99-24624. Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51307]
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[FR Doc No: 99-24624]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

September 15, 1999.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2631-007.
    c. Date Filed: August 31, 1999.
    d. Applicant: International Paper Company.
    e. Name of Project: Woronoco Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Westfield River in the Town of Russell, Hampden 
County, Massachusetts.
    g. File Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).

    h. Applicant Contact:

Ted Lewellyn, P.E., International Paper Company, Paper Mill Road, 
Millers Falls, MA 01349, [phone]
Michael K. Chapman, Esq., International Paper Company, 6400 Poplar 
Avenue, Memphis, TN 38197, [phone]
Jon Christensen, Kleinschmidt Associates, 75 Main Street, Pittsfield, 
ME 04967, [phone]

    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer [phone].
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date shown in paragraph 
(c).
    k. Description of Project:
    The proposed run-of-river project would consist of the following 
features: (1) two non-contiguous dam sections, with lengths of about 
307 feet (North dam) and 351 feet (South dam), and a crest elevation of 
229 feet NGVD; (2) a 655-foot-long earthen dike with a sheet steel 
core; (3) a 40-foot-wide by 15-foot-high intake structure, having 
trashracks with 1.25-inch clear bar spacing; (4) a 550-foot-long 
penstock; (5) a power house containing three Francis turbines and 
generating units, having an installed capacity of 2,700 kW; (6) a 43-
acre impoundment that extends approximately 1.2 miles upstream; (7) an 
interim downstream fish passage facility; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average annual 
generation would be approximately 7,700 MWh.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
MASSACHUSETTS 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 C.F.R., at 
Sec. 800.4.
    m. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 C.F.R. 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 filing date and serve a copy of the request on the 
applicant.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24624 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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