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Fifteen
Mile Falls Hydroelectric Project
Applicant
Prepared Environmental Assessment and Re-licensing Studies
Connecticut River, Vermont and New Hampshire
The
Fifteen Mile Falls (FMF) Hydroelectric Project consists of three hydroelectric
developments along the Connecticut River on the border between northern
New Hampshire and Vermont. The reservoirs associated with the three developments
include the 3,490-acre Moore Reservoir, the 1,093-acre Comerford Reservoir,
and the 543-acre McIndoes Falls Reservoir. The FMF Project has a combined
capacity of 369 megawatts. Louis Berger & Associates has prepared
the Initial Consultation Document for New England Power Company (NEP),
is currently preparing the Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment
(APEA), and has conducted numerous environmental studies to assess present
and future operations of the FMF Project.
Ongoing
or completed work by Berger for the re-licensing
of the FMF Project includes the following data collection and report production:
- A Shoreline
Habitat Assessment Using a Global Positioning System to Accurately
Map Bathymetry and Other Relevant Shoreline Features;
- Recreation
Management Plan and Recreation Resource Study (see additional project
description);
- A Wetlands
Survey Using Aerial Photograph Interpretation and On-Site Cover Type
and Function and Value Assessment of all Wetlands Abutting the Three
Impoundments;
- A Phase
I Archaeological Survey of the Entire Project Area and a National
Register Evaluation of Project Facilities
- A Wildlife
Habitat Assessment Focusing on Bald Eagles and Loons, Including a
Coordinated Effort to Integrate Our Observations With Those of the
Audubon Society of New Hampshire.
Berger
is currently providing assistance developing an APEA and providing technical
support in the APEA process for the re-licensing
of the FMF Hydroelectric Project. Some of the tasks involved in preparing
the APEA include coordination with NGO’s and resource agencies, and preparing
license application materials and exhibits.
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