[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53878-53880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21657]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14447-000]


L.S. Starrett 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.

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    b. Project No.: P-14447-000.
    c. Date filed: August 15, 2012.
    d. Applicant: L.S. Starrett Company.
    e. Name of Project: Crescent Street Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Millers River, in the Town of Athol, Worcester 
County, Massachusetts. The project would not occupy any federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Steve Walsh, L.S. Starrett Company, 121 
Crescent Street, Athol, MA 01331; (978) 249-3551 ext. 229.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041 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: October 15, 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/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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing project consists of: (1) A 28-foot-high, 127-foot-
long concrete and masonry dam with a 98-foot-long spillway topped with 
a 3-foot-high bascule gate; (2) a 4.5-acre impoundment with a normal 
water surface elevation of 541.3 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 
of 1929; (3) generation facilities on the right side of the dam that 
include: (a) An intake structure equipped with a 7-foot-high, 7-foot-
wide head gate and a 14-foot-high, 17.5-feet-wide trashrack with 1.25-
inch clear bar spacing; (b) a 25-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter penstock; 
(c) a 44-foot-long, 28-foot-wide powerhouse containing a 250 kilowatt 
(kW) turbine generating unit; (d) a 7-foot-diameter, 47-foot-long 
bypass outlet conduit equipped with a 7-foot-high, 7-foot-wide gate; 
(e) a 16-foot-wide, 4-foot-deep, 200-foot-long tailrace; and (f) three 
180-foot-long, 600 volt transmission lines; (4) generation facilities 
on the left side of the dam that include: (a) An 18-foot-long weir 
equipped with a 6-foot-high, 6-foot-wide slide gate and a 12-foot-high, 
13.5-foot-wide trashrack with \3/4\-inch clear bar spacing; (b) a 55-
foot-long, 6-foot-diameter penstock; (c) a 37-foot-long, 37-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing a 198 kW turbine generating unit; (d) and a 14-
foot-wide, 9-foot-deep, 100-foot-long tailrace (e) six 900-foot-long, 
600 volt transmission lines; and (f) appurtenant facilities. The 
project would have an estimated annual generation of 1,729.2 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 
Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required 
by section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.
    q. With this notice, we are designating L.S. Starrett as the 
Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal 
consultation, pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
    r. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate (e.g., if there are no deficiencies and/or 
scoping is waived, the schedule would be shortened).

Issue Deficiency Letter.........................  October 2012.
Issue Notice of Acceptance......................  December 2012.
Issue Scoping Document..........................  January 2013.
Issue Notice ready for environmental analysis...  March 2013.
Issue Notice of the availability of the EA......  July 2013.
 



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    Dated: August 27, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-21657 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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