[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22579-22580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9934]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13317-000]


Bishop Paiute Tribe; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliting Comments and Motions To 
Intervene

April 21, 2010.
    On November 3, 2008, the Bishop Paiute Tribe filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Bishop Paiute 
Hydroelectric Project to be located on a new penstock between the base 
of a mine and Morgan Creek in Inyo County, California. The proposed 
project would be located within the Inyo National Forest on lands of 
the U.S. Forest Service. 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.

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    The proposed project would consist of: (1) The existing Pine Creek 
Mine site and access tunnel; (2) an existing 12-foot by 12-foot by 30-
foot reinforced concrete plug in the Pine Creek Mine; (3) a proposed 
18-inch or smaller steel penstock; (4) a proposed 250-kilowatt 
generating unit; (5) a proposed 2.4-kilovolt, 60-foot-long transmission 
line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual 
generating capacity of 2.3 gigawatt-hours that would be sold to a local 
utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Monty Bengochia, Chairman, Bishop Paiute 
Tribe, 50 Tu Su Lane, Bishop, CA 93514; (760) 873-3584.
    FERC Contact: Emily Carter; (202) 502-6512.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
12532-002 filed March 3, 2008. Competing applications were due by close 
of business on November 18, 2008.
    Deadline for Filing Comments or 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 under the ``e-
Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, documents may be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight copies should be 
mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For more 
information on how to submit these types of filings please go to the 
Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filings-comments.asp. 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-13317) in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-
3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-9934 Filed 4-28-10; 8:45 am]
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