[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2128-2129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-527]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13639-000]


North Unit Irrigation District; Notice of Competing Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments

January 6, 2010.
    On December 9, 2009, North Unit Irrigation District 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 Hydroelectric 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 Canal 
Diversion Dam; and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) 
An approximately 50-foot-long, 8- to 10-foot-diameter penstock to 
accommodate flows up to 800 cubic feet per second; (2) a powerhouse 
containing two generating units having an installed capacity of 1.8 
megawatts; (3) an approximately 500-foot-long, 21-kilovolt-ampere 
transmission line; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project 
would have an average annual generation of 7.2 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mike Britton, North Unit Irrigation District, 
2024 NW. Beech Street, Madras, OR 97741, phone: (541) 475-3625, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    FERC Contact: Gina Krump, phone: (202) 502-6704, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Competing Applications: This application competes with Project No. 
13560-000 filed August 27, 2009 and Project No. 13617-000 filed 
November 6, 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

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[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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13639) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-527 Filed 1-13-10; 8:45 am]
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