[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12830-12831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5134]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14327-000]


Pershing County Water Conservation District; Notice of Intent To 
File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and 
Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process/Alternative 
Licensing Procedures

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process/Alternative Licensing 
Procedures.
    b. Project No.: 14327-000.
    c. Date Filed: November 22, 2011.
    d. Submitted by: Pershing County Water Conservation District 
(Pershing County).
    e. Name of Project: Humboldt River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: At the existing Department of the Interior--Bureau of 
Reclamation's Rye Patch Dam on the Humboldt River, in Pershing County, 
Nevada. The project occupies 0.01 acre of United States lands 
administered by the Bureau of Reclamation.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Bennie Hodges, Pershing County 
Water Conservation District, P.O. Box 218, Lovelock, NV 89419; (775) 
273-2293.
    i. FERC Contact: Shana Murray at (202) 502-8333; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Pershing County filed its request to use the Traditional 
Licensing Process/Alternative Licensing Procedures on November 22, 
2011. Pershing County provided public notice of its request on November 
22, 2011. In a letter dated February 24, 2012, the Director of the 
Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Pershing County's request to 
use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: 
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency 
regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries under 
section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920; and (c) 
the Nevada State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 
106, National Historical Preservation Act, and the implementing 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 
800.2.

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    l. Pershing County filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD), 
including a proposed process plan and schedule, with the Commission, 
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    m. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov), using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
    n. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: February 24, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-5134 Filed 3-1-12; 8:45 am]
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