[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47585-47586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19381]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13381-001]
Jonathan and Jayne Chase; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
July 30, 2010.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Exemption From Licensing.
b. Project No.: 13381-001.
c. Date filed: July 23, 2010.
d. Applicant: Jonathan and Jayne Chase.
e. Name of Project: Troy Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Missisquoi River, in the Town of Troy, Orleans
County, Vermont. The project would not occupy lands of the United
States.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
h. Applicant Contact: Jonathan and Jayne Chase, 361 Goodall Road,
Derby Line, VT 05830, (802) 895-2980.
i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
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 an adequate factual basis for a 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 from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: September 21, 2010.
All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at [email protected]; call toll-free at
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Troy Project would consist of: (1) The existing 180-foot-
long, 55.7-foot-high Bakers Fall dam with a 134-foot-long spillway and
a 3.33-foot-wide, 4.0-foot-high wastegate located below the spillway;
(2) an existing 6.9-acre impoundment with a normal water surface
elevation of 739.4 feet above mean sea level; (3) an existing intake
structure equipped with two 3.33-foot-wide, 4.0-foot-high headgates;
(4) an existing forebay with a 2.0-foot-wide, 2.0-foot-high wastegate;
(5) an existing 250-foot-long, 6.5-foot-diameter penstock; (6) an
existing powerhouse containing one inoperable 600-kilowatt (kW)
generating unit; and (7) an existing 90-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt
transmission line.
The applicant proposes to: (1) Rehabilitate and increase the
capacity of the inoperable generating unit to 850 kW; and (2) replace
the existing transmission line with new transmission line. The proposed
project is estimated to generate an average of 1,500 megawatt-hours
annually.
o. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
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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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
Vermont State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
will be made as appropriate (i.e. if scoping is waived, the schedule
would be shortened).
Issue Deficiency Letter--October 2010
Issue Acceptance letter--January 2011
Issue Scoping Document--February 2011
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--April
2011
Notice of the availability of the EA--November 2011
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-19381 Filed 8-5-10; 8:45 am]
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