[Federal Register: July 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 141)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project No. 13237-000]

 
Whitman River Dam, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

July 11, 2008.
    On June 9, 2008, Whitman River Dam, Inc. filed an application, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to develop 
the hydroelectric potential at the existing Crocker Dam located on the 
Whitman River in the Town of Westminster, Worcester County, 
Massachusetts.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) An earthen and masonry 
dam, 38.5-foot-high and 520-foot-long, (2) a head pond with storage of 
1,027.0 acre-feet, (3) an existing 42-inch diameter steel penstock, and 
(4) a new powerhouse located downstream of the dam on the left side of 
the river containing one generating unit having a capacity of 100 
kilowatts. The project would have an annual generation of 607,000 
kilowatt hours and would be sold to power marketers, local industrial 
users, or municipal electric utilities.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Francis, President, Whitman River 
Dam, Inc., P.O. Box 145, 10 Tommy Francis Road, Westminster, MA 01473. 
FERC Contact: Shameek Patel, 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. 
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications may be filed electronically

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via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to 
be filed electronically, documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
an original and eight copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. For more information on how to submit these types 
of filings please go to the Commission's Web site located at http://
www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. More information about this project 
can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of Commission's Web 
site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 
number (P-13237) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-16702 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]

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