[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22122-22123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9686]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 12478-003]


Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC; Notice of Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

April 20, 2010.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major Project--Existing Dam.
    b. Project No.: P-12478-003.
    c. Date filed: August 28, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Sun River, near the towns of Augusta and 
Fairfield, Lewis and Clark and Teton Counties, Montana. The project 
would occupy 95.34 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. 
Forest Service and 19.39 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. 
Bureau of

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Land Management for a total of 114.73 acres of federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steve C. Marmon, Thom A. Fischer, Whitewater 
Engineering Corporation, 3633 Alderwood Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225, 
(360) 738-9999.
    i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, phone: (503) 552-2762, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents 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.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The proposed project would utilize the existing facilities of 
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Gibson Dam including the reservoir, 
existing valve house, and two existing dam outlet pipes; and would 
consist of the following new facilities: (1) Two new 72-inch-diameter 
penstocks extending 40 feet from the existing outlet pipes to the 
powerhouse; (2) a new powerhouse located near the toe of the dam with 
four turbine/generating units with total installed capacity of 15 
megawatts; (3) a new 25.8-mile, 34.5/69 kV overhead and underground 
transmission line from the powerhouse to an interconnection point with 
Sun River Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s existing 69 kV transmission line 
at Jackson's Corner; (4) a new 34.5/69 kV step-up substation; (5) a new 
maintenance building located approximately 1,400 feet downstream of the 
powerhouse adjacent to existing Gibson Dam operations facilities; and 
(6) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated 
to be 40 gigawatt-hours.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at  http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in accordance 
with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 
385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but only those 
who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's 
Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to 
intervene must be received on or before the specified deadline date for 
the particular application.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' or ``COMPETING APPLICATION;'' (2) set forth in 
the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the 
application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, 
address, and telephone number of the person protesting or intervening; 
and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 
through 385.2005.
    Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-9686 Filed 4-26-10; 8:45 am]
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