[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 45623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19553]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14871-001]


New England Hydropower Company, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On August 2, 2018, New England Hydropower Company, LLC, filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of 
hydropower at Lock 47 on the Lehigh Canal in the city of Easton, 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 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 Lehigh Canal Hugh Moore Park East Hydroelectric 
Project would consist of the following: (1) An existing 20-foot-high 
concrete gravity dam (i.e., the Chain Dam on the Lehigh River); (2) an 
existing impoundment with a storage capacity of 1,197 acre-feet at a 
normal maximum surface elevation of 192 feet mean sea level; (3) an 
existing 50-foot-wide, 2.5-mile-long canal that stretches from above 
the Chain Dam where water enters the canal to where it reconnects with 
the Lehigh River downstream, approximately one half of a mile above the 
Easton Dam; (4) a new 20-foot-wide, 40-foot-long intake channel 
parallel to Lock 47; (5) a new 16-foot by 32-foot powerhouse containing 
two Archimedes Screw turbine-generator units with a total capacity of 
485 kilowatts; (6) a new 20-foot-wide, 40-foot-long tailrace channel; 
(7) a new 460-kilovolt, 210-foot-long transmission line connecting the 
powerhouse to a nearby grid interconnection point; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed project would have an average annual 
generation of 3,398 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Carol Wasserman, Principal, New England 
Hydropower Company, LLC, 100 Cummings Center Drive, Suite 451C, 
Beverly, MA 01915; phone: (339) 293-3157.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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 at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14871-001.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14871) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 4, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-19553 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
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