[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 146 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 38177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18298]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13526-000]


The Bowersock Mills and Power Company; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

July 27, 2009.

    On June 24, 2009, The Bowersock Mills and Power Company filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of The Bowersock 
Mills and Power Company Kansas River Project, which is located on the 
Kansas River in Douglas County, Kansas. 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 operate run-of-river and consist of the 
following:

    (1) The existing 665-foot-long, 17-foot-high timber-crib 
Bowersock Dam; (2) a 120-foot-long gated spillway with seven gates; 
(3) raising existing flashboards from 4-foot-high to 5.5-foot-high 
flashboards; (4) an existing 4.3 mile-long reservoir having a normal 
water surface elevation of 813.5 feet mean sea level; (5) an 
existing South powerhouse containing seven turbine/generator units 
(6) a proposed North powerhouse housing four turbine/generator 
units; (7) a proposed 20-foot-wide Taintor gate; (8) a new intake 
flume with trashracks; (9) a new 150-foot-long recreational boat 
portage located at the north bank of the Kansas River; (10) a new 
765-foot-long, 12-kilovolt (kV) transmission line connecting to an 
existing 535-foot-long 2.3 kV transmission line; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed project would have a total capacity of 7.15 
megawatts (MW) and an average annual generation of 33 gigawatt-
hours.

    Applicant Contact: Sarah Hill-Nelson, The Bowersock Mills and Power 
Company, P.O. Box 66, Lawrence, Kansas 66044; phone: (785) 766-0884.
    FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar, 202-502-6035.
    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-13526) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-18298 Filed 7-30-09; 8:45 am]
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