[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16764-16765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7042]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13583-001]


Crane & Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With 
the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    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.: 13583-001
    c. Date filed: March 9, 2011
    d. Applicant: Crane & Company
    e. Name of Project: Byron Weston Hydroelectric Project
    f. Location: On the East Branch of the Housatonic River, in the 
Town of Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. 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: Chad Cox, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., One 
Edgewater Drive, Norwood, MA 02062, (781) 278-5787.
    i. FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry, (202) 502-8328 or 
[email protected].
    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: May 9, 2011.
    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). 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]; 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 seven 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 Byron Weston Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) The 
existing 90-foot-long, 30-foot-high Byron Weston Dam No. 2; (2) an 
existing 0.94-acre impoundment with a normal water surface elevation of 
1,116.7 feet NAVD (1988); (3) an existing intake structure, trashrack, 
and headgate; (4) an existing 6.5-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter penstock 
that conveys flow to an existing 50-foot-long, 9.5-foot-wide headrace 
canal connected to a new 5-foot-long, 4.4-foot-diameter penstock; (5) 
an existing powerhouse containing one new 250-kilowatt turbine 
generating unit; (6) a new steel draft tube placed within the existing 
tailrace; and (7) a new 100-foot-long, 600-volt transmission line 
connected to the Crane & Company mill complex. The proposed project is 
estimated to generate an average of 938,000 kilowatt-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.
    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 
Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required 
by 106, National

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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 (e.g., if scoping is waived, the schedule 
would be shortened).

Issue Deficiency Letter--May 2011
Issue Notice of Acceptance--July 2011
Issue Scoping Document--August 2011
Issue Notice ready for environmental analysis--October 2011
Issue Notice of the availability of the EA--March 2012

    Dated: March 18, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-7042 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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