Public Service Company of New Hampshire; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 46459-46460 [E7-16250]

Download as PDF pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 160 / Monday, August 20, 2007 / Notices the Carmen development and the Trail Bridge development. The Carmen development includes: (1) A 25-foot-high, 2,100-foot-long, and 10-foot-wide earthen Carmen diversion dam with a concrete weir spillway, (2) a 11,380-foot-long by 9.5foot-diameter concrete Carmen diversion tunnel located on the right abutment of the spillway, (3) a 235-foothigh, 1,100-foot-long, and 15-foot-wide earthen Smith diversion dam with a gated Ogee spillway, (4) a 7,275-footlong by 13.5 foot-diameter concretelined Smith power tunnel, (5) a 1,160foot-long by 13-foot-diameter steel underground Carmen penstock, (6) a 86foot-long by 79-foot-wide Carmen powerhouse, (7) two Francis turbines each with a generating capacity of 52.25 megawatts (MW) for a total capacity of 104.50 MW, (8) a 19-mile, 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that connects the Carmen powerhouse to the Bonneville Power Administration’s Cougar-Eugene transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The Trail Bridge development includes: (1) A 100-foot-high, 700-footlong, and 24-foot-wide earthen Trail Bridge dam section with a gated Ogee spillway, (2) a 1,000-foot-long and 20foot-wide emergency spillway section, (3) a 300-foot-long by 12-foot-diameter concrete penstock at the intake that narrows to a diameter of 7 feet, (4) a 66foot-long by 61-foot-wide Trail Bridge powerhouse, (5) one Kaplan turbine with a generating capacity of 9.975 MW; and (6) a one-mile, 11.5-kV distribution line that connects the Trail Bridge powerhouse to the Carmen powerhouse. m. 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 https://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 tollfree 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. You may also register online at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. n. Scoping Process. The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:53 Aug 17, 2007 Jkt 211001 EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. Scoping Meetings Commission staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public scoping meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: Agency Scoping Meeting Date: September 13, 2007, Time : 9 a.m. to noon (PST), Place: Midgleys Building Meeting Room, Address: 500 East 4th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon (The Midgleys Building Meeting Room is located at the corner of East 4th Avenue and High Street, adjacent to the EWEB office located at 409 High Street). Public Scoping Meeting Date: September 13, 2007, Time: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (PST), Place: Midgleys Building Meeting Room, Address: 500 East 4th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon (see above). Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission’s mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the scoping meetings or may be viewed on the internet at https:// www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above). EWEB and Commission staff will visit the Carmen-Smith Project on September 12, 2007. All participants interested in seeing the project should meet at EWEB’s Offices at 500 East 4th Street, Eugene, Oregon at 8 a.m. or meet at the informal parking area across Highway 126 from the Trail Bridge Dam at 9:30 a.m. Anyone with questions about the site visit (or needing directions) should contact Karen Lee at (541) 341–8514 or karen.lee@eweb.eugene.or.us. Those individuals planning to participate in the site visit should notify Ms. Lee of their intent, no later than September 6, 2007. Frm 00023 Objectives At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine the resource issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not require a detailed analysis. Procedures The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the EA. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–16249 Filed 8–17–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No.: 7528–009] Public Service Company of New Hampshire; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments August 10, 2007. Site Visit PO 00000 46459 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Subsequent License. b. Project No.: 7528–009. c. Date Filed: July 30, 2007. d. Applicant: Public Service Company of New Hampshire. e. Name of Project: Canaan Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The project is located on the northern Connecticut River in Coos County, New Hampshire and Essex County, Vermont. The project does not occupy United States land. E:\FR\FM\20AUN1.SGM 20AUN1 46460 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 160 / Monday, August 20, 2007 / Notices g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: James K. Kerns, Project Manager, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, 780 North Commercial Street, Manchester, NH 03101 (603) 634–2936. 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 project consist of: (1) A 275-foot-long, 14.5-foot-high concrete gravity dam with a spillway equipped with 3.5-foot-high wooden flashboards, utilized year-round; (2) a 20-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of approximately 200 acre-feet; (3) an intake structure with a 12.5-foot-wide, 12-foot-high timber gate leading to; (4) a 1,360-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter wood stave penstock; (5) two 21.3-foot-high, 15.3-foot-diameter steel surge tanks; (6) a powerhouse with one generating unit with an installed capacity of 1,100 kW; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation of the project is 7,300 megawatt-hours. The project is voluntarily operated in a run-of-river mode. Further, a total minimum flow of 136 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, is released downstream of the dam, with 50 cfs released through the 1,600-foot-long bypassed reach and the remaining 86 cfs released through the project turbine. As proposed, the project would continue to be operated in a run-of-river mode. Further, a total minimum flow of 165 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, would be released downstream of the project dam through the bypassed reach. l. Locations of the Application: 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 https:// 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 tollfree 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 https://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.asp to be notified via email 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. Milestone Target date Notice of Acceptance and Ready for Environmental Analysis ............................................................................................... Filing interventions, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ............... Notice of availability of the EA ............................................................................................................................................... Filing comments on EA .......................................................................................................................................................... Filing modified terms and conditions ...................................................................................................................................... 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. E7–16250 Filed 8–17–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP07–504–000] Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Technical Conference pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES August 13, 2007. The Commission’s July 30, 2007, Order in the above-captioned proceeding 1 directed that a technical conference be held to address issues raised by Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC’s proposed gas quality and interchangeability specifications. Take notice that a technical conference will be held on Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in a room to be designated at the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free (866) 208–3372 (voice) or 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202–208–2106 with the required accommodations. All interested parties and staff are permitted to attend. For further information please contact Sandra Elliott at (202) 502–8694 or e-mail Sandra.elliott@ferc.gov. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–16235 Filed 8–17–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 1 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 120 FERC ¶ 61,114 (2007). VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:53 Aug 17, 2007 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 September 28, 2007. November 27, 2007. March 26, 2008. April 25, 2008. June 24, 2008. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RM98–1–000] Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice August 10, 2007. This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt of prohibited and exempt off-the-record communications. Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off-the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any oral communication. Prohibited communications are included in a public, non-decisional file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the proceeding. Unless the Commission determines that the prohibited communication and any responses thereto should become a part E:\FR\FM\20AUN1.SGM 20AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 160 (Monday, August 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46459-46460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16250]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 7528-009]


