[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10503-10504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4077]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14216-000]


Fall River Community Hydro Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On June 27, 2011, Fall River Valley Community Service District, 
California, 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 Fall River Community Hydro Project to be located on 
Fall River, near the town of Fall River Mills, Shasta County, 
California. The project affects federal lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management. 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 facilities: (1) 
An open conduit that would deliver water from the Pit 1 diversion to a 
penstock; (2) an existing penstock connecting the conduit to the 
powerhouse; (3) two pump-turbines totaling 900 kilowatts (kW) (1 x 300 
kW unit and 1 x 600 kW unit) of generating capacity; and (4) an 
existing 3-phase power line on site. The project's annual energy output 
would range from 4 to 6 gigawatt hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John Van den Bergh, Fall River Valley 
Community Service District, P.O. Box 427, Fall River Mills, California 
96028; phone (530) 336-5263.
    FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton; phone: (202) 502-8785.
    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

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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-14216-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 15, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-4077 Filed 2-21-12; 8:45 am]
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