[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 47237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22093]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13468-000]


Champion Ridge Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

September 8, 2009.
    On May 20, 2009, Champion Ridge Hydro, LLC filed an application for 
a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Champion Ridge Pumped 
Storage Hydroelectric Project, which would be located in Johnson 
County, Wyoming. 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 use groundwater and would consist of the 
following: (1) A new upper reservoir, with a surface area of 90 acres, 
and a storage capacity of 6,938 acre-feet at a normal maximum surface 
elevation of 7,400 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) two new earth 
embankment dams, 210- and 20-foot-high, 4,234- and 690-foot-long, 
respectively; (3) a new lower reservoir, with a surface area of 180 
acres, and storage capacity of 6,552 acre-feet at a normal maximum 
surface elevation of 6,000 feet msl; (4) a new 160-foot-high, 2,083-
foot-long earth embankment dam; (5) a new 5,658-foot-long by 23-foot-
diameter steel penstock connecting to; (6) a new powerhouse containing 
three generating units having a total installed capacity of 700 
megawatts; (7) a new 230-kilovolt, 14.4-mile-long transmission line; 
and (8) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an 
average annual generation of 2,026.795 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Brent Smith, Symbiotics, LLC, P.O. Box 535, 
Rigby, ID 83442; phone: (208) 745-0835.
    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 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected]; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, 
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly 
encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To 
paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    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-13468) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22093 Filed 9-14-09; 8:45 am]
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