[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28506-28507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11268]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12721-006]


Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and 
Soliciting Comments

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: 12721-006.
    c. Date filed: April 11, 2014.
    d. Applicant: Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Pepperell Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Nashua River, in the town of Pepperell, 
Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The project would not occupy lands of 
the United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Dr. Peter B. Clark, 823 Bay Road, P.O. Box 
149, Hamilton, MA 01936; (978) 468-3999; or 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry at (202) 502-8328 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: June 2, 2014; reply comments are 
due on June 12, 2014. This notice establishes a deadline for filing 
comments on the settlement agreement that corresponds with the deadline 
established by the

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Commission notice issued on April 1, 2014.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-12721-006.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    k. Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC filed the settlement agreement on 
behalf of itself, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park 
Service, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, 
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Nashua River 
Watershed Association, and town of Pepperell, Massachusetts. The 
purpose of the settlement agreement is to resolve among the signatories 
all issues associated with issuance of an original license for the 
project regarding mode of operation, bypassed reach flows, impoundment 
refill, upstream and downstream American eel passage, upstream and 
downstream fish passage, mussels, water quality, invasive species, and 
recreation. The signatories request that the Commission incorporate 
into any original license for the project the measures included in 
section 3 of the settlement agreement.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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.

    Dated: May 9, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11268 Filed 5-15-14; 8:45 am]
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