New England Hydropower Company, LLC, Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC; Notice of Transfer of Exemption, 51196 [2016-18359]

Download as PDF 51196 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 149 / Wednesday, August 3, 2016 / Notices proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. q. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing development application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be accepted in response to this notice. A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. informed the Commission that the exemption from licensing for the Hanover Pond Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 14550, originally issued May 19, 2016 1 has been transferred to Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC. The project is located on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven County, Connecticut. The transfer of an exemption does not require Commission approval. 2. Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC is now the exemptee of the Hanover Pond Dam Hydroelectric Project, No. 14550. All correspondence should be forwarded to: Mr. Michael C. Kerr, CEO, Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC, 100 Cummings Center Drive, Suite 428N, Beverly, MA 01915. Dated: July 28, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–18359 Filed 8–2–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Dated: July 28, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FR Doc. 2016–18362 Filed 8–2–16; 8:45 am] [Docket No. CD16–16–000] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Metropolitan District; Notice of Preliminary Determination of a Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Facility and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14550–001] New England Hydropower Company, LLC, Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC; Notice of Transfer of Exemption 1. By letter filed July 20, 2016, New England Hydropower Company, LLC of 2013 (HREA). The proposed Barkhamsted Transmission Hydro No. 1 Project would have an installed capacity of 250 kilowatts (kW) and would be located at a 48-inch-diameter gravity pressure raw water supply pipe. The project would be located near the City of New Hartford in Lichfield County, Connecticut. Applicant Contact: Scott Jellison, Metropolitan District, 555 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06142, Phone No. (860) 278–7850, Ext 3522. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, Phone No. (202) 502–6062, email: robert.bell@ ferc.gov. Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Facility Description: The proposed project would consist of: (1) A proposed 250-kW turbine replacing the existing booster pump (which is unused) in the Puddletown booster pump station and (2) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an estimated annual generating capacity of 1,475 megawatthours. A qualifying conduit hydropower facility is one that is determined or deemed to meet all of the criteria shown in the table below. On July 22, 2016, the Metropolitan District filed a notice of intent to construct a qualifying conduit hydropower facility, pursuant to section 30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as amended by section 4 of the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY Statutory provision Description Satisfies (Y/N) FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by HREA .. The conduit is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity. The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power and uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit. The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 megawatts .................. Y asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by HREA FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended HREA. FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended HREA. by by On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing requirements of Part I of the FPA. Preliminary Determination: Based upon the above criteria, Commission staff has preliminarily determined that the proposal satisfies the requirements for a qualifying conduit hydropower facility under 16 U.S.C. 823a, and is exempted from the licensing requirements of the FPA. 1 Order Granting Exemption From Licensing (10 MW or Less), 155 FERC ¶ 62,132 (2016). VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:21 Aug 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03AUN1.SGM 03AUN1 Y Y Y

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 51196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18359]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14550-001]


New England Hydropower Company, LLC, Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC; 
Notice of Transfer of Exemption

    1. By letter filed July 20, 2016, New England Hydropower Company, 
LLC informed the Commission that the exemption from licensing for the 
Hanover Pond Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 14550, originally issued May 
19, 2016 \1\ has been transferred to Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC. The 
project is located on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven County, 
Connecticut. The transfer of an exemption does not require Commission 
approval.
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    \1\ Order Granting Exemption From Licensing (10 MW or Less), 155 
FERC ] 62,132 (2016).
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    2. Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC is now the exemptee of the Hanover Pond 
Dam Hydroelectric Project, No. 14550. All correspondence should be 
forwarded to: Mr. Michael C. Kerr, CEO, Hanover Pond Hydro, LLC, 100 
Cummings Center Drive, Suite 428N, Beverly, MA 01915.

    Dated: July 28, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-18359 Filed 8-2-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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