Document ID: FERC-2009-0548-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Community Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2009-04-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 70)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13369-000]

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

April 7, 2009.
    On February 6, 2009, Community Hydro, LLC, filed an application, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Knightville Dam Hydroelectric Project, to be 
located on the Middle Branch of the Westfield River, in Hampshire and 
Hampden Counties, Massachusetts.
    The proposed Knightville Dam Hydroelectric Project would be located 
at: (1) the existing 1,200-foot-long U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Knightville Dam; (2) an existing Corps intake and control works; and 
(3) an existing 960-acre reservoir with 49,000 acre-feet of storage.
    The project would consist of: (1) six new turbine generating units 
connected to the intake with a total installed capacity of 1.175 
megawatts; (2) a new 45-kilovolt 3-phase transmission line and 
transformer connected to an existing above ground distribution system; 
and (3) appurtenant facilities. The Knightville Dam Project would have 
an estimated average annual generation of 3,980 megawatt-hours, which 
would be sold to local utilities.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Lori Barg, Community Hydro, LLC, 113 
Bartlett

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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 the Commission's Web site at  
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 
(P-13369) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-8456 Filed 4-13-09; 8:45 am]

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