[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 244 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82470-82471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27930]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3309-021]


Marlow Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With 
the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Establishing 
Procedural Schedule for Relicensing, and Setting Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 3309-021.
    c. Date filed: December 1, 2020.
    d. Applicant: Marlow Hydro, LLC (Marlow Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Nash Mill Dam Project.
    f. Location: On the Ashuelot River, in the town of Marlow, Cheshire 
County, New Hampshire. The project does not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Anthony Rosario and Carole Rosario, 139 
Henniker St., Hillsborough, New Hampshire 03244, (603) 494-1854, (603) 
494-3897, or email at [email protected] or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer at (202) 502-8449, or email 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.

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    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: January 30, 2021.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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, 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-3309-021.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Marlow Hydro electronically filed the final license application 
cover letter and exhibit G drawings with the Commission on November 30, 
2020 at 6:39 p.m. and the license application on December 1, 2020 at 
10:03 a.m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(2), any document received 
after 5:00 p.m. eastern time is considered filed on the next regular 
business day. By this notice, the requirement under 18 CFR 16.20(c) to 
file the subsequent license application at least 24 months before the 
expiration of the current license (i.e., no later than November 30, 
2020 at 5:00 p.m.) is waived.
    o. Project Description: The existing Nash Mill Dam Project utilizes 
water from the 2-acre impoundment and consists of: (1) A 249-foot-long 
dam consisting of: (i) A 57-foot-long, 9 foot-high concrete gravity 
spillway topped with 3-foot-high wooden flashboards, (ii) a 12-foot-
long concrete intake section, and (iii) two, 12-foot-high earthen dam 
sections totaling 180 feet in length; (2) an intake structure with a 
10-foot-high, 10-foot-wide trash rack; (3) a 1,500 foot-long, 48-inch 
diameter steel penstock; (4) a 31-foot-long, 18-foot-wide powerhouse 
located on the north side of the Ashuelot River that contains two 
vertical-shaft, fixed propeller turbine-generator units and one 
horizontal-shaft turbine-generator unit for a total installed capacity 
of 225 kilowatts; (5) a 600-foot-long tailrace; (6) a 1,800-foot-long 
bypassed reach; (7) a 1,400 foot-long transmission line and a 12.5-
kilovolt transformer; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The average 
annual generation was 558,923 kilowatt-hours for the period from 2009 
to 2018.
    Marlow Hydro currently operates the project in run-of-river mode 
and releases a minimum flow of 5 cubic feet per second (cfs) into the 
bypassed reach.
    Marlow Hydro proposes to continue to operate in run-of-river mode 
and to increase the minimum flow released into the bypassed reach to 12 
cfs.
    p. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via 
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 (P-
3309). 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 FERC 
at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
(202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) February 2021
Request Additional Information February 2021
Issue Notice of Acceptance May 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments June 2021
Request Additional Information (if necessary) September 2021
Issue Scoping Document 2 September 2021
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis September 2021

    r. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: December 14, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-27930 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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