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Lakeport Hydroelectric Associates,
Lakeport Hydroelectric Corporation,
Lakeport Hydroelectric One, LLC;
Notice of Application for Transfer of
License, and Soliciting Comments and
Motions To Intervene
On April 4, 2013, Lakeport
Hydroelectric Associates and Lakeport
Hydroelectric Corporation (transferors)
and Lakeport Hydroelectric One, LLC
(transferee) filed an application for the
transfer of license for the Lakeport
Project, FERC No. 6440, located on the
Winnipesaukee River in Belknap
County, New Hampshire.
Applicants seek Commission approval
to transfer the license for the Lakeport
Project from the transferors to the
transferee.
Applicants’ Contact: Shannon P.
Coleman, Director, Legal Regulatory
Strategy, Algonquin-Liberty Business
Services, 2865 Bristol Circle, Oakville,
ON, Canada L6H 6X5, telephone (905)
465–4462.
FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis (202)
502–8735, patricia.gillis@ferc.gov.
Deadline for filing comments and
motions to intervene: 30 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
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project 2629–014]
Village of Morrisville, Vermont; Notice
of Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission and Establishing
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and
Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2629–014.
c. Date Filed: April 25, 2013.
d. Applicant: Village of Morrisville,
Vermont (Morrisville).
e. Name of Project: Morrisville
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Green River,
Elmore Pond Brook, and Lamoille River,
in Lamoille County, Vermont. The
project does not occupy any federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Craig Myotte,
Village of Morrisville, Water & Light
Department, P.O. Box 460—857 Elmore
Street, Morrisville, Vermont, 05661–
0460; (802) 888–6521 or
cmyotte@mwlvt.com.
i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202)
502–6131 or stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
k. The Project Description: The
existing Morrisville Hydroelectric
Project consists of four developments
with a total installed capacity of 4,990
kilowatts (kW). The project’s average
annual generation is 9,032,221 kilowatthours. The power generated by the
Morrisville Project is used by
Morrisville to meet the power needs of
its regional retail customers within the
Village of Morrisville and surrounding
communities.
Green River Development
The existing Green River
Development is located on the Green
River and consists of: (1) A 360-foot-
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long, 105-foot-high concrete arch dam
that includes, near its center, a 60-footlong ungated spillway with a crest
elevation of 1,220 feet above mean sea
level (msl); (2) a 45-foot-long, 15-foothigh concrete gravity weir that creates a
180-foot-long, 11-foot-deep stilling pool
downstream of the concrete arch dam;
(3) a 200-foot-long, 16-foot-high earthen
embankment with 2-foot-high wooden
wave barriers approximately 1.25 miles
southeast of the concrete arch dam; (4)
a 690-acre impoundment with a storage
capacity of 17,400-acre-feet and a
normal maximum elevation of 1,220 feet
msl; (5) a 16-foot-long, 12-foot-high
gated intake structure; (6) a 22-foot-long,
16-foot-wide intake-valve house and a
14-foot-long, 13-foot-wide outlet-valve
house; (7) a 116-foot-long penstock, that
includes a 6-foot-diameter, 94.5-footlong buried, steel section that bifurcates
into two 3-foot-diameter, 21.5-foot-long
steel sections; (8) a 32-foot-long, 37-footwide concrete powerhouse containing
two 945-kW turbine-generator units for
a total installed capacity of 1,890 kW;
(9) a 14.5-foot-long, concrete tailrace;
(10) a 5-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line connecting the
powerhouse to the regional grid; and
(11) appurtenant facilities.
The Green River Development
bypasses approximately 180 feet of the
Green River, including the stilling pool.
Lake Elmore Development
The existing Lake Elmore
Development is located on Elmore Pond
Brook and consists of: (1) A 26-footlong, 10-foot-high concrete gravity dam
and spillway with a crest elevation of
1,139 feet msl; (2) a 300-acre
impoundment (Lake Elmore) with a
1,000-acre-foot storage capacity and a
normal maximum water surface
elevation of 1,139 feet msl; (3) a 8.5foot-long, 7.5-foot-wide gatehouse; (4) a
8.3-foot-long, 3.5-foot-high gated intake
structure; (5) a 2.5-foot-long concretelined tailrace; and (6) appurtenant
facilities.
