[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76153-76154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31165]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14318-000]


Grand Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments and Motions To Intervene

    On November 8, 2011, Grand Coulee Project Hydropower Authority 
(Grand Coulee Authority) filed an application for a preliminary permit, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to 
study the feasibility

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of the Scooteney Inlet Drop Hydroelectric Project (Scooteney Inlet 
Project or project) to be located on the Potholes East Canal, which is 
an inlet structure to the Scooteney Reservoir, near Othello, Franklin 
County, Washington. 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) An 
approximately 200-foot-long, 100-foot-wide canal leading to a 100-foot-
wide, 15-foot-high intake structure installed on the Potholes East 
Canal to divert flow from the canal to the penstock; (2) an 80-foot-
long, 12-foot-diameter penstock from the intake structure to the 
powerhouse; (3) an approximately 20-foot-long, 50-foot-wide powerhouse 
containing a single S-turbine/generator unit rated at 1.7 megawatts at 
an average head of 14 feet; (4) a 150-foot-long tailrace returning 
flows from the powerhouse to the Potholes East Canal; (5) a substation 
at the powerhouse; (6) a 2,500-foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt transmission 
line which will connect with an existing distribution line; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities. The project will be located on federal lands, 
and would operate as run-of-release using irrigation flows provided by 
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the South Columbia Basin Irrigation 
District. The estimated annual generation of the Scooteney Inlet 
Project would be 5.2 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ronald Rodewald, Secretary-Manager, Grand 
Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority, P.O. Box 219, Ephrata, WA 
98823; phone: (509) 754-2227.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502-6136.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
14204-000 filed May 31, 2011, and with Project No. 14231, filed July 
18, 2011. A notice was issued for both competing projects on August 10, 
2011, and competing applications or notices of intent for competing 
applications had to be filed on or before October 9, 2011. Grand Coulee 
Authority filed a notice of intent to file a competing application for 
a preliminary permit on October 7, 2011.
    Deadline for filing comments or motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene 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-14318-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-(866) 208-3372.

    Dated: November 29, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-31165 Filed 12-5-11; 8:45 am]
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