[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4951-4952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1766]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Projects Nos. 13240-000 and 13241-000


BPUS Generation Development LLC; Intertie Energy Storage LLC; 
Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing 
and Soliciting Comment, Motions to Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

January 16, 2009.
    On June 13, 2008, at 5:01 p.m., and on June 16, 2008, at 12:05 
a.m., respectively, BPUS Generation Development LLC (BPUS Generation) 
and Intertie Energy Storage LLC (Intertie Energy) filed applications, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Lorella Pumped Storage Project and the Klamath 
County Water Power Project, to be located approximately two miles

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southwest and ten miles northeast of the towns of Lorella and Malin in 
Klamath County, Oregon.
    The proposed projects would each consist of: (1) A proposed upper 
reservoir with a surface area of approximately 200 acres at a normal 
water surface elevation of approximately 5533 feet m.s.l.; (2) a 
proposed lower reservoir with a surface area of approximately 400 acres 
at a normal water surface elevation of approximately 4,200 feet m.s.l.: 
(3) a proposed powerhouse containing 4 generating units having a total 
installed capacity of 1,000 megawatts, (4) a proposed intake structure, 
(5) a proposed 4-mile-long, 500 kV transmission line, and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The projects would each have an annual 
generation of approximately 1,600 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to 
a local utility.
    Applicant Contact: for BPUS Generation--Mr. Jeffrey M. Auser, P.E., 
BPUS Generation Development LLC, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, 
Liverpool, NY 13088; phone: 315-413-2700; for Intertie Energy--Mr. 
George Waldow, Intertie Energy Storage LLC, 1390 Kingsview Lane, 
Plymouth, MN 55447; phone: 763-476-4440. 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 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 these projects 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-
13240-000 or P-13241-000) in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-1766 Filed 1-27-09; 8:45 am]
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