[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9572-9573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3258]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent To File Application for New License

February 2, 2001.
    Take notice that the following Notice of Intent to File Application 
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public 
inspection.
    a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to File Application for a New 
License.
    b. Project No.: P-1893.
    c. Date filed: December 29, 2000.
    d. Submitted By: Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
    e. Name of Project: Merrimack River Project.
    f. Location: On the Merrimack River, in Hillsborough and Merrimack 
Counties, New Hampshire. The project does not occupy federal lands of 
the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 16.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. License Contact: James Kearns, Northeast Generation Services, 
273 Dividend Road, Rocky Hill, CT 06067, (860) 665-5936.
    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer, [email protected], (202) 
219-0365.
    j. Effective date of current license: May 1, 1980.
    k. Expiration date of current license: December 31, 2005.
    l. The project consists of the following three developments:
    The Amoskeag Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 29-foot-high, 710-foot-long concrete gravity dam 
comprised of: (i) A low crest section with 5-foot-high flashboards; and 
(ii) a high crest section with 3-foot-high flashboards; (2) a 7-mile-
long, 478-acre reservoir; (3) a powerhouse, integral with the dam, 
containing three generating units with a total installed capacity of 
16,000 kW; (4) a 415-foot-long, 34.5-kV double circuit transmission 
line; and (5) other appurtenant facilities.
    The Hooksett Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A dam comprised of: (i) a 340-foot-long stone masonry 
section with 2-foot-high flashboards connected to; (2) a 250-foot-long 
concrete section with 2-foot-high flashboards; (2) a 15-foot by 20-foot 
Taintor gate; (3) a 5.5-mile-long, 405-acre reservoir; (4) a powerhouse 
containing a single generating unit with an installed capacity of 1,600 
kW; and (5) other appurtenant facilities.
    The Garvins Falls Development consists of the following existing

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facilities: (1) An 18-foot-high, 550-foot-long concrete and granite 
gravity dam comprised of: (i) A low crest section with 3-foot-high 
flashboards; and (ii) a high crest section with 1.2-foot-high 
flashboards; (2) an 8-mile-long reservoir; (3) a 500-foot-long water 
canal with a 10-foot-wide waste gate; (4) a powerhouse containing four 
generating units with a total installed capacity of 12,100 kW; (5) a 
340-foot-long, 34.5-kV transmission line; and (6) other appurtenant 
facilities.
    m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.8 16.9, and 16.10 each application for a 
new license and any competing license applications must be filed with 
the Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the 
existing license. All applications for license for this project must be 
filed by December 31, 2003.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-3258 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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