[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 55 (Thursday, March 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 14887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05794]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No., 14839-000]


Village of North Bennington; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 28, 2017, the Village of North Bennington, Vermont, 
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 Lake Paran Dam Hydroelectric Project (Lake Paran Project or 
project) to be located on Paran Creek, near the Village of North 
Bennington, in Bennington County, Vermont. 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 Lake Paran Project would consist of: (1) The existing 
120-foot-long, 10-foot-concrete gravity Lake Paran Dam and spillway; 
(2) an existing 35-acre impoundment with a normal maximum water surface 
elevation 646.65 feet above mean sea level; (3) a new intake structure; 
(4) a new 250-foot-long, 36-inch diameter penstock; (5) a new 20-foot-
long, 10-foot-wide concrete and wood powerhouse containing a single 58-
kilowatt turbine-generator unit; (6) a new 1,000-foot-long, 12.47-
kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the Lake Paran Project would be 281.84 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: William F. Scully, P.O. Box 338, North 
Bennington, Vermont 05257; phone: (802) 379-2469; email: 
[email protected].
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts; phone: (202) 502-6123; 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-14839-000.
    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-14839) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 16, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-05794 Filed 3-22-17; 8:45 am]
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