[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73062-73063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29858]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13848-000]


Qualified Hydro 27, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

November 19, 2010.
    On September 30, 2010, Qualified Hydro 27, 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 Howard A. Hanson 
Dam Hydroelectric Project (Howard A. Hanson project) to be located in 
King County, Washington, near the town of Palmer. 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 will consist of the following: (1) The 
existing 675-foot-long, 235-foot-high earth and rockfill Howard A. 
Hanson dam; (2) the existing Howard A. Hanson reservoir, which has a 
maximum usable storage of 106,000 acre-feet between elevation 1,206 
feet above mean sea level (msl) and elevation 1,035 feet msl; (3) an 
800-foot-long steel liner, placed within the existing outlet tunnel, 
bifurcated above the existing discharge outlet; (4) a 200-foot-long, 
10-foot-diameter steel penstock leading from the right branch of the 
bifurcation to the powerhouse; (5) a 40-foot-long, 80-foot-wide 
reinforced concrete powerhouse containing one 2-megawatt (MW) and one 
3-MW Francis-type turbine; (6) a substation adjacent to the powerhouse; 
(7) a 1,000-foot-long, 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that will 
interconnect with the local utility; and (8) appurtenant facilities. 
The estimated annual generation of the Howard A. Hanson project would 
be 14 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Qualified Hydro 27, LLC, 33 
Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930; phone: (978) 283-2822.
    FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, (202) 502-6480.
    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-13848-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-29858 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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