[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68321-68322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23870]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15041-000]


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

    On August 4, 2020, One Drop Hydro, LLC, filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Elizabeth Webbing Falls Dam 
Project (project) located on the Blackstone River, in Central Falls, 
Providence County, Rhode Island. 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 220-foot-long, 14-foot-high rock fill, gravity, earth dam with 
a crest elevation of 34.9 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) an 
existing impoundment with a surface area of 2.54 acres and a total 
storage capacity of 23.87-acre-feet at a surface elevation of 25 feet 
msl; (3) an existing concrete intake structure with a 50-foot-wide 
mechanical trash rake; (4) an existing 45-foot-long concrete intake 
canal; (5) an existing 20-foot-long, 50-

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foot-wide, 35-foot-high concrete powerhouse that would include a new 
999-kilowatt Kaplan turbine-generator unit; (6) an existing 45-foot-
long concrete tailrace; (7) a new 0.06-mile-long transmission line; and 
(8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the 
Elizabeth Webbings Falls Dam Project would be 6,500 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Justin Bristol, Manager, One Drop Hydro, 
LLC, P.O. Box 2033, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881; phone: (401) 793-
6041; email: [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Taconya D. Goar; phone: (202) 502-8394; 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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments 
up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment 
system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You must 
include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. 
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In lieu of 
electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via 
the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier 
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 
The first page of any filing should include docket number P-15041-000.
    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://ferc.gov) using the 
eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits 
in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the 
Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference 
Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning 
the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the President on 
March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission at [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-
3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659. Enter the docket number (P-15041) in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 22, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-23870 Filed 10-27-20; 8:45 am]
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