[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66543-66544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31133]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

December 18, 1995.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 11282-001.
    c. Date Filed: November 21, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Summit Hydropower.
    e. Name of Project: Gainer Dam.
    f. Location: On the North Branch Pawtuxet River, Town of Scituate, 
Providence County, Rhode Island.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Duncan S. Broatch, 92 Rocky Hill Road, 
Woodstock, CT 06281, (203) 974-1620.
    i. FERC Contact: Charles T. Raabe (dt) (202) 219-2811.
    j. Deadline Date: Within 60 days of the date filed shown in 
paragraph (c).
    k. Description of Project: The existing inoperative project would 
consist of: (1) a 3,500-foot-long, 109-foot-high earthen dam having a 
450-foot-long, overflow-type spillway at its right (southwest) 
abutment; (2) a reservoir, known as the Scituate Reservoir, having a 
3,400-acre surface area and a 112,270 acre-foot gross storage capacity 
at spillway crest elevation 283 feet MSL; (3) an intake structure; (4) 
a powerhouse containing a rehabilitated 1,500-kW generating unit 
operated at an 82-foot-net head and at a flow of 300 cfs and a new 70-
kW generating unit operated at an 82-foot-net head and at a flow of 14 
cfs; (5) a 400-foot-long tailrace tunnel and a 700-foot-long excavated 
tailrace; (6) a 500-foot-long underground, 2.3-kV transmission line; 
(7) a 2.3/23.-kV substation (8) a 1.5-mile-long 23.-kV transmission 
line; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The primary purpose for the existing facilities, owned by the 
Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB), is water supply for the City of 
Providence. Applicant estimates that the project average annual 
generation would be 2,968,000 kWh.
    1.With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State 
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, National 
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council 
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at Sec. 880.4.
    m. Pursuant to Sec. 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
Regulations, if any resource agency, SHPO, Indian Tribe, or person 
believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in 
order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merits, the resource agency, SHPO, Indian Tribe, or 
person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later 
than 60 days from the filing date and serve a copy of the request on 
the applicant.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-31133 Filed 12-21-95; 8:45 am]
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