DRAFT Water Quality Certification #2025-FERC-003 for the Wilder Hydroelectric Project (P-1892)
AVAILABLE for PUBLIC COMMENT
In accordance with RSA 485-A:12, III, Great River Hydro, LLC (GRH), (Applicant), has filed an application with the NHDES for water quality certification for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing of the Wilder Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 1892), located in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Grafton County, New Hampshire. NHDES has reviewed the application and has prepared a draft certification, which is available for public comment on the NHDES website. DRAFT WQC 2025-FERC-003: Water Quality Certification for Wilder Hydroelectric Project.
Subject to conditions included in the certification, NHDES has determined that discharges from the Project operation will comply with surface water quality standards specified under RSA 485-A:8 and NH Code of Administrative Rule Env-Wq 1700. Therefore, NHDES proposes to grant the certification.
A description of the Project can be found in Section C of the above-linked draft certification.
A copy of the Applicant’s application can be downloaded from the NHDES Water Quality Certification website, under “What applications for Water Quality Certifications are Currently under review?”
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING COMMENTS: Comments will be accepted until 4 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2025. Only written comments will be accepted. Comments may be sent by postal mail, or email (email is preferred). Please include the Project name, certification number, your name, organization, mailing address, email address and telephone number with your submittal.
By Mail: Water Quality Certification Program (Attention: Daniel Demers)
NHDES Watershed Management Bureau
P.O. Box 95
Concord, NH 03301-0095
By email: Send to wqc@des.nh.gov
If you have questions about the draft certification or have difficulties accessing the files, please contact Daniel Demers, Supervisor of the NHDES Water Quality Certification program at (603) 271-0699 or by email at daniel.j.demers@des.nh.gov.