[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36893-36894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17998]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Competing Application Accepted for Filing With the
Commission
July 1, 1998.
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-11607-000.
c. Date Filed: August 29, 1997.
d. Competing Applicant(s): Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant and
Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company.
e. Name of Project: Holyoke Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Connecticut River in Hampden, Hampshire, and
Franklin Counties, Massachusetts.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Competing Applicant(s) Contact:
Roger W. Bacon, Director, Power Services Division, Mass. Municipal
Wholesale Elec. Company, Randall Road, P.O. Box 426, Ludlow, MA 01056,
(413) 589-1041.
Jack LcMieur, Acting General Manager, Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant,
78 Central Street, P.O. Box 823, Ashburnham, MA 01430, (508) 827-4423.
i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer (202) 219-0365.
j. Comment Date: August 31, 1998.
k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been
accepted, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time--see
attached paragraph E1.
l. Description of Project: The proposed run-of-river project would
consist of the following features: (1) an approximately 1,000-foot-long
masonry dam to elevation 97.47 feet National Geodetic Vertical datum,
topped with a 3.1-foot-high rubber dam; (2) upstream and downstream
fish passage facilities; (3) the Fish Lift Park adjoining the dam; (4)
a 2,290-acre reservoir that extends approximately 25 miles upstream;
(5) a three-level canal system adjacent to the river with headgates at
the dam; (6) six separate hydroelectric facilities, named Hadley Falls
Station, Riverside Station, Boatlock Station, Beebe-Holbrook Units,
Skinner Unit and Chemical Units, and except for the Hadley Falls
Station which has its intake structure adjacent to the canal headgate
structure, the facilities withdraw water from the canal system; (7) a
total nameplate capacity of 58,756 kilowatts (kW), consisting of the
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existing 43,756 kW project plus a 15,000 kW expansion at the Hadley
Falls Station; (8) transmission line connections; and (9) appurtenant
facilities. The estimated average annual generation is about 212,000
megawatt-hours (MWh), which would increase to about 257,600 MWh after
completing the expansion in 2006.
m. Purpose of Project: The power generated by the project would be
used within Holyoke Gas & Electric Department's distribution system,
with a portion sold to the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric
Company.
n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs:
A4, B1, and E1.
o. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference and Files and Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First
Street, N.E., Room 2A-1, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202)
208-2326. Copies are also available for inspection and reproduction at
(1) the Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant, 78 Central Street,
Ashburnham, Massachusetts 01430, and (2) the Holyoke Gas & Electric
Department, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040.
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 public notice of the initial development application. No competing
applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this
notice.
B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest
or a motion to intervene in accordance with requirements of Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will
consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party
to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular
application.
E1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is
not ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, or prescriptions.
When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE''; (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. 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.
A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each
representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-17998 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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