[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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