[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40865-40866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16206]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13227-000]


Utah Independent Power; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comment, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

July 9, 2008.
    On May 9, 2008, Utah Independent Power filed an application, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Bull Canyon Pumped Storage Project, to be 
located in the Bull Canyon area in Grand County, Utah.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) Proposed earth and rock-
filled dams, 100-foot-high and 4070-foot-long and 300-foot-high and 
730-foot-long, respectively, for the upper and lower reservoirs which 
would have water surface elevations of 6,020 and 4490 feet, MSL, 
respectively, (2) a proposed powerhouse containing three generating 
units having a total installed capacity of 800 megawatts, (3) a 
proposed 18890-foot-long penstock, (4) two proposed 40-mile-long, 250-
kV transmission lines, and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an annual generation of 1,077 gigawatt-hours that would be 
sold to a local utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Frank L. Mazzone, President, Utah 
Independent Power, 957 Fairway Drive, Sonoma, CA 95476; phone: 707-996-
2573. FERC Contact: Alyssa Dorval, 202-502-6735.
    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

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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-13227) in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-16206 Filed 7-15-08; 8:45 am]
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