97-30075. Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61328-61329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30075]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

November 10, 1997.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-11282-001.
    c. Date Filed: November 21, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Summit Hydropower, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Gainer Dam.
    f. Location: On the North Branch of the Pawtuxet River, Town of 
Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Duncan S. Broatch, 92 Rocky HIll Road, 
Woodstock, CT 06281, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery [phone].
    j. Deadline Date: See paragraph D9.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time--see attached paragraph D9.
    l. Description of Project: The existing inoperative project would 
consist of: (1) A 3,500-foot-long, 109-foot-high earthen dam having a 
450-foot-long overflow-type spillway at its right (southwest) abutment; 
(2) a reservoir, known as the Scituate Reservoir, having a 3,400-acre 
surface area and a 112,270 acre-foot gross storage capacity at spillway 
crest elevation of 283 feet MSL; (3) an intake structure; (4) a 
powerhouse containing a rehabilitated 1,500-kW generating unit operated 
at an 82-foot-net head and at a flow of 300 cfs and containing a new 
70-kW generating unit operated at an 82-foot-net head and at a flow of 
14 cfs; (5) a 400-foot-long tailrace tunnel and a 700-foot-long 
excavated tailrace; (6) a 500-foot-long underground, 2.3-kV 
transmission line; (7) A 2.3/23-kV Substation; (8) A 1.5-mile-long 23-
kV transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The primary purpose for the existing facilities, owned and operated 
by the Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB), is water supply for the 
city of Providence. Applicant estimates that the project's average 
annual generation would be 2,968,000 kWh. The applicant's estimated net 
investment in the project would amount to $494.607.
    m. Purpose of Project: All project energy will be used on site with 
the excess power sold to a public utility company.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A4 and D9.
    o. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application, 
as amended and supplemented, is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance 
Branch, located at 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A-1, Washington, D.C. 
20426, or by calling [phone]. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at Summit Hydropower, Inc., 92 Rocky Hill 
Road, Woodstock, CT 06281, or by calling [phone].
    A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the 
initial development application, which has already been given, 
established the due date for filing competing applications or notices 
of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing 
development application must be filed in response to and in compliance 
with the public notice of the initial development application. No 
competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to 
this notice.
    D9. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the 
date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.

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    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Any of these documents must be filed by 
providing the original and the number of copies required by the 
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
at the above address. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of 
service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 
385.2010.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
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