[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 205 (Monday, October 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54981-54982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25620]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13562-000]


Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Notice 
of Competing Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene

October 19, 2009.
    On July 31, 2009, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and 
Conservation (MDNRC) filed an application for a preliminary permit, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Ruby River Power Project, which would be located 
at the existing Ruby River Dam on the Ruby River, in Madison 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 use the existing 111-foot-high, 846-
foot-long earthen dam with spillway, and the existing 635-foot-long, 
90-inch horseshoe-shaped tunnel conduit. MDNRC proposes to construct 
and install: (1) A new 60-inch-diameter, 635-foot-long steel liner in 
the existing dam outlet conduit; (2) a new 60-inch-diameter, 100-foot-
long steel penstock extending to a bifurcation; (3) a new 60-inch-
diameter, 50-foot-long steel penstock extending from the bifurcation to 
the powerhouse; (4) a new 60-inch-diameter, 50-foot-long steel conduit 
extending from the bifurcation to an energy dissipation structure for 
excess flows and bypass during turbine outages; (5) a new powerhouse 
containing two generating units with a combined installed capacity of 
1,800 kilowatts, discharging flows into the Ruby River; (6) a new 
substation next to the powerhouse; (7) a new 25-kilovolt, 6,000-foot-
long transmission line; (8) a new switchyard at the interconnection 
point with the local grid; (9) a new approximately 650-foot-long access 
road and bridge across the river channel; (10) a new 50-foot by 60-foot 
parking area; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project 
would have an average annual generation of 7.6 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Kevin Smith, State Water Projects Bureau, 
Montana Department of Natural Resources and

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Conservation, 1424 9th Ave., P.O. Box 201601, Helena, MT 59620-1601; 
phone: (406) 444-6646.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
13360-000 filed January 29, 2009. The May 8, 2009 notice for Project 
No. 13360-000 established a July 7, 2009 deadline for filing competing 
applications and notices of intent to file a competing application. 
MDNRC's notice of intent to file a competing application was timely 
filed on June 3, 2009, and its competing application was timely filed 
on July 31, 2009.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene 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-13562) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-25620 Filed 10-23-09; 8:45 am]
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