[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 47935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22470]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13560-000]


Sierra Energy Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

September 10, 2009.
    On July 23, 2009, and revised on August 27, 2009, Sierra Energy 
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 North Unit Diversion Dam Project, located on the 
Deschutes River in Deschutes County, Oregon. 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 utilize the existing North Unit 
Diversion Dam; and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 
diversion structure approximately 100-foot-long, 15-foot-wide, and 6-
foot-deep; (2) an 8- to 10-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long penstock; (3) a 
powerhouse containing two generating units having an installed capacity 
of 1.8 megawatts; (4) a 500-foot-long, 21-kilovolt transmission line; 
and (5) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an 
average annual generation of 7.2 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Bradley Reeves, Sierra Energy Company, P.O. Box 
4313, Auburn, CA 95604; phone: (530) 367-4156.
    FERC Contact: Gina Krump, (202) 502-6704, [email protected].
    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-13560) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-22470 Filed 9-17-09; 8:45 am]
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