[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47585-47586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19381]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13381-001]


Jonathan and Jayne Chase; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

July 30, 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.: 13381-001.
    c. Date filed: July 23, 2010.
    d. Applicant: Jonathan and Jayne Chase.
    e. Name of Project: Troy Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Missisquoi River, in the Town of Troy, Orleans 
County, Vermont. The project would not occupy lands of the United 
States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Jonathan and Jayne Chase, 361 Goodall Road, 
Derby Line, VT 05830, (802) 895-2980.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: September 21, 2010.
    All documents 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 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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Troy Project would consist of: (1) The existing 180-foot-
long, 55.7-foot-high Bakers Fall dam with a 134-foot-long spillway and 
a 3.33-foot-wide, 4.0-foot-high wastegate located below the spillway; 
(2) an existing 6.9-acre impoundment with a normal water surface 
elevation of 739.4 feet above mean sea level; (3) an existing intake 
structure equipped with two 3.33-foot-wide, 4.0-foot-high headgates; 
(4) an existing forebay with a 2.0-foot-wide, 2.0-foot-high wastegate; 
(5) an existing 250-foot-long, 6.5-foot-diameter penstock; (6) an 
existing powerhouse containing one inoperable 600-kilowatt (kW) 
generating unit; and (7) an existing 90-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt 
transmission line.
    The applicant proposes to: (1) Rehabilitate and increase the 
capacity of the inoperable generating unit to 850 kW; and (2) replace 
the existing transmission line with new transmission line. The proposed 
project is estimated to generate an average of 1,500 megawatt-hours 
annually.
    o. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.

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    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.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Vermont State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec.  106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate (i.e. if scoping is waived, the schedule 
would be shortened).

    Issue Deficiency Letter--October 2010
    Issue Acceptance letter--January 2011
    Issue Scoping Document--February 2011
    Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--April 
2011
    Notice of the availability of the EA--November 2011

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-19381 Filed 8-5-10; 8:45 am]
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