[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 229 (Thursday, November 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 67602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23147]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 2801-027]


Littleville Power Company, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 
and Establishing Procedual Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

November 21, 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 Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2801-027.
    c. Date Filed: October 31, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Littleville Power Company, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Glendale Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Housatonic River in the Town of Stockbridge, 
Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The project does not affect Federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Kevin M. Webb, Environmental Affairs 
Coordinator, Littleville Power Company, Inc., One Tech Drive, Suite 
220, Andover, MA 01810, (978) 681-1900 ext. 809, 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Kristen Murphy, (202) 502-6236 or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing such requests 
described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the 
Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of 
the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 61,076 
(2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, 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 merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: December 30, 2007.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Glendale Project consists of: (1) A 250-foot-long, 
30-foot-high gravity dam with a 182-foot-long spillway; (2) a 23-acre 
reservoir; (3) two manually-operated 10 by 10-foot intake gates; (4) a 
1,500-foot-long, 40-foot-wide intake canal; (5) a forebay structure and 
a 250-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter steel penstock; (6) a powerhouse with 
four turbines with a combined installed capacity of 1,140-kilowatts; 
(7) a 300-foot-long tailrace channel; (8) a step-up transformer and 
13.8 kV transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The applicant proposes to install a new 165-kW turbine that would 
pass a minimum flow into the bypassed channel. The applicant estimates 
that the total average annual generation, with the proposed additional 
turbine, would be 5,800 megawatthours. The applicant proposes to 
continue to operate the project in run-of-river mode with an increase 
in minimum flow in the bypass reach from 10 cfs to 90 cfs or inflow, 
whichever is less. The purpose of the project is to produce electrical 
power for sale to the Groton, MA Municipal Light Department.
    o. 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.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Massachusetts 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 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. The Commission 
staff proposes to issue one environmental assessment rather than issue 
a draft and final EA. Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, 
prescriptions, and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA. 
Staff intents to give at least 30 days for entities to comment on the 
EA, and will take into consideration all comments received on the EA 
before final action is taken on the license application.

Issue Acceptance letter/ Additional:
  Information Requests..................  January 2008.
  Issue Scoping Document................  February 2008.
  Additional Information Response due...  April 2008.
  Notice of application is ready for      May 2008.
   environmental analysis.
  Comments, recommendations,              July 2008.
   prescriptions due.
  Notice of availability of the EA......  January 2009.
 

    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.
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