[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 169 (Friday, August 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20047]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 2801-027]


Littleville Power Company, Inc.; Notice Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

August 22, 2008.
    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.: P-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. 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. Deadline for filing scoping comments: September 22, 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.
    k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. As licensed, the existing Glendale Project consists of: (1) A 
250-foot long, 30-foot high concrete 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 an 83-foot-long 13.8 kilovolt transmission 
line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The Housatonic River reach that 
is bypassed by the project (measured from the gatehouse to the tailrace 
channel) is about 2,500 feet long.
    The proposed project would include a new 165-kW turbine unit in the 
waste gate slot located at the gatehouse adjacent to the project dam. 
This unit would operate off of a proposed minimum bypassed reach flow 
of 90 cubic feet per second (cfs) or inflow. In addition, the proposed 
project would provide additional recreational access through formal 
canoe portage facilities and parking.
    The applicant estimates that the total average annual generation, 
with the proposed additional turbine, would be 5,800 megawatt-hours. 
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.
    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 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.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare a single environmental 
assessment (EA) for the Glendale Hydroelectric Project in accordance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both 
site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the scoping document issued on 
August 22, 2008.
    Copies of the scoping document outlining the subject areas to be 
addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's 
mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the 
scoping document may 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 field to access the document. For 
assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-20047 Filed 8-28-08; 8:45 am]
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