[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 42431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17731]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2985-008-MA]
Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc; Notice Soliciting Applications
July 14, 2010.
On April 29, 2009, Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. (Onyx), licensee for
the Willow Mill Project No. 2985, filed an application for a subsequent
license for the project pursuant to section 15(b)(1) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA). The license application was timely filed and an
Environmental Assessment was issued on February 2, 2010. On June 1,
2010, Onyx filed a withdrawal of its subsequent license application,
and concurrently filed an application to surrender its license.
The project is located on the Housatonic River in the Town of
Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The 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 pipe discharging 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 because all of the power is used internally at Willow
Mill. The applicant estimates that the total average annual generation,
with the proposed minimum flow, would be approximately 256 megawatt-
hours.
As a result of the withdrawal of Onyx's application, the Commission
is soliciting license applications from potential applicants. This is
because the deadline for filing applications for subsequent license was
April 30, 2009, and no application other than the licensee's was filed.
Thus, the Commission is giving other interested entities the
opportunity to file.
The licensee is required to make available to the public certain
information described in section 16.7 of the regulations. For more
information from the licensee, please contact Mr. John Clements,
Counsel for Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc., Van Ness Feldman, PC, 1050
Jefferson Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20007-3877, (202) 298-
1800.
Pursuant to section 16.25(b), a potential applicant that files a
notice of intent within 90 days from the date of this notice: (1) May
apply for a license under Part I of the FPA and Part 4 (except section
4.38) of the Commission's Regulations within 18 months of the date on
which it files its notice; and (2) must comply with sections 16.8 and
16.10 of the Commission's Regulations.
Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Robert Bell,
(202) 502-6062 or [email protected].
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17731 Filed 7-20-10; 8:45 am]
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