Notice2025-20784
Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
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November 24, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 224 (Monday, November 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52935-52937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20784]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7887-019]
Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 7887-019.
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c. Date Filed: June 28, 2024.
d. Applicant: Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc. (Ashuelot Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Minnewawa Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Minnewawa Brook, in the Town of Marlborough,
Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C.791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Justin Ahmann, Owner, Ashuelot River Hydro,
Inc., 75 Somers Road, P.O. Box 474, Somers, Montana 59932; telephone at
(406) 393-2127 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a003f393e23240a2b3a2f2967762b6a22382f2c77" http: mt.com">mt.com</a>">Justin@apec-<a href="http://mt.com">mt.com</a></a>; or Daniel Parker,
Consultant, 45north Renewable Energy, LLC, 330 May Road, Potsdam, New
York 13676; telephone at (315) 261-2158 or email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8db9b8e3e2fff9e5dfe8e3e8faecefe1e8fecde0ece4e1a3eee2e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e5a5b00011c1a063c0b000b190f0c020b1d2e030f0702400d0103">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Justin R. Robbins, Project Coordinator, New
England Branch, Division of Hydropower Licensing; telephone at (202)
502-8308; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#78120d0b0c1116560a171a1a11160b381e1d0a1b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="167c6365627f7838647974747f7865567073647538717960">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. The deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests and
requests for cooperating agency status: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on December 15, 2025.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests and requests for cooperating agency
status using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#df999a8d9c90b1b3b6b1ba8caaafafb0adab9fb9baadbcf1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e181b0c1d11303237303b0d2b2e2e312c2a1e383b2c3d70393128">[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: Debbie Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC
20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly
identify the project name and docket number on the first page:
Minnewawa Hydroelectric Project (P-7887-019).
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the official service list for the
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. The application has been accepted but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project Description: The Minnewawa Project includes a 245-foot-
long, 63-foot-high reinforced mass concrete dam and spillway fitted
with flashboards and an intake structure. The crest elevation of the
dam is 1070.2 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29)
above the flashboards. The dam creates a 10-acre impoundment with a
storage capacity of 155 acre-feet. From the impoundment, water flows
into the intake structure and through a 5,717-foot-long partially
buried steel penstock into a powerhouse containing a single 1,000-
kilowatt (kW) Francis turbine-generator unit. Water is then discharged
back into Minnewawa Brook through a 790-foot-long tailrace. The project
creates an approximately 2,900-foot bypassed reach of Minnewawa Brook,
which extends from Minnewawa dam to the confluence of the tailrace with
Minnewawa Brook. A 100-foot-long transmission line transmits power from
the powerhouse to the grid. There are no project recreation facilities.
The average annual generation of the project between 2003 through
2023 was 3,945 megawatt-hours.
Under a subsequent license, Ashuelot Hydro proposes to: (1)
continue operating the project in an instantaneous run-of-river mode,
such that flow in the Minnewawa Brook, as measured immediately
downstream from the project tailrace, approximates the instantaneous
sum of the inflow to the project impoundment, and releasing a minimum
flow of 4 cubic feet per second into the bypassed reach, as measured
immediately downstream from the Minnewawa Dam, or inflow to the
impoundment, whichever is less; (2) install a new 75-kW fixed geometry
turbine-generator unit in the existing powerhouse; and (3) install a
tap and isolation valve to the existing penstock.
m. A copy of the application is available for review on the
Commission's website at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://www.ferc.gov</a> using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the project's docket number excluding the last three digits
in the docket number field to access the document (P-7887). For
assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f090a1d0c00212326212a1c3a3f3f203d3b0f292a3d2c61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44020116070b2a282d2a21173134342b363004222136276a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676
(toll free), 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. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
community organizations, Tribal members and others, access publicly
available information and navigate Commission processes. For public
inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#420d121202242730216c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="652a353525030017064b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>.
o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the 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.
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. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
p. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Scoping Notice................... October 2025.
Scoping Comments due................... November 2025.
Motions to Intervene and Protests due.. December 2025.
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Issue Ready for Environmental Analysis January 2026.
Notice.
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Dated: October 15, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-20784 Filed 11-21-25; 8:45 am]
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