
[Federal Register: July 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 139)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2985-008-MA]

 
Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc; Notice Soliciting Applications

July 14, 2010.
    On April 29, 2009, Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. (Onyx), licensee for 
the Willow Mill Project No. 2985, filed an application for a subsequent 
license for the project pursuant to section 15(b)(1) of the Federal 
Power Act (FPA). The license application was timely filed and an 
Environmental Assessment was issued on February 2, 2010. On June 1, 
2010, Onyx filed a withdrawal of its subsequent license application, 
and concurrently filed an application to surrender its license.
    The project is located on the Housatonic River in the Town of 
Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The project consists of: 
(1) A 14-foot-high, 150-foot-wide stone masonry gravity dam; (2) an 11-
acre impoundment; (3) a 10-foot-deep, 18-foot-wide, 50-foot-long rubble 
and masonry canal connected to a 10-foot-deep, 18-foot-wide, 260-foot-
long rubble and masonry underground headrace; (4) two 5.5-foot-long, 8-
foot diameter steel penstocks; (5) a 100-kW turbine generating unit; 
and (6) a 210-foot-long pipe discharging water back into the Housatonic 
River. The turbine generating unit is located in the basement of 
MeadWestvaco's paper mill. There are no transmission lines associated 
with the project because all of the power is used internally at Willow 
Mill. The applicant estimates that the total average annual generation, 
with the proposed minimum flow, would be approximately 256 megawatt-
hours.
    As a result of the withdrawal of Onyx's application, the Commission 
is soliciting license applications from potential applicants. This is 
because the deadline for filing applications for subsequent license was 
April 30, 2009, and no application other than the licensee's was filed. 
Thus, the Commission is giving other interested entities the 
opportunity to file.
    The licensee is required to make available to the public certain 
information described in section 16.7 of the regulations. For more 
information from the licensee, please contact Mr. John Clements, 
Counsel for Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc., Van Ness Feldman, PC, 1050 
Jefferson Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20007-3877, (202) 298-
1800.
    Pursuant to section 16.25(b), a potential applicant that files a 
notice of intent within 90 days from the date of this notice: (1) May 
apply for a license under Part I of the FPA and Part 4 (except section 
4.38) of the Commission's Regulations within 18 months of the date on 
which it files its notice; and (2) must comply with sections 16.8 and 
16.10 of the Commission's Regulations.
    Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Robert Bell, 
(202) 502-6062 or robert.bell@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17731 Filed 7-20-10; 8:45 am]
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