Document ID: FERC-2011-0140-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: City of Salem, OR
Posted Date: 2011-02-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5584-5585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2142]

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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 kilowatt-hours.
    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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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-13882) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2142 Filed 1-31-11; 8:45 am]
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