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record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify Federal and 

State agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

Federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

7 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: December 1, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29057 Filed 11–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13226–003; Project No. 13368– 

002] 

Blue Heron Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Applications Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests 

November 10, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric applications have been 

filed with the Commission and are 

available for public inspection. 

a. Types of Application: Original 

Major License. 

b. Project Nos.: P–13226–003 and P– 

13368–002. 

c. Date filed: November 1, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Blue Heron Hydro, LLC. 

e. Name of Projects: Ball Mountain 

Dam Hydroelectric Project; Townshend 

Dam Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: Both projects would be 

constructed at existing U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers dams (Corps) that are 

located on the West River in Windham 

County, Vermont. Each project would 

occupy Federal land managed by the 

Corps. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Lori Barg, Blue 

Heron Hydro, LLC 113 Bartlett Road, 

Plainfield, Vermont 05667. (802) 454– 

1874. 

i. FERC Contact: Dr. Nicholas Palso, 

nicholas.palso@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

8854. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, 

State, local, and Tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: December 30, 2010. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support. 

Although the Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing, documents 

may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 

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mail an original and seven copies to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

m. The applications are not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The Ball Mountain Dam 

Hydroelectric Project would utilize the 

Corps’ existing Ball Mountain Dam and 

reservoir and would consist of: (1) Two 

turbine generator modules located 

within the existing intake tower, each 

containing 6 horizontal mixed flow 

turbines directly connected to 6 

submersible generator units for a total 

installed capacity of 2,200 kilowatts 

(kW); (2) a new 12.47-kilovolt (kV), 

1,320-foot-long transmission line; and 

(3) appurtenant facilities. The project 

would have an estimated average annual 

generation of approximately 6,000 

megawatt-hours (MWh). 

The Townshend Dam Hydroelectric 

Project would utilize the Corps’ existing 

Townshend Dam and reservoir and 

would consist of: (1) Two turbine 

generator modules located within the 

existing intake tower, each containing 6 

horizontal mixed flow turbines directly 

connected to 6 submersible generator 

units for a total installed capacity of 925 

kW; (2) a new 12.47-kV, 430-foot-long 

transmission line; and (3) appurtenant 

facilities. The project would have an 

estimated average annual generation of 

approximately 2,000 MWh. 

o. Copies of the applications are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link. Enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. Copies are also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

p. With this notice, we are initiating 

consultation with the Vermont State 

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as 

required by § 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the regulations of 

the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4. 

q. Procedural schedule: The 

applications will be processed 

according to the following Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate. 

Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis.January 2010 

Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and 

fishway prescriptions.

March 2011 

Commission issues NonDraft EA.August 2011 

Comments on EA .............. September 2011 

Modified terms and conditions.November 2011 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29062 Filed 11–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13849–000] 

Natural Currents Energy Services, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

November 10, 2010. 

On September 30, 2010, Natural 

Currents Energy Services, LLC filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Salem Tidal Energy 

Project, which would be located on the 

Salem River, in Salem County, New 

Jersey. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant 

the permit holder priority to file a 

license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

Natural Currents proposes to develop 

this project in the stretch of the Salem 

River between the confluence of 

Fenwick Creek just north of the Penn’s 

Neck Bridge (South Broadway, City of 

Salem, NJ) and the Mid Atlantic Port 

Terminal to the south. The project 

proposes between 10 and 30 NC Sea 

Dragon or Red Hawk tidal turbines at a 

rated capacity of 100 kilowatts (kW). 

The exact number would be dependent 

on further resource assessment, which 

would precisely characterize the water 

flow speeds. Initial estimated 

production would be a minimum of 

3,504,000 kW hours per year with the 

installation of 10 units. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Roger Bason, 

Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC, 

24 Roxanne Boulevard, Highland, NY 

12561; phone (845) 691–4009. 

FERC Contact: John M. Mudre, (202) 

502–8902. 

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. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp). Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, 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–13849) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29064 Filed 11–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13817–000] 

EBD Hydro; Notice of Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, 

Protests, Recommendations, and 

Terms and Conditions 

November 10, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

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