
[Federal Register: October 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 204)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13815-000]

 
Renew Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

October 15, 2010.
    On July 13, 2010, Renew Hydro, LLC filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Boonton Reservoir Dam and 
Conduit Project, located on the Rockaway River, in Parsippany-Troy 
Hills, New Jersey. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, 
is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application 
during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the 
permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise 
enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express 
permission.
    The proposed project would consist of two developments, the Boonton 
Reservoir Dam Development and the Boonton Conduit Development, as 
described below.
    The Boonton Reservoir Dam Development would consist of the 
following: (1) The Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority's existing 
115-foot-high, 2,150-foot-long concrete gravity dam, with 500-foot-long 
earth embankments on each abutment; (2) a 30-foot-high, 3,200-foot-long 
existing Parsippany Dike; (3) the existing Boonton reservoir with an 
825-acre surface area and a 28,200 acre-foot storage area at a normal 
surface elevation of 307 feet mean sea level; (4) an existing masonry 
intake structure with trash rakes; (5) two existing 48-inch-diameter 
pipes; (6) a new powerhouse containing two generating units with a 
combined capacity of 1,800 kilowatts (kW); (7) two new 4-foot-wide, 15-
foot-long tailrace pipes; (8) a 200-foot-long, 12.42/7.2-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line from the powerhouse to an existing valve house; (9) a 
1,000-foot-long, 12.42/7.2-kV transmission line from the powerhouse to 
the Township of Boonton's Waste Treatment Plant's control room; and 
(10) a 400-foot-long, 12.42/7.2-kV transmission line from the valve 
house to a pumping station. The proposed Boonton Reservoir Dam 
Development would have an average annual generation of 7.19 gigawatt-
hours.
    The Boonton Conduit Development would consist of the following: (1) 
An existing 9-foot-diameter, 0.5-mile-long, aqueduct from Boonton 
Reservoir Dam to the Jersey City Water Treatment Plant; (2) two 48-
inch-diameter modified conduits; (3) an existing valve house converted 
to a new powerhouse containing two generating units with a total 
capacity of 500 kW; (4) a 300-foot-long, 12.42/7.2-kV transmission 
line. The proposed Boonton Conduit Development would have an average 
annual generation of 2.14 gigawatt-hours.
    The proposed developments would have a total combined average 
annual generation of 9.33 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Paul V. Nolan, Esquire, 5515 North 17th Street, 
Arlington, VA, 22205; phone: (703) 534-5509.
    FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, (202) 502-6359.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. 
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-
filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13815-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For

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assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-26689 Filed 10-21-10; 8:45 am]
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