Morrisville Development
The existing Morrisville Development
is located on the Lamoille River and
consists of: (1) A 384-foot-long, 37-foothigh concrete gravity dam comprised of
a 138-foot-long concrete retaining wall,
a 30-foot-long intake and gatehouse
section, and a 216-foot-long spillway
with two 108-foot-long, 4-foot-high
Obermeyer inflatable crest gates and a
crest elevation of 627.79 feet msl; (2) a
141-foot-long, 8-foot-high concrete wall
approximately 260 feet northwest of the
dam that includes a 60-foot-long
overflow section (back spillway) with 2foot-high wooden flashboards ; (3) a 15-
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acre impoundment with a 72-acre-foot
storage capacity and a normal maximum
water surface elevation of 631.79 feet
msl; (4) a 28-foot-long, 36-foot-wide
gatehouse; (5) a 30-foot-long, 16-foothigh gated intake structure; (6) one 7foot-diameter, 150-foot-long buried steel
penstock and one 10-foot-diameter, 150foot-long buried, steel penstock; (7) a
54.5-foot-long, 30.5-foot-wide concretebrick powerhouse containing a 600-kW
turbine-generator unit and a 1,200-kW
turbine-generator unit for a total
installed capacity of 1,800 kW; (8) one
17.5-foot-long concrete-lined tailrace
and one 14.0-foot-long concrete-lined
tailrace; (9) a 435-foot-long, 34.5-kV
transmission line connecting the
powerhouse to the regional grid; and
(10) appurtenant facilities.
The Morrisville Development
bypasses approximately 380 feet of the
Lamoille River.
Cadys Falls Development
The existing Cadys Falls Development
is located on the Lamoille River
approximately 1 mile downstream of the
Morrisville Development and consists
of: (1) A 364-foot-long, 41-foot-high
concrete gravity dam comprised of a 23foot-long embankment section, a 186foot-long spillway section with 3.5-foothigh wooden flashboards and a crest
elevation of 576.89 feet msl, a 60-footlong intake and gatehouse section, and
a 95-foot-long non-overflow section; (2)
a 150-acre impoundment (Lake
Lamoille) with a 72-acre-foot storage
capacity and a normal maximum water
surface elevation of 580.39 feet msl; (3)
a 29-foot-long, 40-foot-wide gatehouse;
(4) an 18.0-foot-long, 9.2-foot-high gated
intake structure; (5) a buried, steel
penstock that includes a 7-footdiameter, 1,110-foot-long section
leading to a 35.6-foot-high, 29.7-footdiameter concrete surge tank and
bifurcating into a 90-foot-long, 8-footdiameter section and a 30-foot-long, 9foot-diameter section; (6) a 96-foot-long,
46-foot-wide concrete-brick powerhouse
containing a 600-kW turbine-generator
unit and a 700-kW turbine-generator
unit for a total installed capacity of
1,300 kW; (7) a 12-foot-long concretelined tailrace; (8) a 150-foot-long, 34.5kV transmission line connecting the
powerhouse to the regional grid; and (9)
appurtenant facilities.
The Cadys Falls Development
bypasses approximately 1,690 feet of the
Lamoille River.
The Green River and Lake Elmore
developments are operated in seasonal
store and release mode and the
Morrisville and Cadys Falls
developments are operated in run-ofriver mode. The existing license
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requires instantaneous minimum flows
of 5.5 cubic feet per second (cfs) in the
tailrace of the Green River Development;
135 cfs and 12 cfs in the tailrace and
bypassed reach of the Morrisville
Development, respectively; and 150 cfs
in the tailrace of the Cadys Falls
Development. Morrisville proposes to
maintain existing project operations and
provide additional minimum flows of 4
cfs over the back spillway at the
Morrisville Development and 12 cfs in
the bypassed reach at the Cadys Falls
Development. Morrisville also proposes
to remove the Lake Elmore Development
from the project and remove a 0.4-acre
parcel of property at the Morrisville
Development from the project boundary.
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/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. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Notice of Acceptance/Notice
of Ready for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations,
preliminary terms and
conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Commission issues NonDraft EA.
Comments on EA ................
Modified terms and conditions.
June 2013.
August 2013.
December
2013.
January 2014.
March 2014.
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.
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Dated: May 8, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Motions To
Intervene and Protests
Project Nos.
Clean River Power MR–1,
LLC ....................................
Clean River Power MR–2,
LLC ....................................
Clean River Power MR–3,
LLC ....................................
Clean River Power MR–5,
LLC ....................................
