[Federal Register: April 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 70)]
[Notices]
[Page 17184-17185]
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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

Rd., Plainfield, VT 05667, phone<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    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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