[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 5584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2138]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13944-000]


Valley Affordable Housing Corporation; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

January 21, 2011.
    On December 10, 2010, the Valley Affordable Housing Corporation 
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 Manville Hydroelectric Project to be located at the Manville Dam, 
on the Blackstone River, in 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: (1) The existing 22-foot-
high, 260-foot-long Manville Dam with one-foot flashboards owned by the 
Town of Cumberland; (2) an existing 76-acre impoundment with a normal 
water surface elevation of 106 feet (National Geodetic Vertical Datum 
1929); (3) a new trashrack and stoplogs; (4) a new approximately 60-
foot-wide intake in place of a 60-foot-long section of the spillway 
that would be removed; (5) new 10-foot-long, 12-foot-wide dual concrete 
penstocks; (6) a new 30-foot-tall (extending 20 feet above the 
spillway), 60-foot-wide powerhouse adjacent to the training walls; (7) 
a new 25-foot-wide, 5-foot-deep crest gate adjacent to the powerhouse; 
(8) two new bulb Kaplan turbines with a combined installed capacity of 
1,026 kilowatts; (9) a new approximately 800-foot-long, 480-volt 
transmission line; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The project would 
have an estimated annual generation of 4,221 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Peter Bouchard, Valley Affordable Housing 
Corporation, 895 Mendon Road, Cumberland, RI 02864; phone: (401) 334-
2802.
    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 at 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 [email protected] 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-13944) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2138 Filed 1-31-11; 8:45 am]
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