[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 244 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82470-82471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27930]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3309-021]
Marlow Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Establishing
Procedural Schedule for Relicensing, and Setting 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: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 3309-021.
c. Date filed: December 1, 2020.
d. Applicant: Marlow Hydro, LLC (Marlow Hydro).
e. Name of Project: Nash Mill Dam Project.
f. Location: On the Ashuelot River, in the town of Marlow, Cheshire
County, New Hampshire. The project does not occupy federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Anthony Rosario and Carole Rosario, 139
Henniker St., Hillsborough, New Hampshire 03244, (603) 494-1854, (603)
494-3897, or email at t-iem@tds.net or 2b485b594a49596b5f4f5805454e5f.
i. FERC Contact: Adam Peer at (202) 502-8449, or email
adam.peer@ferc.gov.
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.
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l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: January 30, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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. The first page of any filing should include docket
number P-3309-021.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Marlow Hydro electronically filed the final license application
cover letter and exhibit G drawings with the Commission on November 30,
2020 at 6:39 p.m. and the license application on December 1, 2020 at
10:03 a.m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(2), any document received
after 5:00 p.m. eastern time is considered filed on the next regular
business day. By this notice, the requirement under 18 CFR 16.20(c) to
file the subsequent license application at least 24 months before the
expiration of the current license (i.e., no later than November 30,
2020 at 5:00 p.m.) is waived.
o. Project Description: The existing Nash Mill Dam Project utilizes
water from the 2-acre impoundment and consists of: (1) A 249-foot-long
dam consisting of: (i) A 57-foot-long, 9 foot-high concrete gravity
spillway topped with 3-foot-high wooden flashboards, (ii) a 12-foot-
long concrete intake section, and (iii) two, 12-foot-high earthen dam
sections totaling 180 feet in length; (2) an intake structure with a
10-foot-high, 10-foot-wide trash rack; (3) a 1,500 foot-long, 48-inch
diameter steel penstock; (4) a 31-foot-long, 18-foot-wide powerhouse
located on the north side of the Ashuelot River that contains two
vertical-shaft, fixed propeller turbine-generator units and one
horizontal-shaft turbine-generator unit for a total installed capacity
of 225 kilowatts; (5) a 600-foot-long tailrace; (6) a 1,800-foot-long
bypassed reach; (7) a 1,400 foot-long transmission line and a 12.5-
kilovolt transformer; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The average
annual generation was 558,923 kilowatt-hours for the period from 2009
to 2018.
Marlow Hydro currently operates the project in run-of-river mode
and releases a minimum flow of 5 cubic feet per second (cfs) into the
bypassed reach.
Marlow Hydro proposes to continue to operate in run-of-river mode
and to increase the minimum flow released into the bypassed reach to 12
cfs.
p. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov)
using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number excluding the last
three digits in the docket number field to access the document (P-
3309). At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the
Commission's Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or
(202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
q. 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.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) February 2021
Request Additional Information February 2021
Issue Notice of Acceptance May 2021
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments June 2021
Request Additional Information (if necessary) September 2021
Issue Scoping Document 2 September 2021
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis September 2021
r. 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, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-27930 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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