[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 7552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2946]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14067-000]
Charles River Energy LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On January 26, 2011, Charles River Energy LLC filed an application
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Moody Street Dam
Hydroelectric Project (Moody Street Dam Project or project) to be
located on the Charles River, in the City of Waltham, in Middlesex
County, Massachusetts. 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 run-of-the river, low-hydraulic-head (approximately 10
to 12 feet) project would consist of the following: (1) The existing
169-foot-long earthen, gravity Moody Street Dam, owned and operated by
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (2) an existing reservoir having a
total storage capacity of 2,950 acre-feet; (3) a new 66-inch-diameter,
siphon-fed penstock constructed over the dam and housing a 6-blade
Gorlov Helical Turbine (GHT) turbine-generator unit with a nameplate
capacity of 45 kilowatts (kW); (4) a new 25 kW floating turbine-
generator unit situated at the end of a floating chute in the river
approximately 500 feet downstream of the dam; (5) switchgear, controls,
and ancillary systems housed on shore adjacent to the dam; and (6) a
short transmission line connected to the NStar regional grid adjacent
to the proposed project site. The estimated annual generation of the
Moody Street Dam Project would be 615 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. James Berk, Managing Member, Charles River
Energy LLC, 27 Skinner's Path, Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945; phone:
(781) 760-1600.
FERC Contact: John Ramer; phone: (202) 502-8969.
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 at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14067-000) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: February 3, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2946 Filed 2-9-11; 8:45 am]
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