Public Service Company of New Hampshire; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

August 10, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 7528-009.
    c. Date Filed: July 30, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
    e. Name of Project: Canaan Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the northern Connecticut 
River in Coos County, New Hampshire and Essex County, Vermont. The 
project does not occupy United States land.

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    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: James K. Kerns, Project Manager, Public 
Service Company of New Hampshire, 780 North Commercial Street, 
Manchester, NH 03101 (603) 634-2936.
    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 project consist of: (1) A 275-foot-long, 14.5-foot-
high concrete gravity dam with a spillway equipped with 3.5-foot-high 
wooden flashboards, utilized year-round; (2) a 20-acre reservoir with a 
gross storage capacity of approximately 200 acre-feet; (3) an intake 
structure with a 12.5-foot-wide, 12-foot-high timber gate leading to; 
(4) a 1,360-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter wood stave penstock; (5) two 
21.3-foot-high, 15.3-foot-diameter steel surge tanks; (6) a powerhouse 
with one generating unit with an installed capacity of 1,100 kW; and 
(8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation of 
the project is 7,300 megawatt-hours.
    The project is voluntarily operated in a run-of-river mode. 
Further, a total minimum flow of 136 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, 
is released downstream of the dam, with 50 cfs released through the 
1,600-foot-long bypassed reach and the remaining 86 cfs released 
through the project turbine. As proposed, the project would continue to 
be operated in a run-of-river mode. Further, a total minimum flow of 
165 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, would be released downstream of 
the project dam through the bypassed reach.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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 https://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 https://www.ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.asp to be notified via email 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          September 28, 2007.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing interventions, comments,             November 27, 2007.
 recommendations, preliminary terms and
 conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
Notice of availability of the EA..........  March 26, 2008.
Filing comments on EA.....................  April 25, 2008.
Filing modified terms and conditions......  June 24, 2008.
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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. E7-16250 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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