[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66543-66544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31133]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission
December 18, 1995.
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.: 11282-001.
c. Date Filed: November 21, 1995.
d. Applicant: Summit Hydropower.
e. Name of Project: Gainer Dam.
f. Location: On the North Branch 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, (203) 974-1620.
i. FERC Contact: Charles T. Raabe (dt) (202) 219-2811.
j. Deadline Date: Within 60 days of the date filed shown in
paragraph (c).
k. 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 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 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 (5) appurtenant facilities.
The primary purpose for the existing facilities, owned by the
Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB), is water supply for the City of
Providence. Applicant estimates that the project average annual
generation would be 2,968,000 kWh.
1.With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at Sec. 880.4.
m. Pursuant to Sec. 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
Regulations, if any resource agency, SHPO, 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 merits, the resource agency, SHPO, Indian Tribe, or
person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later
than 60 days from the filing date and serve a copy of the request on
the applicant.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-31133 Filed 12-21-95; 8:45 am]
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