[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4364-4365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1532]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13356-000]


Slatersville Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms and Conditions, 
Recommendations, and Prescriptions and Waiving Scoping

January 20, 2010.
    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-13356-000.
    c. Date Filed: January 15, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Slatersville Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Slatersville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Branch River in Providence County, Rhode 
Island. The project would not occupy any land of the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Michael P. DeFrancesco, 87 Hall Road, Exeter, 
RI 02822, (401) 742-1968.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 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.
    Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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 instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link.
    k. A notice of intent to waive scoping was issued on October 22, 
2009, establishing November 23, 2009 as the deadline for filing 
comments. No comments were filed. With this notice we are waiving 
scoping for the proposed Slatersville Project.
    l. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    m. Description of Project: The Slatersville Project would consist 
of: (1) The existing 13-foot-high RI Dam No. 43 consisting of: (a) a 
175-foot-long spillway with a spillway elevation of 250.7 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum 1988 (NGVD); and (b) a westerly abutment 
equipped with two 3.5-foot-wide, 5.7-foot-high sluice gates impounding; 
(2) the existing 172-acre Upper Slatersville reservoir leading to; (3) 
two new 150-foot-long, 4.5-foot-diameter penstocks connecting to; (4) a 
new powerhouse containing two generating units with a total installed 
capacity of 360 kilowatts; (5) a new 25-foot-long tailrace discharging 
water into the Lower Slatersville reservoir; (6) a new 200-foot-long, 
13.8 kilovolt transmission line; (7) new eel and fish passage 
facilities; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project would have an 
average annual generation of about 1,250 megawatt-hours.
    Project facilities would also include: (1) The existing 6-foot-high 
RI Dam No. 45 with a 105-foot-long spillway; and (2) the existing 0.3-
acre reservoir with a normal water surface elevation of 231.9 feet NGVD 
located in the bypassed reach between RI Dam No. 43 and the new 
tailrace.
    n. 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.
    o. All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS''; (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 submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
    p. 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 intends 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 the availability of the EA: June 2010.
    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance

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date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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