Marlborough Hydro Associates; Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Application for Transfer of License, and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene, 12049-12050 [2013-03957]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 35 / Thursday, February 21, 2013 / Notices The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, February 25, 2013. Dated: February 14, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–03956 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP13–77–000] erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion East Ohio; Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Abbreviated Application for Limited Amendment to Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity On February 11, 2013, The East Ohio Gas Company d/b/a Dominion East Ohio (‘‘DEO’’) and Dominion Transmission, Inc. (‘‘DTI’’), filed an abbreviated application for limited amendment to certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (‘‘NGA’’). Requesting approval of a lease pursuant to which DTI will lease storage capacity from DEO (the ‘‘Phase II Lease’’). DEO and DTI received authority in Docket No. VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:47 Feb 20, 2013 Jkt 229001 CP10–107 for DTI to lease 3 million Dth of storage capacity from DEO. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in this proceeding must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, February 25, 2013. Dated: February 14, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–03955 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12049 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 7887–017] Marlborough Hydro Associates; Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Application for Transfer of License, and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene On January 9, 2013, Marlborough Hydro Associates (transferor) and Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc. (transferee) filed an application for transfer of license for the Minnewawa Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 7887, located on Minnewawa Brook in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Applicants seek Commission approval to transfer the license for the Minnewawa Hydroelectric Project from the transferor to the transferee. Applicants’ Contact: For transferor: Mr. John Webster, General Partner, Marlborough Hydro Associates, P.O. Box 178, South Berwick, ME 03908 and Ms. Elizabeth W. Whittle, Nixon, Peabody, LLP, 401 Ninth Street NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004, telephone (202) 585–8338. For transferee: Mr. Robert King, President, Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc., 42 Hurricane Road, Keene, NH 03431, telephone (603) 352–3444. FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis (202) 502–8735, patricia.gillis@ferc.gov. Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 15 days from the issuance date of this notice, by the Commission. Comments and motions to intervene may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site under https:// 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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. If unable to be filed electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original plus seven copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. More information about this project can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–7887) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208–3372. E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1 12050 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 35 / Thursday, February 21, 2013 / Notices Dated: February 14, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–03957 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13563–002] erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On December 3, 2012, Juneau Hydropower, Inc., filed an application for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Sweetheart Lake Project located on Lower Sweetheart Lake and Sweetheart Creek in Juneau, Alaska. 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 the following facilities: (1) A new 275foot-long, 105-foot-high concrete and rock face dam, including project intake facilities and a 125-foot-wide overflow spillway, constructed at the natural outlet of Lower Sweetheart Lake; (2) the existing Lower Sweetheart Lake, raised to a surface elevation of 628 feet above mean sea level, with a surface area of 1,701.5 acres and an active storage capacity of 94,069 acre-feet at the normal maximum water elevation; (3) a new 500-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter stream diversion tunnel that would be converted to reservoir outlet works after project construction; (4) a new 9,595foot-long, 12-foot-diameter penstock diverting flow from the project intake to the powerhouse; (5) a new powerhouse containing three new 6.6-megawatt (MW), Francis generating units having a total installed capacity of 19.8 MW; (6) a tailrace consisting of a new 76-footwide to 22-foot-wide, 75-foot-long open afterbay; a new 225-foot-long, 12-footdiameter tunnel extending from the afterbay to an outlet structure on a tributary to Sweetheart Creek; and an existing tributary stream channel, modified to a 100-foot-long, 35-footwide channel that will flow into VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:47 Feb 20, 2013 Jkt 229001 Sweetheart Creek; (7) new marine access facilities, including a dual-height marine ramp, floating docks for seaplane and boat access, and a staging area adjacent to the docks; (8) a new switchyard adjacent to the powerhouse; (9) a new 8.69-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission line, consisting of buried, submarine, and overhead segments; (10) a new 4,400-foot-long access road; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The proposed Sweetheart Lake Project would have an average annual generation of 111 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Duff Mitchell, Business Manager, Juneau Hydropower, Inc. P.O. Box 22775, Juneau, AK 99802; email: duff.mitchell@juneauhydro.com; phone: (907) 789–2775. FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502–6136. The original notice, issued on January 9, 2013, was not published in the Juneau newspaper in a timely manner. Therefore, the deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications has been extended to 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 https:// 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 https://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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–13563) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: February 14, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–03953 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14418–000] S. Martinez Livestock, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On May 31, 2012, and revised on July 30, 2012, S. Martinez Livestock, Inc. 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 Cold Creek Valley Pumped Storage Project (project) to be located downstream of Priest Rapids dam on the Columbia River, in Yakima County, Washington. 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 include a pumped storage facility and a traditional turbine-generator facility. The pumped storage facility would consist of: (1) A new upper reservoir in Cold Creek Valley; (2) a proposed intake structure including five 1,800-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter penstocks leading to the powerhouse located on the Columbia River downstream of Priest Rapids Dam; (3) a powerhouse with five 400 megawatt (MW) pump/turbine units with an installed capacity of approximately 2,000 MW; and (4) a 30mile-long transmission line. The estimated annual generation of the pumped storage facility would be 86,430 megawatt hours. The turbinegenerator facility would consist of: (1) an intake leading to a 200-foot-long, 5foot-diamater penstock; and (2) a powerhouse with a 5–MW Francis turbine-generator unit. The estimated annual generation of the turbine generator unit would be 17,286 megawatt hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Daniel T. Martinez, S. Martinez Livestock, Inc., 13395 Hwy. 24, Moxee, WA 98936; phone: (541) 298–3300. E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12049-12050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03957]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7887-017]

Marlborough Hydro Associates; Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.; Notice
of Application for Transfer of License, and Soliciting Comments and
Motions To Intervene

On January 9, 2013, Marlborough Hydro Associates (transferor) and
Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc. (transferee) filed an application for
transfer of license for the Minnewawa Hydroelectric Project, FERC No.
7887, located on Minnewawa Brook in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
Applicants seek Commission approval to transfer the license for the
Minnewawa Hydroelectric Project from the transferor to the transferee.
Applicants' Contact: For transferor: Mr. John Webster, General
Partner, Marlborough Hydro Associates, P.O. Box 178, South Berwick, ME
03908 and Ms. Elizabeth W. Whittle, Nixon, Peabody, LLP, 401 Ninth
Street NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004, telephone (202) 585-8338.
For transferee: Mr. Robert King, President, Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.,
42 Hurricane Road, Keene, NH 03431, telephone (603) 352-3444.
FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis (202) 502-8735,
patricia.gillis@ferc.gov.
Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 15 days from
the issuance date of this notice, by the Commission. Comments and
motions to intervene may be filed electronically via the Internet. See
18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
under https://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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information
at the end of your comments. If unable to be filed electronically,
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original plus seven
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. More
information about this project can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary
link of Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-7887) in the docket number
field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-
3372.

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Dated: February 14, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03957 Filed 2-20-13; 8:45 am]
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