[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 12102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4969]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Project No. 13049-001]


Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On January 31, 2011, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) filed 
an application for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 
4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility 
of developing incremental capacity at PG&E's licensed Rock Creek-Cresta 
Project (No. 1962), located on the North Fork Feather River upstream of 
Lake Oroville, near the towns of Belden, Tobin, and Storrie, in Plumas 
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.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 
single-unit powerhouse with a turbine and generator constructed on the 
right (west) abutment at the downstream side of the existing Rock Creek 
dam. The proposed project would have an expected capacity of 2.8 
megawatts and an expected annual average energy production of 15 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Randal S. Livingston, Vice President--Power 
Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 245 Market Street, MS 
N11E, P.O. Box 770000, San Francisco, CA 94177; phone: (415) 973-6950.
    FERC Contact: Matt Buhyoff; phone: (202) 502-6824.
    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 at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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-1304913049-001) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 25, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-4969 Filed 3-3-11; 8:45 am]
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