[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3460-3461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1008]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 12462-020]


Indian River Power Supply, LLC; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

January 13, 2010.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed an application for amendment of 
exemption for the Indian River Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 12462). 
An environmental assessment (EA) has been prepared as part of staff's 
review of the proposal. The exempted project is located on the 
Westfield River, in the Town of Russell, in Hampden County, 
Massachusetts.
    In the application, Indian River Power Supply, LLC (exemptee) 
proposes to replace the project's existing cylinder-gate Holyoke 
turbine with a large,

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horizontal, Francis wicket-gate turbine, which would add another 800 
kilowatts of nameplate capacity and approximately 428 cubic feet per 
second of hydraulic capacity. The EA contains Commission staff's 
analysis of the probable environmental impacts of the proposal and 
concludes that approval of the proposal would not constitute a major 
federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    The EA is attached to a Commission order titled ``Order Amending 
Exemption and Revising Annual Charges,'' which was issued January 12, 
2010, and is available for review and reproduction at the Commission's 
Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426. The EA may also be viewed on the Commission's Web 
site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``elibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number (P-12462) in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-3372, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-1008 Filed 1-20-10; 8:45 am]
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