Document ID: FERC-2009-0568-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Blue Heron Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2009-04-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 71)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13368-000]

 
Blue Heron Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Applications 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

April 8, 2009.
    On February 6, 2009, Blue Heron Hydro, LLC, filed an application, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Townsend Dam Hydroelectric Project, to be 
located on the West River, in Windham County, Vermont.
    The proposed Townsend Dam Hydroelectric Project would be located 
at: (1) The existing 1,700-foot-long U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Townsend Dam; (2) an existing Corps intake tower and control works, and 
(3) an existing 735-acre reservoir with 32,800 acre-feet of storage.
    The project would consist of: (1) Six new turbine generating units 
connected to the intake tower with a total installed capacity of 0.96 
megawatts; (2) a new 1-mile-long, 45 kilovolt, 3 phase transmission 
line and transformer connected to an existing above ground distribution 
system; and (3) appurtenant facilities. The Townsend Dam Project would 
have an estimated average annual generation of 3,605 megawatt-hours, 
which would be sold to local utilities.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Lori Barg, Blue Heron Hydro, LLC, 113 
Bartlett Rd., Plainfield, VT 05667, phone (802) 454-1874.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) 502-8969.
    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. 
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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http: //www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project 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-
13368) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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