[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36377-36378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15385]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12721-004]


Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To 
Intervene

June 17, 2010.
    On March 9, 2010, the Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the East 
Pepperell Project, located on the Nashua River in Middlesex County, 
Massachusetts. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is 
to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application 
during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the 
permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise 
enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express 
permission.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) The existing 27-foot-
high, 275-foot-long East Pepperell Dam; (2) an existing intake; (3) an 
existing 1,465-acre impoundment at a normal maximum water surface 
elevation of 199.8 feet above mean sea level (with 3-foot-high 
flashboards in place); (4) an existing 13-foot-diameter, 666-foot-long 
wood stave penstock; (5) a powerhouse containing three existing 
generating units and a new low-flow turbine generator located adjacent 
to the intake gates with a total installed capacity of 2,070 kilowatts; 
(6) an existing tailrace; (7) an existing switchyard; (8) an existing 
7.5-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line owned by National Grid; 
and (9) appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated 
average annual generation of approximately 8,123 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Peter B. Clark, Pepperell Hydro Company LLC, 
P.O. Box 149, 823 Bay Road, Hamilton, MA 01936, (978) 468-3999.
    FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry, (202) 502-8328.
    Deadline for filing comments or motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene may be 
filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 
and the instructions on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' link. For a simpler 
method of submitting text only comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' 
For assistance, please

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contact FERC Online Support at [email protected]; call toll-
free at (866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although 
the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may 
also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies 
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, 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-12721) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-15385 Filed 6-24-10; 8:45 am]
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