[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20784]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

August 5, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major New License.
    b. Project No.: 2077-016.
    c. Date filed: July 29, 1999.
    d. Applicant: USGen New England, Inc.
    e Name of Project: Fifteen Mile Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Project is located on the Connecticut River,. in 
Grafton Co., New Hampshire, and Caledonia Co., Vermont. Project would 
not utilize any federal lands or facilities.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Cleve Kapala, USGen New England, Inc., 46 
Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH 03766.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
William Guey-Lee, E-mail address [email protected], or 
telephone (202) 219-2808.
    j. Status of Environmental Review: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    k. Description of Project: The project consists of the following: 
The Moore Development, located 283.5 miles from the mouth of the 
Connecticut River, consists of: An 11-mile-long, 3,490 surface-acre 
reservoir with 114,176 acre-feet storage capacity at 809.0 feet mean 
sea level (msl); an earth and concrete gravity dam with a length of 
2,920 feet and a max. height of 178 feet; a 373-foot-long concrete 
spillway with 15-foot-wide by 20-foot-high sluice gate, four 50-foot 
bays of 17-foot-high stanchions, and three bays of 36 foot-wide by 30-
foot-high Taintor gates; four steel penstocks each 296 feet-long; and a 
powerhouse with four Francis type turbines at a combined rating of 
225,600 hp at a design head of 150 feet, for a plant capability of 
191,960 kilowatts (kW). The Comerford Development, located 275.2 miles 
from the mouth of the Connecticut River, consists of: an 8-mile-long, 
1,093 surface-acre reservoir with 29,356 acre-feet storage capacity at 
650.0 feet msl; an earth and concrete gravity dam with a length of 
2,253 feet and a max. height of 170 feet; an 850-foot-long concrete 
spillway with six 7-foot-wide by 9-foot-high sluice gates, four bays of 
8-foot high flashboards and seven 10-foot-high stanchion bays; four 
steel penstocks each 150 feet-long; and a powerhouse with four Francis 
type turbines at combined rating of 216,800 hp at a design head of 180 
feet, for a plant capability of 163,960 kW. The McIndoes Development, 
located 268.2 miles from the mouth of the Connecticut River, consists 
of: a 5-mile-long, 543 surface-acre reservoir with 4,581 acre-feet 
storage capacity at 454.0 feet msl; a concrete gravity dam with a 
length of 730 feet and a max. height of 25 feet; a 520-foot-long 
concrete spillway with a 12-foot wide by 13-foot high skimmer gate, 
three 24-foot-wide by 25-foot-high Taintor gates, a 300-foot long 
spillway flashboard section with 6 foot flashboards, and two 50-foot-
wide by 18-foot-high stanchion bays; four steel penstocks each 150 
feet-long; and a powerhouse with four Kaplan type turbines at combined 
rating of 3,800 hp at a design head of 29 feet, for a plant capability 
of 13,000 kW.
    l. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A Washington, 
D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed 
on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance. A 
copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address 
in item h above.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-20784 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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