Document ID: FERC-2011-1281-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Posted Date: 2011-08-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 52656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21448]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14211-000]

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On June 10, 2011, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental 
Management 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 Elizabeth Webbing Hydroelectric Project to be 
located on the Blackstone River, in Central Falls, 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 the following: (1) The 
existing 10-foot-high, 156-foot-long granite masonry Elizabeth Webbing 
Dam with proposed 12-inch-high flashboards; (2) an existing 26-acre 
impoundment with a normal maximum water surface elevation of 34.9 feet 
(NGVD 1929); (3) an existing trashrack and 40-foot-wide, 39-foot-long 
headrace; (4) an existing 40-foot-wide, 70-foot-long powerhouse 
containing a 745-kilowatt turbine connected to a generator; (5) an 
existing tailrace; (6) proposed 400-foot-long, 5-kilovolt and 70-foot-
long, 15-kilovolt transmission lines; and (7) appurtenant facilities. 
The project would have an estimated annual generation of 4,360 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Catherine Sparks, Chief, Division of Forest 
Environment, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, 235 
Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908; phone: (401) 222-4700.
    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 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-14211-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 16, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-21448 Filed 8-22-11; 8:45 am]
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