[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70713-70714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29352]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14308-000]


Carbon Zero, LLC; 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.: 14308-000.
    c. Date Filed: October 24, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Carbon Zero, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Vermont Tissue Mill Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Walloomsac River, in the Town of Bennington, 
Bennington 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: William F. Scully, Carbon Zero, LLC, P.O. Box 
338, North Bennington, VT 05257; (802) 442-0311; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Amy K. Chang, (202) 502-8250 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: December 23, 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,

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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. Vermont Mill Tissue Hydroelectic Project would consist of two 
existing dams separated by a 400-foot-long island and include: (1) An 
85-foot-long, 15-foot-high principal dam with an uncontrolled spillway 
topped by 4-inch-high replaceable flashboards; (2) an 80-foot-long, 
15.3-foot-high dam with an emergency spillway; (3) an existing 6-foot-
high by 6-foot-wide clean-out gate located under the spillway of the 
principal dam; (4) an existing 6.4-acre impoundment with a normal water 
surface elevation of 550 feet above mean sea level; (5) an existing 
intake structure equipped with one 12-foot-high by 9-foot-long and 
three 12-foot-high by 12-foot-long headgates and trashracks connected 
to two water conveyance channels, one 50 feet long and one 75 feet 
long; (6) an existing powerhouse with three new turbine generating 
units with a total installed capacity of 349 kilowatts; and (7) a new 
100-foot-long transmission line. In addition to installing the new 
turbine generating units and new transmission line listed above, the 
applicant proposes to renovate and repair the trashracks and tailrace 
retaining wall, and excavate a new tailrace downstream of the principal 
dam. The project would be operated in a run-of-river mode and would 
generate an annual average of approximately 1,257 megawatt-hours.
    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 email 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 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 (e.g., if scoping is waived, the schedule 
would be shortened).

Issue Deficiency Letter..................  January 2012.
Issue Notice of Acceptance...............  March 2012.
Issue Scoping Document...................  March 2012.
Issue Notice ready for environmental       May 2012.
 analysis.
Issue Notice of the availability of the    October 2012.
 EA.
 


    Dated: November 7, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-29352 Filed 11-14-11; 8:45 am]
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