[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 96 (Friday, May 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28441-28442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11026]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12551-001]


Salvatore and Michelle Shifrin; Notice of Application Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

May 9, 2008.
    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-12551-001.
    c. Date Filed: January 25, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Salvatore and Michelle Shifrin.
    e. Name of Project: Mansfield Hollow Hydro Power Project.
    f. Location: On the Natchaug River in Tolland County, Connecticut. 
The project would occupy United States land managed by the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Salvatore or Michelle Shifrin, 78 Bricktop 
Road, Windham, CT 06280, (860) 423-7709.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    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.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person 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.
    Motions to intervene and protests 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

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instructions on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under 
the ``eFiling'' link.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Project: The Mansfield Hollow Hydro Power Project 
would consist of: (1) The existing 80-foot-long, 10-foot-high Kirby 
Mill Dam; (2) the existing 1.6-acre reservoir; (3) the existing 
headgate structure; (4) the existing 12-foot-wide, 8-foot-high, 330-
foot-long head race channel; (5) a new powerhouse containing five 
generating units with a total installed capacity of 500 kilowatts; (6) 
the existing 5-foot-wide, 7-foot-high, 100-foot-long conduit and 75-
foot-long open tailrace; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an average annual generation of about 2,500 megawatt-hours.
    In addition to a new powerhouse, project reconstruction would 
consist of: (1) A new 12-foot-wide, 8-foot-high, 330-foot-long head 
race channel; (2) a new 20-foot-wide, 8-foot-high, 20-foot-long box 
culvert connected to a new 25-foot-wide, 4-foot-high, 153-foot-long 
open channel tail race; and (3) a new 275-foot-long transmission line.
    m. 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 three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. 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.
    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.
    n. 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.
    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. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    o. 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.
    Notice of application ready for environmental analysis: September 
2008.
    Notice of availability of the EA: March 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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