[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 70670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24730]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14471-001]


West Street Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Intent To File License 
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Approving Use of the 
Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 14471-001.
    c. Date Filed: March 25, 2015.
    d. Submitted By: West Street Hydro, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Ashuelot River Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Ashuelot River, in Cheshire County, New 
Hampshire. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or 
located within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. Kenneth A. Stewart, West Street 
Hydro, Inc., 20 Central Square, Keene, NH 03431; phone: (603) 352-2448.
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts at (202) 502-6123; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. West Street Hydro, Inc., (West Street Hydro) filed its request 
to use the Traditional Licensing Process on March 25, 2015. West Street 
Hydro provided public notice of its request on April 2, 2015. In a 
letter issued on May 13, 2015, the Director of the Division of 
Hydropower Licensing approved West Street Hydro's request to use the 
Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating 
consultation with the New Hampshire State Historic Preservation 
Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic Preservation 
Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. West Street Hydro filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; 
including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, 
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    m. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(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 at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in paragraph h.
    n. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: October 6, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-24730 Filed 10-12-16; 8:45 am]
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