FERC has issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 3.0-megawatt Penacook Upper Falls Hydroelectric Project (No. 6689) on the Contoocook River in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Briar Hydro Associates filed the new license application on November 30, 2022. Commission staff determined the project does not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the human environment, so an EA rather than an EIS will be prepared. The EA is targeted for issuance by March 4, 2025, and all comments filed will be considered in the final licensing decision.123