[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 7552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2946]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14067-000]


Charles River Energy LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On January 26, 2011, Charles River Energy 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 Moody Street Dam 
Hydroelectric Project (Moody Street Dam Project or project) to be 
located on the Charles River, in the City of Waltham, 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 run-of-the river, low-hydraulic-head (approximately 10 
to 12 feet) project would consist of the following: (1) The existing 
169-foot-long earthen, gravity Moody Street Dam, owned and operated by 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (2) an existing reservoir having a 
total storage capacity of 2,950 acre-feet; (3) a new 66-inch-diameter, 
siphon-fed penstock constructed over the dam and housing a 6-blade 
Gorlov Helical Turbine (GHT) turbine-generator unit with a nameplate 
capacity of 45 kilowatts (kW); (4) a new 25 kW floating turbine-
generator unit situated at the end of a floating chute in the river 
approximately 500 feet downstream of the dam; (5) switchgear, controls, 
and ancillary systems housed on shore adjacent to the dam; and (6) a 
short transmission line connected to the NStar regional grid adjacent 
to the proposed project site. The estimated annual generation of the 
Moody Street Dam Project would be 615 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. James Berk, Managing Member, Charles River 
Energy LLC, 27 Skinner's Path, Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945; phone: 
(781) 760-1600.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer; phone: (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. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications 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/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven 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-14067-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 3, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2946 Filed 2-9-11; 8:45 am]
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