[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 84 (Monday, May 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 20475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10101]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13372-000]


Hydrodynamics, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

April 23, 2009.
    On February 11, 2009, Hydrodynamics, Inc. filed an application for 
a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Tongue River Reservoir 
Hydroelectric Project, which would be located at the existing Tongue 
River Reservoir dam on the Tongue River near the town of Decker in 
Bighorn County, Montana. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if 
issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license 
application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not 
authorize the permit holder to perform any land disturbing activities 
or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the 
owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following:
    (1) An existing 1,824-foot-long, 91-foot-high earthen dam; (2) an 
existing reservoir with a surface area of 3,700 acres and a storage 
capacity of 79,071 acre-feet at the normal water surface elevation of 
3,138 feet mean sea level; (3) an existing concrete outlet works 
tunnel, which would be lined with steel; (4) a new 84-inch, 520-foot-
long steel penstock in the tunnel; (5) a new 40-foot-long penstock 
extending from the tunnel to the powerhouse; (6) a new powerhouse 
containing two generating units with a combined installed capacity of 
2.0 megawatts; (7) a new tailrace discharging flows into the Tongue 
River at the base of the dam; (8) a new substation; (9) a new 125-
kilovolt, 8.5-mile-long transmission line; and (10) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed project would have an average annual 
generation of 11.0 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ben Singer, Project Manager, Hydrodynamics, 
Inc., P.O. Box 1136, Bozeman, MT 59771; phone: (406) 587-5086.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077.
    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, including a copy of 
the application, 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-13373) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-10101 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]
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