Notice2022-27589
Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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December 20, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77824-77825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27589]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3342-025]
Briar Hydro Associates, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a 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: New License.
b. Project No.: 3342-025.
c. Date Filed: November 30, 2022.
d. Applicant: Briar Hydro Associates.
e. Name of Project: Penacook Lower Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Contoocook River, in City of Concord, and Town
of Boscawen, Merrimack County, New
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Hampshire. No federal lands are located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J. Locke, Essex Hydro Associates, LLC,
55 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108; (617) 357-0032; email_
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b5a575458505e7b5e48485e4353425f495415585456">[email protected]</a>.
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502-6181; or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1aba4a0afafa4efa4a5b6a0b3a5b281a7a4b3a2efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0aaa5a1aeaea5eea5a4b7a1b2a4b380a6a5b2a3eea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: January 29, 2023.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95d3d0c7d6dafbf9fcfbf0c6e0e5e5fae7e1d5f3f0e7f6bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c98f8c9b8a86a7a5a0a7ac9abcb9b9a6bbbd89afacbbaae7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>, (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. All filings must clearly identify the
project name and docket number on the first page: Penacook Lower Falls
Project (P-3342-025).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Penacook Lower Falls Project consists of the following
existing facilities:
(1) an impoundment with a surface area of 8.4-acres at an elevation
of 278.6 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929; (2) a concrete dam
with a 15-foot-long, 70-foot-wide forebay, a 106-foot-long, gated
spillway, a 316-foot-long auxiliary spillway, and a 140-foot-long,
gated diversion structure; (3) a 23.3-foot-long, 46.1-foot-high trash
rack with a 3.625-inch clear spacing; (4) a 35-foot-wide by 97.5-foot-
long concrete powerhouse, integral with the spillway, containing one
Kaplan style turbine-generator unit with a capacity of 4.6 megawatts;
(5) a 700-foot-long, 45-foot wide tailrace; (6) transmission facilities
consisting of a 4.16/34.5 kilovolt (kV) transformer and 200-foot-long,
34.5-kV transmission line; and (7) other appurtenances.
The project operates in a run-of-river mode. The project had an
average annual generation of 20,198,820 kWh kilowatt-hours between 2012
and 2021. No changes in the project operation are proposed.
o. Copies of the application may be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a> using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document (P-3342). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#094f4c5b4a46676560676c5a7c7979667b7d496f6c7b6a276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df999a8d9c90b1b3b6b1ba8caaafafb0adab9fb9baadbcf1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-free, (866)
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
p. 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.
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)..................... February 2023.
Request Additional Information (if necessary).............. March 2023.
Issue Acceptance Letter.................................... May 2023.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...................... May 2023.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).................... August 2023
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis........... August 2023.
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q. 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, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-27589 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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