[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 79 (Monday, April 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21740-21741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10100]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests

April 18, 2000.
    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 Nos.: 2576-022 and 2597-019.
    c. Date filed: August 31, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Connecticut Light and Power Company.
    e. Names of Projects: Falls Village Project and Housatonic Project.
    f. Location: Falls Village, Bulls Bridge, Rocky River (Pumped 
Storage), Shepaug, and Stevenson developments are located on the 
Housatonic River, 76.2 miles, 52.9 miles, 44.1 miles, 30.0 miles and 
19.3 miles, respectively, from its mouth at Milford Point, 
Massachusetts. The project is in the western portion of Connecticut in 
the counties of Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield. Approximately 74 
acres of federal land are within project boundaries.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: William J. Nadeau, Vice President, The 
Connecticut Light and Power Company, Post Office Box 270, Hartford, 
Connecticut 0641-0270, (860) 665-5315.
    i. FERC Contact: James T. Griffin, by email at 
[email protected] or by telephone at (202) 219-2799.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 days 
from the issuance of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service 
list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or 
documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that 
may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they 
must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the project:
    1. The Falls Village Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 300-foot-long, 14-foot-high concrete gravity dam with 
two spillways having a combined overflow length of approximately 280 
feet, and a crest at elevation 631.5 feet National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum (NGVD); (2) an impoundment 3.8 miles long containing 1,135 acre-
feet when at elevation 633.2 feet NGVD; (3) a dam-integral powerhouse 
with a total installed capacity of 9.0 megawatts (MW) producing 
approximately 39,894 megawatt hours (MwH) annually; and (4) a switch 
yard connected to the project via a 69 kilovolt (kV) interconnected 
transmission line.
    2. The Bulls Bridge Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 203-foot-long, 24-foot-high stone and concrete 
gravity dam with a dam crest of 354 feet NGVD; (2) a two-mile-long 
power canal; (3) a 156-foot-long, 17-foot-high rock fill gravity weir 
dam; (4) a 2.25 mile-long reservoir with an 1,800 acre-feet storage 
capacity, a surface area, which, at a normal elevation of 354 feet 
NGVD, occupies approximately 120 acres; (5) a powerhouse with a 
capacity of 7.2 MW,

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producing approximately 41,000 Mwh annually; and (6) a 69kV line 
connecting the development to the Rocky River development.
    3. The Rocky River Pumped Storage Development consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) A 952-foot-long earth-filled core 
well dam, a 2,500-foot-long earthen canal dike that forms the north 
bank of the power canal to the intake structure, six dikes, a dam crest 
elevation averaging 440.1 feet NGVD, and an intake canal 3,190 feet in 
length; (2) a 7-mile-long, Candlewood Lake reservoir with a 5,610 acres 
impoundment at 428.1 feet NGVD; (3) a powerhouse with a rated 31,000 KW 
capacity averaging 14,238,100 kWh per year; and (4) a development 
connection to the applicant's transmission system via the Rocky River-
Carmel Hill 1813 line, the Rocky River-Bull Bridge 1555 line and the 
Rocky River-West Brookfield 1618 line.
    4. The Shepaug Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 1,412-foot, bedrock-anchored, concrete gravity dam 
having a crest elevation of 205.3 feet NGVD; (2) an impoundment, at 
maximum operational elevation level of 198.3 feet NGVD, occupying 1870 
acres; (3) a powerhouse with a rated capacity of 37,200 kW with a 1997 
production of 118,880 Mwh; and (4) a development connection to the 
applicant's transmission system via the shepaug-Bates 1622 line and 
Shepaug-Stony Hill-West Brookfield 1887 line.
    5. The Stevenson Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 1,250-foot, bedrock-anchored, concrete gravity dam 
with a rest elevation of 98.3 feet NGVD, 696 feet of spillway and an 
integral powerhouse; (2) an impoundment occupying a surface area of 
1,063 acres at 101.3 feet NGVD, which contains a storage volume of 
2,650 acre-feet; (3) a powerhouse with a rated capacity of 30,500 kW 
with a 1997 production of 92,448 Mwh; and (4) a development connection 
to the applicant's transmission system via several 115 kV transmission 
lines.
    m. 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, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. This filing may be viewed on 
the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in item h above.
    Protests of Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In 
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will 
consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to 
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party 
to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be 
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular 
application.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is not 
ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the 
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, or prescriptions.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading 
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. Any of these documents must be filed by providing the 
original and the number of copies required by the Commission's 
regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. An additional copy must be 
sent to Director, Division of Environmental and Engineering Review, 
Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the 
above address. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be 
served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the 
particular application.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10100 Filed 4-21-00; 8:45 am]
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