Clean River Power MR–6,
LLC ....................................
Clean River Power MR–7,
LLC ....................................
Clean River Power MR–8,
LLC ....................................
P–13404–002
P–13405–002
P–13406–002
P–13407–002
P–13408–002
P–13411–002
P–13412–002
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are
available for public inspection.
a. Type of Applications: Original
Major Licenses.
b. Project Nos.: 13404–002, 13405–
002, 13406–002, 13407–002, 13408–002,
13411–002, and 13412–002.
c. Date filed: October 31, 2012.
d. Applicants: Clean River Power
MR–1, LLC; Clean River Power MR–2,
LLC; Clean River Power MR–3, LLC;
Clean River Power MR–5, LLC; Clean
River Power MR–6, LLC; Clean River
Power MR–7, LLC; and Clean River
Power MR–8, LLC (Clean River Power),
subsidiaries of Free Flow Power
Corporation.
e. Name of Projects: Beverly Lock and
Dam Water Power Project, P–13404–
002; Devola Lock and Dam Water Power
Project, P–13405–002; Malta/
McConnelsville Lock and Dam Water
Power Project, P–13406–002; Lowell
Lock and Dam Water Power Project, P–
13407–002; Philo Lock and Dam Water
Power Project, P–13408–002; Rokeby
Lock and Dam Water Power Project, P–
13411–002; and Zanesville Lock and
Dam Water Power Project, P–13412–
002.
f. Locations: At existing locks and
dams on the Muskingum River in
Washington, Morgan, and Muskingum
counties, Ohio (see table below for
specific project locations). The locks
and dams were formally owned and
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project 2629-014]
Village of Morrisville, Vermont; Notice of Application Tendered
for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2629-014.
c. Date Filed: April 25, 2013.
d. Applicant: Village of Morrisville, Vermont (Morrisville).
e. Name of Project: Morrisville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Green River, Elmore Pond Brook, and Lamoille
River, in Lamoille County, Vermont. The project does not occupy any
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Craig Myotte, Village of Morrisville, Water &
Light Department, P.O. Box 460--857 Elmore Street, Morrisville,
Vermont, 05661-0460; (802) 888-6521 or cmyotte@mwlvt.com.
i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202) 502-6131 or
stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Project Description: The existing Morrisville Hydroelectric
Project consists of four developments with a total installed capacity
of 4,990 kilowatts (kW). The project's average annual generation is
9,032,221 kilowatt-hours. The power generated by the Morrisville
Project is used by Morrisville to meet the power needs of its regional
retail customers within the Village of Morrisville and surrounding
communities.
Green River Development
The existing Green River Development is located on the Green River
and consists of: (1) A 360-foot-long, 105-foot-high concrete arch dam
that includes, near its center, a 60-foot-long ungated spillway with a
crest elevation of 1,220 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 45-
foot-long, 15-foot-high concrete gravity weir that creates a 180-foot-
long, 11-foot-deep stilling pool downstream of the concrete arch dam;
(3) a 200-foot-long, 16-foot-high earthen embankment with 2-foot-high
wooden wave barriers approximately 1.25 miles southeast of the concrete
arch dam; (4) a 690-acre impoundment with a storage capacity of 17,400-
acre-feet and a normal maximum elevation of 1,220 feet msl; (5) a 16-
foot-long, 12-foot-high gated intake structure; (6) a 22-foot-long, 16-
foot-wide intake-valve house and a 14-foot-long, 13-foot-wide outlet-
valve house; (7) a 116-foot-long penstock, that includes a 6-foot-
diameter, 94.5-foot-long buried, steel section that bifurcates into two
3-foot-diameter, 21.5-foot-long steel sections; (8) a 32-foot-long, 37-
foot-wide concrete powerhouse containing two 945-kW turbine-generator
units for a total installed capacity of 1,890 kW; (9) a 14.5-foot-long,
concrete tailrace; (10) a 5-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission
line connecting the powerhouse to the regional grid; and (11)
appurtenant facilities.
The Green River Development bypasses approximately 180 feet of the
Green River, including the stilling pool.
