[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 59707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24235]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13662-000]


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

September 21, 2010.
    On February 9, 2010, and supplemented on July 16, 2010, Coastal 
Hydropower, LLC 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 Winchester Dam Hydroelectric Project, to be located 
at the Winchester dam on the North Umpqua River, in Douglas 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 consist of the following: (1) Five new 
submersible Kaplan turbine/generator units with a total installed 
capacity of 2.5 megawatts, to be installed replacing sections of the 
existing dam; (2) a new control house building; and (3) a new 
approximately 100-foot-long, 20-kilovolt transmission line 
interconnecting to an existing substation. The estimated annual 
generation of the project would be 13 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Neil Anderson, Coastal Hydropower, LLC, Key 
Centre, 601 108th Avenue, NE., Suite 1900, Bellevue, WA 98004; phone: 
(425) 943-7690.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman; phone: (202) 502-6077.
    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/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven 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-13662-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-24235 Filed 9-27-10; 8:45 am]
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