharge pipe releasing water back into the Housatonic
River. The turbine generating unit is located in the basement of
MeadWestvaco's paper mill. There are no transmission lines associated
with the project as all of the power is used for internal use at the
Willow Mill.
The applicant proposes to continue to operate the project in run-
of-river mode with an increase in minimum flow in the 700-foot-long
bypass reach from 1.4 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 122 cfs or inflow,
whichever is less. The applicant estimates that the total average
annual generation, with the proposed minimum flow, would be
approximately 256 megawatt-hours.
l. 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. The Commission staff
proposes to issue a single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than
issuing a draft and final EA. The schedule allows 30 days for entities
to comment on the EA, and 60 days for agencies to file modified
mandatory terms and conditions. Staff will take into consideration all
comments and terms and conditions received on the EA before final
action is taken on the license application. Revisions to the schedule
may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance and Ready for June 28, 2009.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing interventions, comments, August 27, 2009.
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Notice of availability of the EA.... December 25, 2009.
Filing comments on EA............... January 24, 2010.
Filing modified terms and conditions March 25, 2010.
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o. 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.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-11570 Filed 5-18-09; 8:45 am]
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