[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 30523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12450]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14387-000]


Albany Engineering Corporation; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 18, 2012, Albany Engineering Corporation filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of 
hydropower at the New York State Canal Corporation's Lock C1 Dam 
located on the Hudson River in Saratoga and Rensselaer Counties, New 
York. 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 Waterford Hydroelectric Project would consist of the 
following: (1) An existing 672-foot-long and 15-foot-high ogee-shaped 
concrete gravity dam with a 356-foot-long tainter-gated structure 
forming the eastern portion of the dam; (2) an existing impoundment 
having a surface area of 400 acres and a storage capacity of 5,000 
acre-feet at the spillway crest elevation of 28.3 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD); (3) either a new powerhouse at the east 
end of the tainter-gated structure with two identical turbine generator 
units with a total installed capacity of 10.2 megawatts (MW) (Scenario 
1), or two new identical powerhouses at the west end of the tainter-
gated structure housing 18 turbine generator units with a total 
installed capacity of 6.0 MW (Scenario 2); (4) a proposed 10,000-foot-
long, 34.5-kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. 
The proposed project would have an annual generation of 39,000 
megawatt-hours (MWh) (Scenario 1) or 16,000 MWh (Scenario 2).
    Applicant Contact: Wendy Jo Carey, Albany Engineering Corporation, 
5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205; phone: (518) 456-7712.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14387-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 16, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-12450 Filed 5-22-12; 8:45 am]
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