[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 249 (Monday, December 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 74281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25326]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12557-001]


SBER Royal Mills, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and 
Establishing a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

December 19, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Exemption From Licensing.
    b. Project No.: P-12557-001.
    c. Date Filed: December 12, 2007.
    d. Applicant: SBER Royal Mills, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Royal Mills Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the South Branch Pawtuxet River, in the town of 
West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island. This project does not occupy 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Quentin Chafee, Development Director, 
Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, Inc., 166 Valley Street, Building 6M, 
Suite 103, Providence, RI 02909, (401) 574-2100, [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, [email protected], (202) 
502-6131.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, and local 
agencies and Indian tribes 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 
comments described in item l below.
    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 a factual basis for complete analysis of the application on its 
merits, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person must file a 
request for the study with the Commission no later than 60 days from 
the application filing date, and serve a copy of the request on the 
applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: February 11, 2008.
    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 may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing. 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. After logging into the eFiling system, select 
``Comment on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and 
continue with the filing process.''
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The Royal Mills Hydroelectric Project would 
consist of the following facilities: (1) an existing 110-foot-long by 
21-foot-high granite block dam; (2) the existing 3.8-acre reservoir, 
(3) an existing 150-foot-long by 40-foot-wide power canal; (4) an 
existing powerhouse containing one single new cross-flow turbine 
generating unit with total installed generating capacity of 225 
kilowatts (kW); and (5) appurtenant facilities. The restored project 
would have an estimated average annual generation of 1,000,000 
kilowatt-hours. The dam and existing project facilities are owned by 
the applicant.
    o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
filed to access the documents. For assistance, please contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-
3676 or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    p. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    q. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the RHODE 
ISLAND 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 800.4.
    r. Final amendments:
    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. E7-25326 Filed 12-28-07; 8:45 am]
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