Notice2026-03342
Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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February 20, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8214-8215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03342]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7887-019]
Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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.
c. Date filed: June 28, 2024.
d. Applicant: Ashuelot River Hydro, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Minnewawa Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On 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; Phone at
(406) 393-2127 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eca6999f988582ac8d9c898fc1d08dcc849e898ad1" 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; Phone at (315) 261-2158 or email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9da9a8f3f2efe9f5cff8f3f8eafcfff1f8eeddf0fcf4f1b3fef2f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8fcfda6a7babca09aada6adbfa9aaa4adbb88a5a9a1a4e6aba7a5">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Justin R. Robbins at (202) 502-8308, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751f0006011c1b5b071a17171c1b0635131007165b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7bda2a4a3beb9f9a5b8b5b5beb9a497b1b2a5b4f9b0b8a1">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
April 14, 2026; reply comments are due on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on May 29, 2026.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 10,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
<a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#25636077666a4b494c4b40765055554a575165434057460b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f494a5d4c40616366616a5c7a7f7f607d7b4f696a7d6c21686079">[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, Maryland 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. This application has been accepted for filing and is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Project Description: the existing 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 is 1070.2
feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 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.
Ashuelot Hydro proposes to: (1) continue operating the project in a
run-of-river mode, such that flow in 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 via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (<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-
7887). For assistance, contact FERC at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4828196878baaa8adaaa197b1b4b4abb6b084a2a1b6a7eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="02444750414d6c6e6b6c67517772726d707642646770612c656d74">[email protected]</span></a> or
call toll free, (886) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS''; (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and
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the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3)
furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person
submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations,
terms and conditions, or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary
basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dc938c8c9cbab9aebff2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e312e2e3e181b0c1d50191108">[email protected]</span></a>.
You may also register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</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 applicant must file the following on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on April 14, 2026: (1) copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of a waiver of water quality certification.
o. 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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Filing of Comments, Recommendations, April 2026.
Terms, Conditions, and Prescriptions.
Filing of Reply Comments.................. May 2026.
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p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 16, 2026.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1.)
Dated: February 13, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-03342 Filed 2-19-26; 8:45 am]
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