[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66079-66080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27121]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13586-000]


Bishop Tungsten Development, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

October 20, 2010.
    On November 9, 2009, Bishop Tungsten Development, 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 
Lower Pine Creek Mine Canyon Hydroelectric Project to be located near 
the town of Bishop, in Inyo County, 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.
    An existing network of penstocks collect and convey the existing 
Pine Creek Mine discharge water above the

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project area. The mine discharge averages up to 14 cfs. The proposed 
project would utilize a single, approximately 20-inch-in-diameter 
conduit within the project area that would convey the discharge water 
to the turbine where the pressure would be reduced. The applicant 
proposes to interconnect with an existing 56-kilovolt transmission 
line, maintained by Southern California Edison, which runs the length 
of the canyon. The estimated annual generation of the project would be 
26,300,000 kilowatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Douglas A. Hicks, Bishop Tungsten Development, 
LLC, 725 9050 Pine Creek Road, Bishop, CA 93514; phone: (706) 387-2080.
    FERC Contact: Shana Murray (202) 502-8333.
    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-13586-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-27121 Filed 10-26-10; 8:45 am]
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