[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40860-40861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16203]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Projects Nos. 13103-000 and 13104-000]


Birch Power Company; BPUS Generation Development LLC; Notice of 
Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comment, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

July 9, 2008.
    On February 1, 2008, at 8:32 a.m. and 8:39 a.m. respectively, Birch 
Power Company (Birch Power) and BPUS Generation Development LLC (BPUS 
Generation) filed applications, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Coffeeville Lock 
and Dam Hydroelectric Project, to be located at the existing U.S. Army 
Corp of Engineers (Corps) Coffeeville Lock and Dam on the Tombigbee 
River in Choctaw and Clarke Counties, Alabama.
    The proposed projects would use the existing Corps Coffeeville Lock 
and Dam and would respectively consist of, for Birch Power and BPUS 
Generation: (1) A proposed powerhouse containing several generating 
units having total installed capacities of 9.55 and 24 megawatts, (2) a 
proposed intake and tailrace, (3) a proposed transmission line, and (4) 
appurtenant facilities. The projects would, respectively, have an 
annual generation of 62 and 48 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a 
local utility.
    Applicant Contact: for Birch Power--Mr. Ted Sorenson, Sorenson 
Engineering, 5203 South 11th East, Idaho Falls, ID 83404; phone: 208-
522-8069; for BPUS Generation--Mr. Jeffrey M. Auser, BPUS Generation 
Development LLC, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, Liverpool, NY 
13088; phone: 315-413-2700. FERC Contact: Tom Papsidero, 202-502-6002.
    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

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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-
13103-000 or P-13104-000) in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-16203 Filed 7-15-08; 8:45 am]
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