[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 160 (Monday, August 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46459-46460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16250]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 7528-009]


Public Service Company of New Hampshire; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

August 10, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 7528-009.
    c. Date Filed: July 30, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
    e. Name of Project: Canaan Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the northern Connecticut 
River in Coos County, New Hampshire and Essex County, Vermont. The 
project does not occupy United States land.

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    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: James K. Kerns, Project Manager, Public 
Service Company of New Hampshire, 780 North Commercial Street, 
Manchester, NH 03101 (603) 634-2936.
    i. FERC Contact: Kristen Murphy (202) 502-6236 or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The existing project consist of: (1) A 275-foot-long, 14.5-foot-
high concrete gravity dam with a spillway equipped with 3.5-foot-high 
wooden flashboards, utilized year-round; (2) a 20-acre reservoir with a 
gross storage capacity of approximately 200 acre-feet; (3) an intake 
structure with a 12.5-foot-wide, 12-foot-high timber gate leading to; 
(4) a 1,360-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter wood stave penstock; (5) two 
21.3-foot-high, 15.3-foot-diameter steel surge tanks; (6) a powerhouse 
with one generating unit with an installed capacity of 1,100 kW; and 
(8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation of 
the project is 7,300 megawatt-hours.
    The project is voluntarily operated in a run-of-river mode. 
Further, a total minimum flow of 136 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, 
is released downstream of the dam, with 50 cfs released through the 
1,600-foot-long bypassed reach and the remaining 86 cfs released 
through the project turbine. As proposed, the project would continue to 
be operated in a run-of-river mode. Further, a total minimum flow of 
165 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, would be released downstream of 
the project dam through the bypassed reach.
    l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is 
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or 
may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using 
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] 
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item 
(h) above.
    m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. The Commission staff 
proposes to issue a single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than 
issuing a draft and final EA. The schedule allows 30 days for entities 
to comment on the EA, and 60 days for agencies to file modified 
mandatory terms and conditions. Staff will take into consideration all 
comments and terms and conditions received on the EA before final 
action is taken on the license application. Revisions to the schedule 
may be made as appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance and Ready for          September 28, 2007.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing interventions, comments,             November 27, 2007.
 recommendations, preliminary terms and
 conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
Notice of availability of the EA..........  March 26, 2008.
Filing comments on EA.....................  April 25, 2008.
Filing modified terms and conditions......  June 24, 2008.
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    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-16250 Filed 8-17-07; 8:45 am]
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