Document ID: FERC-2011-0149-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: City of Astoria, OR
Posted Date: 2011-02-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 5585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2144]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13881-000]

City of Astoria, 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 Astoria, Oregon filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Bear Creek 
Water Supply Hydroelectric Project utilizing the Astoria Municipal 
Water System on Bear Creek in Clatsop 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, Site 1 
Plant, Reservoir 3 Plant, and Reservoir 2 Plant, and would include the 
following facilities:

Site 1 Plant

    (1) An 8-foot-long, 14-foot-wide vault housing a single 40-kilowatt 
(kW) turbine/generator unit; and (2) an approximately 1,290-foot-long, 
26-inch-diameter high density polyethylene penstock.

Reservoir 3 Plant

    (1) The existing Reservoir 3 with a surface area of 3.4-acres and a 
storage capacity of approximately 61-acre-foot at elevation 426 feet 
mean sea level (msl); (2) an existing structure which will house a 
single turbine/generator with an installed capacity of 50 kW unit; (3) 
a standard flow meter; and (4) an approximately 10-mile-long, 21-inch-
diameter steel penstock.

Reservoir 2 Plant

    (1) The existing Reservoir 2 with a surface area of approximately 
2.4-acres and a storage capacity of approximately 15-acre-foot at 
elevation of 265-feet msl; (2) an existing structure which will house a 
single turbine/generator unit with an installed capacity of 50 kW; (3) 
a standard flow meter; and (4) an approximately one-mile-long, 21-inch-
diameter steel penstock.
    The three developments would have a combined capacity of 145 
kilowatts. The proposed project would have an average annual generation 
of 850,000 kilowatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Paul Benoit, City of Astoria, Oregon, 1095 Duane 
St., Astoria, OR 97103; phone: (503) 325-5824; e-mail: 
pbenoit@astoria.or.us.
    FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott (202) 502-6480.
    Competing Applications: This application competes with Project No. 
13720-000 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 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-13881) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2144 Filed 1-31-11; 8:45 am]
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