Lake Elmore Development
The existing Lake Elmore Development is located on Elmore Pond
Brook and consists of: (1) A 26-foot-long, 10-foot-high concrete
gravity dam and spillway with a crest elevation of 1,139 feet msl; (2)
a 300-acre impoundment (Lake Elmore) with a 1,000-acre-foot storage
capacity and a normal maximum water surface elevation of 1,139 feet
msl; (3) a 8.5-foot-long, 7.5-foot-wide gatehouse; (4) a 8.3-foot-long,
3.5-foot-high gated intake structure; (5) a 2.5-foot-long concrete-
lined tailrace; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
Morrisville Development
The existing Morrisville Development is located on the Lamoille
River and consists of: (1) A 384-foot-long, 37-foot-high concrete
gravity dam comprised of a 138-foot-long concrete retaining wall, a 30-
foot-long intake and gatehouse section, and a 216-foot-long spillway
with two 108-foot-long, 4-foot-high Obermeyer inflatable crest gates
and a crest elevation of 627.79 feet msl; (2) a 141-foot-long, 8-foot-
high concrete wall approximately 260 feet northwest of the dam that
includes a 60-foot-long overflow section (back spillway) with 2-foot-
high wooden flashboards ; (3) a 15-
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acre impoundment with a 72-acre-foot storage capacity and a normal
maximum water surface elevation of 631.79 feet msl; (4) a 28-foot-long,
36-foot-wide gatehouse; (5) a 30-foot-long, 16-foot-high gated intake
structure; (6) one 7-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long buried steel penstock
and one 10-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long buried, steel penstock; (7) a
54.5-foot-long, 30.5-foot-wide concrete-brick powerhouse containing a
600-kW turbine-generator unit and a 1,200-kW turbine-generator unit for
a total installed capacity of 1,800 kW; (8) one 17.5-foot-long
concrete-lined tailrace and one 14.0-foot-long concrete-lined tailrace;
(9) a 435-foot-long, 34.5-kV transmission line connecting the
powerhouse to the regional grid; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
The Morrisville Development bypasses approximately 380 feet of the
Lamoille River.
Cadys Falls Development
The existing Cadys Falls Development is located on the Lamoille
River approximately 1 mile downstream of the Morrisville Development
and consists of: (1) A 364-foot-long, 41-foot-high concrete gravity dam
comprised of a 23-foot-long embankment section, a 186-foot-long
spillway section with 3.5-foot-high wooden flashboards and a crest
elevation of 576.89 feet msl, a 60-foot-long intake and gatehouse
section, and a 95-foot-long non-overflow section; (2) a 150-acre
impoundment (Lake Lamoille) with a 72-acre-foot storage capacity and a
normal maximum water surface elevation of 580.39 feet msl; (3) a 29-
foot-long, 40-foot-wide gatehouse; (4) an 18.0-foot-long, 9.2-foot-high
gated intake structure; (5) a buried, steel penstock that includes a 7-
foot-diameter, 1,110-foot-long section leading to a 35.6-foot-high,
29.7-foot-diameter concrete surge tank and bifurcating into a 90-foot-
long, 8-foot-diameter section and a 30-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter
section; (6) a 96-foot-long, 46-foot-wide concrete-brick powerhouse
containing a 600-kW turbine-generator unit and a 700-kW turbine-
generator unit for a total installed capacity of 1,300 kW; (7) a 12-
foot-long concrete-lined tailrace; (8) a 150-foot-long, 34.5-kV
transmission line connecting the powerhouse to the regional grid; and
(9) appurtenant facilities.
The Cadys Falls Development bypasses approximately 1,690 feet of
the Lamoille River.
The Green River and Lake Elmore developments are operated in
seasonal store and release mode and the Morrisville and Cadys Falls
developments are operated in run-of-river mode. The existing license
requires instantaneous minimum flows of 5.5 cubic feet per second (cfs)
in the tailrace of the Green River Development; 135 cfs and 12 cfs in
the tailrace and bypassed reach of the Morrisville Development,
respectively; and 150 cfs in the tailrace of the Cadys Falls
Development. Morrisville proposes to maintain existing project
operations and provide additional minimum flows of 4 cfs over the back
spillway at the Morrisville Development and 12 cfs in the bypassed
reach at the Cadys Falls Development. Morrisville also proposes to
remove the Lake Elmore Development from the project and remove a 0.4-
acre parcel of property at the Morrisville Development from the project
boundary.
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/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. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for June 2013.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary August 2013.
terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Commission issues Non-Draft EA.......... December 2013.
Comments on EA.......................... January 2014.
Modified terms and conditions........... March 2014.
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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.
Dated: May 8, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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