[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65311-65312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26689]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13815-000]
Renew Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
October 15, 2010.
On July 13, 2010, Renew Hydro, LLC filed an application for a
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the Boonton Reservoir Dam and
Conduit Project, located on the Rockaway River, in Parsippany-Troy
Hills, New Jersey. 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 project would consist of two developments, the Boonton
Reservoir Dam Development and the Boonton Conduit Development, as
described below.
The Boonton Reservoir Dam Development would consist of the
following: (1) The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority's existing
115-foot-high, 2,150-foot-long concrete gravity dam, with 500-foot-long
earth embankments on each abutment; (2) a 30-foot-high, 3,200-foot-long
existing Parsippany Dike; (3) the existing Boonton reservoir with an
825-acre surface area and a 28,200 acre-foot storage area at a normal
surface elevation of 307 feet mean sea level; (4) an existing masonry
intake structure with trash rakes; (5) two existing 48-inch-diameter
pipes; (6) a new powerhouse containing two generating units with a
combined capacity of 1,800 kilowatts (kW); (7) two new 4-foot-wide, 15-
foot-long tailrace pipes; (8) a 200-foot-long, 12.42/7.2-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line from the powerhouse to an existing valve house; (9) a
1,000-foot-long, 12.42/7.2-kV transmission line from the powerhouse to
the Township of Boonton's Waste Treatment Plant's control room; and
(10) a 400-foot-long, 12.42/7.2-kV transmission line from the valve
house to a pumping station. The proposed Boonton Reservoir Dam
Development would have an average annual generation of 7.19 gigawatt-
hours.
The Boonton Conduit Development would consist of the following: (1)
An existing 9-foot-diameter, 0.5-mile-long, aqueduct from Boonton
Reservoir Dam to the Jersey City Water Treatment Plant; (2) two 48-
inch-diameter modified conduits; (3) an existing valve house converted
to a new powerhouse containing two generating units with a total
capacity of 500 kW; (4) a 300-foot-long, 12.42/7.2-kV transmission
line. The proposed Boonton Conduit Development would have an average
annual generation of 2.14 gigawatt-hours.
The proposed developments would have a total combined average
annual generation of 9.33 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Paul V. Nolan, Esquire, 5515 North 17th Street,
Arlington, VA, 22205; phone: (703) 534-5509.
FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, (202) 502-6359.
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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and
competing applications 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/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. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing,
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13815-000) in the docket number field to
access the document. For
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assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-26689 Filed 10-21-10; 8:45 am]
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