[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 11554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04697]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14755-000]


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

    On February 16, 2016, Ever Better Hydro Power, 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 
Pittsfield Mill Dam Hydroelectric Project (Pittsfield Project or 
project) to be located on Suncook River, in the town of Pittsfield, in 
Merrimack 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 consist of the following: (1) An 
existing 21-foot-high, 470-foot-long concrete and stone dam with a 150-
foot-long ogee spillway, two 4.5-foot-wide, 7-foot-high stoplog bays, 
and two 6.25-foot-wide, 7.66-foot-high outlet gates; (2) an existing 
20-acre impoundment with a normal storage capacity of 112 acre-feet at 
spillway crest elevation of about 474.5 feet national geodetic vertical 
datum (NGVD '29); (3) an existing gated intake structure and forebay 
leading to an existing 200-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter steel penstock; 
(4) an existing brick building housing a 415 kilowatt (kW) turbine-
generator, along with a control panel and switchgear; (5) a new 75-
foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt (kV) transmission line connecting the 
generator to Public Service Company of New Hampshire's existing 
distribution system; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the proposed Pittsfield Project would be about 
1,400 megawatt-hours. The existing dam is owned by New Hampshire 
Department of Environmental Services.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas Troy, 5 Main Street, Pittsfield, NH 
03263; phone: (603) 435-3598.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer; phone: (202) 502-8969 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-14755-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14755) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 25, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-04697 Filed 3-3-16; 8:45 am]
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