[Federal Register: July 11, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 133)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms, and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

July 5, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project Nos.: 2576-022 and 2597-019.
    c. Date filed: August 31, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Northeast Generation Company.
    e. Names of Projects: Falls Village Project and Housatonic Project.
    f. Location: The Falls Village, Bulls Bridge, Shepaug, Rocky Falls 
and Stevenson developments are located on the Housatonic River, 76.2 
miles, 52.9 miles, 44.1 miles, 30.0 miles and 19.3 miles, respectively, 
from its mouth. The project is in the western portion of Connecticut in 
the counties of Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield. Approximately 74 
acres of Federal land are within project boundaries.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert A. Gates, Project Manager, 
Northeast Generating Services, 143 West Street, New Milford, 
Connecticut 06776 (860) 354-8840 or e-mail at gatesr@nu.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Jack S. Duckworth, (202) 219-2818 or via e-mail at 
jack.duckworth@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions and prescriptions: 60 days from the date of issuance of this 
notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears 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.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the project:
    1. The Falls Village Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 300-foot-long, 14-foot-high concrete gravity dam with 
two spillways having a combined overflow length of approximately 280 
feet, and a crest at elevation 631.5 feet National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum (NGVD); (2) an impoundment 3.8 miles long containing 1,135 are-
feet when at elevation 633.2 feet NGVD; (3) a dam-integral powerhouse 
with a total installed capacity of 9.0 megawatts (MW) producing 
approximately 36,733 megawatt hours (Mwh) annually; and (4) a switch 
yard connected to the project via a 69 kilovolt (kV) interconnected 
transmission line.
    2. The Bulls Bridge Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 203-foot-long, 24-foot-high stone and concrete 
gravity dam with a dam crest of 354 feet NGVD; (2) a two-mile-long 
power canal; (3) a 156-foot-long, 17-foot-high rock fill gravity weir 
dam; (4) a 2.25 mile-long reservoir with an 1,800 acre-feet storage 
capacity, a surface area, which, at a normal elevation of 354 feet 
NGVD, occupies approximately 120 acres; (5) a powerhouse with a 
capacity of 7.2 MW, producing approximately 44,079 MWh annually; and 
(6) a 69kV line connecting the development to the Rocky River 
development.
    3. The Rocky River Pumped Storage Development consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) A 952-foot-long earth-filled core 
wall dam, a 2,500-foot-long earthen canal dike that forms the north 
bank of the power canal to the intake structure, six dikes, a dam crest 
elevation averaging 440.1 feet NGVD, and an intake canal 3,190 feet in 
length; (2) a 7-mile-long, Candlewood Lake reservoir with a 5,610 acre 
impoundment at 428.1 feet NGVD; (3) a powerhouse with a rated 31 MW 
capacity averaging 14,238 MWh per year; and (4) a development 
connection to the applicant's transmission system via the Rocky River-
Carmel Hill 1813 line, the Rocky River-Bull Bridge 1555 line and the 
Rocky River-West Brookfield 1618 line.
    4. The Shepaug Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 1,412-foot, bedrock-anchored, concrete gravity dam 
having a crest elevation of 205.3 feet NGVD; (2) an impoundment, at 
maximum operational elevation level of 198.3 feet NGVD, occupying 1870 
acres; (3) a powerhouse with a rated capacity of 37.2 MW with a 1997 
production of 118,880 MWh; and (4) a development connection to the 
applicant's transmission system via the Shepaug-Bates 1622 line and 
Shepaug-Stony Hill-West Brookfield 1887 line.
    5. The Stevenson Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 1,250-foot, bedrock-anchored, concrete gravity dam 
with a rest elevation of 98.3 feet NGVD, 696 feet of spillway and an 
integral powerhouse; (2) an impoundment occupying a surface area of 
1,063 acres at 101.3 feet NGVD, which contains a storage volume of 
2,650 acre-feet; (3) a powerhouse with a rated capacity of

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30.5 MW with a 1997 production of 92,448 MWh; and (4) a development 
connection to the applicant's transmission system via several 115 kV 
transmission lines.
    m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for public inspection and reproduction at the commission's 
Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. This filing may 
also be viewed on the Web at www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link-
select ``Docket #'' and follow the instructions. Call (202) 208-2222 
for assistance. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the 
date of this notice.
    o. Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from 
the Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008. p. Procedural 
Schedule: The application processing will proceed according to the 
following tentative schedule:

Receipt of terms and conditions, recommendations & prescriptions: 
September 2002
Notification of Draft EIS: April 2003
Public Meeting on Draft EIS: May 2003
Final EIS: October 2003

    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters, the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' OR ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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