[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 111 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27783-27784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13673]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-13301-002]


Town of Afton; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

June 4, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor.
    b. Project No.: P-13301-002.
    c. Date filed: April 29, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Town of Afton.
    e. Name of Project: Culinary Water System Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the culinary water supply system, in the Town of 
Afton, Lincoln County, Wyoming. The project would occupy 12.3 acres of 
land in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: James K. Sanderson, Town of Afton, 416 
Washington St., P.O. Box 310, Afton, WY 83110.
    i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, 202-502-8074, [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    Motions to intervene and protests and may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``e-filing'' link. For a simpler method of 
submitting text only comments, click on ``Quick Comment.''
    k. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The project would consist of the following facilities: (1) An 
intake at Periodic Springs; (2) an existing 97,000 gallon buried 
concrete surge tank; (3) an existing 16,775-foot-long, 18-inch-diameter 
iron ductile pipe; (4) a new approximately 95-foot-long, 2-foot-
diameter ductile iron penstock conveying flows from the existing pipe 
to the new powerhouse; (5) a 20-foot-long by 20-foot-wide powerhouse 
containing a single Pelton turbine and generator with an installed 
capacity of 225 kilowatts; (6) an approximately 10-foot-long, 2.5-foot-
diameter draft tube discharging flows from the powerhouse to an 
existing access hatchway at the top of the storage tank; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities. The power generated at the project would 
intertie with the existing 12.5-kilovolt distribution system at the 
culinary water treatment plant.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC

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Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in accordance 
with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 
385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but only those 
who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's 
Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to 
intervene must be received on or before the specified deadline date for 
the particular application.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' or ``COMPETING APPLICATION;'' (2) set forth in 
the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the 
application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, 
address, and telephone number of the person protesting or intervening; 
and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 
through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain copies of the application 
directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to 
intervene must be served upon each representative of the applicant 
specified in the particular application.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-13673 Filed 6-10-09; 8:45 am]
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