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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12769-000]

 
Ice House Partners, Inc.; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

May 2, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Exemption from Licensing.
    b. Project No.: P-12769-000.
    c. Date filed: January 22, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Ice House Partners, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Ice House Power Project.
    f. Location: On the Nashua River in the Town of Ayer, Middlesex 
County, Massachusetts. The project would utilize lands of the United 
States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Liisa Dowd, Ice House Partners, Inc., 323 
West Main Street, Ayer, MA 01432, (978) 772-3303.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: June 1, 2007.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice 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.
    Scoping comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in 
lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. 
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link.

    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The Ice House Project would consist of: (1) The 300-foot-long, 
10-foot-high Ice House dam consisting of a 210-foot-long spillway 
topped with reinstalled flashboards; (2) a 137-acre reservoir with a 
normal full pond elevation of 217 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 
with flashboards installed; (3) an existing 50-foot-wide, 600-foot-long 
power canal; (4) a restored powerhouse containing two retrofitted 
generating units with a total installed capacity of 270 kilowatts (kW); 
(5) an existing transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
project would have an average annual generation of 2,500,000 kW-hours.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at 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. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov.esubscribenow.htm
 to be notified via e-mail of new filings 

and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare a single Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for the Ice House Project in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both site-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff do not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document (SD) issued 
on May 1, 2007.
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list. 
Copies of the SD may be viewed on the web at 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. For 
assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-8851 Filed 5-8-07; 8:45 am]

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