[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 69219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28394]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14718-000]


Grafton Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On October 9, 2015, Grafton Hydro, LLC 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 Lebanon-Mascoma 
Hydroelectric Project (Lebanon-Mascoma Project or project) to be 
located on Mascoma River in the city of Lebanon, Grafton 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 include two developments. Development 1 
would be located near the downtown section of the city of Lebanon and 
Development 2 would be located at the existing Mascoma Lake dam. 
Development 1 would consist of: (1) A new 110-foot-long, reinforced 
concrete dam with a 60-foot-long, bottom-hinged, operable crest 
spillway; (2) a new impoundment with a surface area of less than 2 
acres and a normal volume of less than 10 acre-feet; (3) a 1,200-foot-
long, 7-foot-diameter, steel penstock; (4) a new 40-foot-long, 30-foot-
wide, reinforced concrete powerhouse containing a new 2,000-horsepower 
Kaplan-type turbine and a new 1,500-kilowatt (kW) synchronous 
generator; (5) an approximately 500-foot-long transmission line 
connecting the generator to a 2.0 kilovolt amps (kVA) transformer; and 
(6) appurtenant facilities.
    Development 2 would consist of: (1) The existing 18-foot-high, 575-
foot-long concrete gravity Mascoma Lake dam with four 6-foot-wide 
outlet gates, seven 35-foot-wide stoplog bays, and a 125-foot-long 
overflow spillway; (2) the existing 1,158-acre Mascoma Lake 
impoundment; (3) a new 40-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, reinforced concrete 
powerhouse containing four 150-horsepower, horizontal axis, propeller-
type turbines, each with a 150-kW asynchronous generator; (4) an 
approximately 500-foot-long transmission line connecting the generators 
to a 1.0-kVA transformer; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the project would be 6,500 megawatt-hours. The 
existing Mascoma Lake dam and impoundment are owned and operated by the 
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas Tarpey, Grafton Hydro, LLC, 55 Union 
Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02108; phone: (617) 710-1114.
    FERC Contact: Bill Connelly; phone: (202) 502-8587 or email: 
[email protected].
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications 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-14718-000.
    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-14718) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 2, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-28394 Filed 11-6-15; 8:45 am]
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