[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 49 (Monday, March 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12229-12230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5525]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13615-000]


Sweetwater Hydro, LLC and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

March 8, 2010.
    On November 4, 2009, Sweetwater Hydro, LLC and Ute Mountain Ute 
Tribe filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to 
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the Sweetwater Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project, in 
San Juan County, New Mexico. 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 consist of the following new facilities: 
(1) An upper earth embankment dam with a height of 100 feet and 9,168 
feet in length; (2) an associated upper reservoir with a surface area 
of 141 acres, and a storage capacity of 11,018 acre feet, with a normal 
maximum surface elevation of 6,780 feet mean sea level (msl); (3) a 
lower earth embankment dam with a height of 153 feet and 3,606 feet in 
length; (4) an associated lower reservoir with a surface area of 423 
acres, and a storage capacity of 15,319 acre feet, with a normal 
maximum surface elevation of 5,690 msl; (5) a 25-foot-diameter steel-
lined and concrete penstock or other conduit with a length of 6,480 
feet; (6) a powerhouse containing 3 units with a proposed generating 
capacity of 900 megawatts; and (7) a 14 mile-long 230 kilovolt 
transmission line from the powerhouse to an existing substation, near 
Shiprock, New Mexico.
    Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, COO, Symbiotics, LLC, P.O. Box 
535, Rigby, ID 83442; phone (208) 745-0834.

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    FERC Contact: Frank Winchell, Ph.D., Office of Energy Projects; 
phone 202-502-6104.
    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. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36. 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-13615) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-5525 Filed 3-12-10; 8:45 am]
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