5584 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 1, 2011 / Notices 

mail of new filing and issuances related 

to this or other pending projects. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2141 Filed 1–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13944–000] 

Valley Affordable Housing 

Corporation; Notice of Preliminary 

Permit Application Accepted for Filing 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

January 21, 2011. 

On December 10, 2010, the Valley 

Affordable Housing Corporation filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Manville Hydroelectric 

Project to be located at the Manville 

Dam, on the Blackstone River, in 

Providence County, Rhode Island. 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. 

The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) The existing 22-foot-high, 260- 

foot-long Manville Dam with one-foot 

flashboards owned by the Town of 

Cumberland; (2) an existing 76-acre 

impoundment with a normal water 

surface elevation of 106 feet (National 

Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929); (3) a 

new trashrack and stoplogs; (4) a new 

approximately 60-foot-wide intake in 

place of a 60-foot-long section of the 

spillway that would be removed; (5) 

new 10-foot-long, 12-foot-wide dual 

concrete penstocks; (6) a new 30-foottall (extending 20 feet above the 

spillway), 60-foot-wide powerhouse 

adjacent to the training walls; (7) a new 

25-foot-wide, 5-foot-deep crest gate 

adjacent to the powerhouse; (8) two new 

bulb Kaplan turbines with a combined 

installed capacity of 1,026 kilowatts; (9) 

a new approximately 800-foot-long, 480- 

volt transmission line; and (10) 

appurtenant facilities. The project 

would have an estimated annual 

generation of 4,221 megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Peter Bouchard, 

Valley Affordable Housing Corporation, 

895 Mendon Road, Cumberland, RI 

02864; phone: (401) 334–2802. 

FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry; 

phone: (202) 502–8328. 

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 at 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 or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(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–13944) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2138 Filed 1–31–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13882–000] 

City of Salem, OR; Notice of 

Competing Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments and Interventions 

January 21, 2011. 

On November 19, 2010, the City of 

Salem, Oregon filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing 

to study the feasibility of a hydropower 

development in the Geren Island 

Diversion on the North Santiam River in 

Marion County, Oregon. 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. 

The proposed project would consist of 

three developments: Franzen Reservoir 

Plant; Turner Control Plant; and 

Fairmount Reservoir Plant, and would 

utilize flows from two existing pipelines 

for the City of Salem’s water system 

drawing water from the existing Franzen 

and Fairmount reservoirs. 

The Franzen Reservoir Plant would 

consist of: (1) A new penstock intake at 

the powerhouse site; (2) a new 

powerhouse with a single turbine/ 

generator unit at an installed capacity of 

0.5 megawatt (MW); and (3) a new 

standard flow meter to direct flow from 

the penstock to the turbine. 

The Turner Control Plant would 

consist of: (1) A new penstock intake at 

the powerhouse site; (2) a new 

powerhouse with a single turbine/ 

generator unit at an installed capacity of 

0.5 MW; and (3) a new standard flow 

meter to direct flow from the penstock 

to the turbine. 

The Fairmount Reservoir Plant would 

consist of: (1) A new 36-inch-diameter 

bypass pipeline to convey water from 

the Franzen reservoir to the Fairmount 

reservoir; (2) a new powerhouse with a 

single turbine/generator unit at an 

installed capacity of 0.1 MW; and (3) a 

new standard flow meter to direct flow 

from the penstock to the turbine. 

The three developments would have a 

combined capacity of 1.1 MW. The 

proposed project would have an average 

annual generation of 8,000,000 kilowatthours. 

Applicant Contact: Linda Norris, City 

of Salem, Oregon, 555 Liberty Street SE., 

Room 220, Salem, OR 97301; phone: 

(503) 588–6255; e-mail: 

manager@cityofsalem.net. 

FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott (202) 

502–6480. 

Competing Application: This 

application competes with Project No. 

13721–000 filed May 5, 2010. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 60 days from the 

issuance of this notice. Comments and 

motions to intervene may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

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


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