[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 89 (Monday, May 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21790-21791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10852]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13413-000]


Northeast Hydrodevelopment, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

May 4, 2009.
    On March 13, 2009, Northeast Hydrodevelopment, LLC filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Weare Reservoir Dam 
Hydroelectric Project, to be located on the Piscataquog River, in 
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
    The proposed Weare Reservoir Dam Project would be located along the 
Picatauog River channel below the existing outlet works at an existing 
dam owned by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. 
The existing dam, which impounds the Piscataquog River, is 340 feet 
long and 34 feet high and includes a 36-inch-diameter steel penstock 
control by outlet gatehouse, five 5-foot-wide stoplog bays atop a 157-
foot-long concrete spillway. The impoundment encompasses about 323 
surface acres.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A newly constructed 
powerhouse below the existing outlet works; (2) a 100-foot-long, 36-
inch-diameter penstock with electrically controlled butterfly valve; 
(3) two submersible or tubular-type turbine-generators with a total 
hydraulic capacity of 85 cubic feet per second and a total installed 
generating capacity of 0.150 megawatts; (4) a newly excavated 125-foot-
long tailrace; (5) an approximately 400-foot-long transmission line; 
and (6) appurtenant facilities. The Weare Reservoir Dam Project would 
have an estimated average annual generation of 600 megawatts-hours 
(MWh), which would be sold to Public Service of New Hampshire.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Norm Herbert, Manager, Northeast 
Hydrodevelopment, LLC, 100 State Route 101A, Building C, Suite 270, 
Amherst, New Hampshire 03031, (603) 672-8210.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) 502-8969.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications may be filed electronically

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via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to 
be filed electronically, documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
an original and eight copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. For more information on how to submit these types 
of filings please go to the Commission's Web site located at http://
www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. More information about this project 
can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of Commission's Web 
site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 
number (P-13413) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-10852 Filed 5-8-09; 8:45 am]
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