Claire Fay and Charles Hotchkin; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Intent To Waive Three Stage Consultation, and Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Processing, 42659 [E9-20234]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13565–000]
Claire Fay and Charles Hotchkin;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission, Soliciting
Additional Study Requests, Intent To
Waive Three Stage Consultation, and
Establishing an Expedited Schedule
for Processing
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August 14, 2009.
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.: P–13565–000.
c. Date filed: August 4, 2009.
d. Applicant: Claire Fay and Charles
Hotchkin.
e. Name of Project: Alder Brook Mini
Hydro Project.
f. Location: On the Alder Brook, near
the town of Richford, Franklin County,
Vermont. This project does not occupy
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16
U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Charles
Hotchkin, 321 Prive Hill Road, Richford,
Vermont 05476. (802) 933–2217.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer,
michael.spencer@ferc.gov (202) 502–
6093.
j. Cooperating Agencies: We are
asking Federal, state, and local agencies
and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/
or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to cooperate with
us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who
would like to request cooperating status
should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in item k below.
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 a factual basis for
complete analysis of the application on
its merits, the resource agency, Indian
tribe, or person must file a request for
the study with the Commission no later
than 60 days from the application filing
date, and serve a copy of the request on
the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: With this notice, we are
waiving the 60-day timeframe in Section
4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR for requesting
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additional studies and requests for
cooperating agency status. Instead,
requests for studies and cooperating
agency status will be due 30 days from
the date of this notice.
Additional study requests and
requests for cooperating agency status
may be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. The
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp)
under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. For a simpler
method of submitting text only
comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’
All paper documents (original and eight
copies) should be filled with: 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. Project Description: The Alder
Brook Mini Hydro Project would consist
of the following: (1) A 4-foot-wide by 8foot-long by 3-foot-high drop inlet to be
located below the Town of Richford’s
culvert on Alder Brook; (2) a 12-inchdiameter, 250-foot-long penstock; (3) a
shed containing one generating unit
with total installed generating capacity
of 7.0 kilowatts (kW); and (4) a 170-footlong transmission line from the shed to
the barn. The project would have an
average annual generation of 37,621
kilowatt-hours.
o. A copy of the application is on file
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection. This filing may
also be viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Enter the docket number, excluding the
last three digits in the docket number
filed to access the documents. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY,
contact (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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the Vermont State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as
required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
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q. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: We intend to accept the
consultation that has occurred on this
project during the pre-filing period as
satisfying our requirements for the
standard 3-stage consultation process
under 18 CFR 4.38 and for National
Environmental Policy Act scoping. In
addition, Commission staff propose to
issue a single environmental assessment
rather than issue a draft and final EA.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13554–000]
Free Flow Power Ohio River 17, LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
August 14, 2009.
On July 14, 2009, Free Flow Power
Ohio River 17, 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
Stouts Pass Hydrokinetic Energy Project,
located on the Atchafalaya River, Saint
Mary Parish, Louisiana. 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: (1) 720 turbine-generator units
configured in a series of turbine arrays
which in turn will be grouped to form
turbine fields; (2) a combination of
freestanding pilings, a floating bargelike platform, or existing shore
infrastructure such as dock pilings onto
which the turbine arrays will be
moored; (3) submersible electric cables
interconnecting the arrays within each
turbine field and transmitting the
turbine field’s generation to a shore
station; (4) several shore stations each
consisting of less than 100 square
meters which will transition the
submersible cabling to the overhead
transmission; (5) a 2.6-mile, 69 kV line
interconnecting the shore stations and
delivering power to the project
substation; and (6) appurtenant
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13565-000]
Claire Fay and Charles Hotchkin; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests,
Intent To Waive Three Stage Consultation, and Establishing an Expedited
Schedule for Processing
August 14, 2009.
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.: P-13565-000.
c. Date filed: August 4, 2009.
d. Applicant: Claire Fay and Charles Hotchkin.
e. Name of Project: Alder Brook Mini Hydro Project.
f. Location: On the Alder Brook, near the town of Richford,
Franklin County, Vermont. This project does not occupy federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Charles Hotchkin, 321 Prive Hill Road,
Richford, Vermont 05476. (802) 933-2217.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, michael.spencer@ferc.gov (202)
502-6093.
j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, state, and local
agencies and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the
preparation of the environmental document. Agencies who would like to
request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in item k below.
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 a factual basis for complete analysis of the application on its
merits, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person must file a
request for the study with the Commission no later than 60 days from
the application filing date, and serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: With this notice, we are waiving the 60-day
timeframe in Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR for requesting additional
studies and requests for cooperating agency status. Instead, requests
for studies and cooperating agency status will be due 30 days from the
date of this notice.
Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
(https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``e-filing''
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on
``Quick Comment.'' All paper documents (original and eight copies)
should be filled with: 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. Project Description: The Alder Brook Mini Hydro Project would
consist of the following: (1) A 4-foot-wide by 8-foot-long by 3-foot-
high drop inlet to be located below the Town of Richford's culvert on
Alder Brook; (2) a 12-inch-diameter, 250-foot-long penstock; (3) a shed
containing one generating unit with total installed generating capacity
of 7.0 kilowatts (kW); and (4) a 170-foot-long transmission line from
the shed to the barn. The project would have an average annual
generation of 37,621 kilowatt-hours.
o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the
Web at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number
filed to access the documents. For assistance, please contact FERC
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-
3676 or for TTY, contact (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 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
section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: We intend to accept
the consultation that has occurred on this project during the pre-
filing period as satisfying our requirements for the standard 3-stage
consultation process under 18 CFR 4.38 and for National Environmental
Policy Act scoping. In addition, Commission staff propose to issue a
single environmental assessment rather than issue a draft and final EA.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-20234 Filed 8-21-09; 8:45 am]
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