[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 224 (Monday, November 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71962-71963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29929]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14245-000]


 KC Hydo LLC of New Hampshire; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On August 5, 2011, KC Hydo LLC of New Hampshire 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 
Pittsfield Mill Dam Hydropower Project (Pittsfield Mill Dam Project or 
project) to be located on Suncook River, near the Town of Pittsfield, 
Merrimack County, New Hampshire. 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 the following: (1) The 
existing 470-foot-long, 16-foot-high Pittsfield Mill dam, which is 
owned by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and 
includes a 159-foot-long ogee spillway; (2) an existing 20 acre 
impoundment with 112 acre-feet of storage capacity at the spillway 
crest elevation of 474.5 feet mean sea level

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(MSL); (3) a newly constructed powerhouse; (4) new electrical 
generating equipment with total hydraulic capacity of 423 cubic feet 
per second (cfs) and total installed generating capacity of 0.530 
megawatts connected to a rehabilitated 96-inch- diameter penstock; (5) 
rehabilitated intake gate structure and trash racks; (6) a newly 
excavated 100-foot-long tailrace; (7) an approximately 200-foot-long 
transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the Pittsfield Mill Dam Project would be 2.120 gigawatt-
hours (GWH).
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Kelly Sackheim, Principal, KC Hydro LLC of 
New Hampshire, 5096 Cocoa Palm Way, Fair Oaks, CA 95628; phone: (301) 
401-5978.
    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-14245-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 10, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-29929 Filed 11-18-11; 8:45 am]
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