[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 168 (Thursday, August 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19935]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13117-000]


Forest County Hydroelectric Corporation; Notice of Competing 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments and Motions To Intervene

August 21, 2008.
    On February 13, 2008, Forest County Hydroelectric Corporation filed 
an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Tionesta Dam Project, to be 
located on Tionesta Creek in Forest County, Pennsylvania. It would use 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Tionesta Dam.
    The proposed Tionesta Dam Project consists of: (1) Two proposed 15-
foot-long, 36-inch-diameter steel penstocks and one proposed 1800-foot-
long, 8-inch-diameter steel penstock, (2) two proposed powerhouse 
containing three generating units having a total installed capacity of 
519 kilowatts, (3) a proposed 1,500-foot-long transmission line, and 
(4) appurtenant facilities. The proposed, project would have an average 
annual generation of 3.96 megawatt-hours and be sold to a local 
utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Richard Schall, Forest County Hydroelectric 
Corporation, HC2, Box 23, Tionesta, PA 16353, phone (800) 541-2378.
    FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 502-6062.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
12897-000 filed July 30, 2007. Competing applications must be filed on 
or before January 15, 2008.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene: 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-13117) in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-19935 Filed 8-27-08; 8:45 am]
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