[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79670-79671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32738]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14332-000]


Historic Harrisville, Inc.; 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.: 14332-000.
    c. Date filed: December 5, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Historic Harrisville, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Cheshire Mills Hydroelectric Project .
    f. Location: On Nubanusit Brook, in the Town of Harrisville, 
Cheshire County, New Hampshire. 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: Linda Willett, Historic Harrisville, Inc., 
P.O. Box 79, 69 Main Street, Harrisville, NH 03450, (603) 827-3722.
    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: February 3, 2012.
    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 Cheshire Mills Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) 
The existing 94-foot-long, 29-foot-high quarried-stone Cheshire Mills 
Dam with a 38-foot-long, 27-foot-high spillway section; (2) an existing 
0.2-acre impoundment with a normal maximum water surface elevation of 
1,282.85 feet above mean sea level; (3) an existing intake structure 
with a 24-foot-high, 5-foot-wide trashrack that would be modified to 
have 1-inch clear bar spacing, and a 4-foot-high, 4-foot-wide sluice 
gate; (4) an existing 128-foot-long, 42-inch-diameter steel penstock; 
(5) an existing powerhouse containing a rebuilt turbine and a new 
generator with an installed capacity of 90 kilowatts; (6) an existing 
discharge portal in the bottom of the powerhouse; and (7) a new 75-
foot-long, 208-volt transmission line located in the mill connecting 
the generator to an existing distribution system. The proposed project 
is estimated to generate an average of 213,000 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.
    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 New 
Hampshire

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Division of Historical Resources, 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 preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate (e.g., if scoping is waived, the 
schedule would be shortened).

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Issue Deficiency Letter................  February 2012.
Issue Notice of Acceptance.............  April 2012.
Issue Scoping Document.................  May 2012.
Issue Notice of ready for environmental  July 2012.
 analysis.
Issue Notice of the availability of the  December 2012.
 EA.
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    Dated: December 15, 2011.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-32738 Filed 12-21-11; 8:45 am]
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