[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 42730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17887]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13728-000]


Goodwin Power, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

July 15, 2010.
    On May 10, 2010, Goodwin Power, LLC filed an application, pursuant 
to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the Goodwin Dam Project, located on the Stanislaus River 
in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties, California. 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 be located at the existing Goodwin dam 
\1\ and would harness water that currently flows over the spillway of 
the Goodwin dam. The proposed project would consist of: (1) One 
electrical generating unit, with a total installed capacity of 4 
megawatts; (2) a 300-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter steel penstock to be 
installed through the dam body close to the southern abutment; (3) a 
powerhouse to be constructed approximately 300 feet below the Goodwin 
dam on the south side of the Stanislaus River; (4) an approximately 50-
foot-long, 20-foot-wide tailrace canal that would take water from the 
powerhouse to the river bed; (5) a 15-foot-wide, gravel or other all-
weather surface access road to be constructed from Tulloch Road to the 
powerhouse; (6) a new switchyard and 138-kilovolt transmission overhead 
line or buried cable approximately 1.5 miles in length that would 
connect to Pacific Gas and Electric Company's transmission lines at 
Tulloch dam; \2\ and (7) appurtenant facilities.
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    \1\ The existing Goodwin dam is owned by the Oakdale Irrigation 
District and San Joaquin Irrigation District.
    \2\ Tulloch dam is a component of the Tulloch Hydroelectric 
Project (FERC Project No. 2067), which is owned and operated by Tri-
Dam Project. The Tulloch Hydroelectric Project connects to 
transmission lines owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company.
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    Applicant Contact: Mr. Magn[uacute]s J[oacute]hannesson; America 
Renewables, LLC; 28605 Quailhill Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275; 
310-699-6400; [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton (202) 502-8785; 
[email protected].
    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. 
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 
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/filing-comments.asp. More information about this project 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-
13728) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17887 Filed 7-21-10; 8:45 am]
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