[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 107-108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33640]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14283-000]


 Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications; 
Earth By Design, Inc.

    On October 13, 2011, and supplemented on October 30, 2011, Earth By 
Design, Inc. 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 NUMC-A Hydroelectric Power Project (project) to be 
located on the North Unit Main Canal of the U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation's Deschutes (Irrigation) Project near Madras in Jefferson 
County, Oregon. 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 4-foot-
high, 40-foot-long concrete intake structure; (2) a

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1210-foot-long, 72-inch-diameter penstock consisting of a 365-foot-
long, 72-inch-diameter underground weholite pipe and an 845-foot-long, 
72-inch-diameter underground steel pipe; (3) two Kaplan turbines 
totaling 2.03 megawatts; (4) a 10-foot-long, 14-foot-wide concrete 
powerhouse; (5) two siphon tubes directing flows back into the canal; 
(6) a 0.5-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission line which will 
interconnect with an existing overhead 69-kV transmission line. The 
estimated annual generation of the project would be 7.2 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim Gordon, President, Earth By Design, 
Inc., 20407 Cady Lane Bldg. A, Bend, Oregon 97701; phone: (541) 385-
1135.
    FERC Contact: Ian Smith; phone: (202) 502-8943.
    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-14283-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 23, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-33640 Filed 12-30-11; 8:45 am]
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