[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 50726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20754]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14170-000]


Riverbank Hydro No. 14, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On May 2, 2011, Riverbank Hydro No. 14, LLC (Riverbank Hydro), 
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 Tuttle Creek Hydroelectric Project (Tuttle Creek Project or 
project) to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) 
Tuttle Creek Dam, on Big Blue River, near Manhattan, Riley County, 
Kansas. 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 350-
foot-long, 16-foot-diameter penstock bifurcating from the existing 
outlet structure; (2) a 100-foot-long, 50-foot-wide concrete powerhouse 
containing one turbine with a generator rating of 7.9 megawatts; (3) a 
tailrace structure directing flows from the powerhouse back into the 
river channel downstream of the existing dam; (4) a 2.8-mile-long, 25-
kilovolt transmission line connecting the project to an existing 
transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the Tuttle Creek Project would be 30.5 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Kuo-Bao Tong, Riverbank Power Corporation, 
Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, P.O. Box 166, 200 Bay Street, Suite 
3230, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J4; phone: (416) 861-0092, extension 
154.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211.
    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-14170-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 9, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-20754 Filed 8-15-11; 8:45 am]
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