[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15836]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14383-000]
Whitewater Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On April 11, 2012, Whitewater Green Energy, LLC, 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
Whitewater Creek Hydroelectric Project (Whitewater Creek Project or
project) to be located on Whitewater and Russell Creeks near Idanha in
Marion and Linn Counties, 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 9.5-
foot-high, 40-foot-wide weir on Russell Creek; (2) a 19,500-foot-long,
60-inch-diameter steel penstock; (3) a powerhouse containing one pelton
turbine rated at 11 megawatts; (4) a 160-foot-long, 72-inch-diameter
tailrace discharging into Whitewater Creek; (5) an underground 2.25-
mile-long, 12,000 kilovolt-amperes transmission line extending from the
project to an outside transmission line (the point of interconnection);
(6) an access road along side of the penstock; and (7) appurtenant
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Whitewater Creek
Project would be 95.04 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. David Harmon, Whitewater Green Energy, LLC,
601 7th Avenue, P.O. Box 44, Sweet Home, Oregon 97386; phone: (541)
405-5236.
FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502-6136.
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 Sec. 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-14383) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: June 22, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-15836 Filed 6-27-12; 8:45 am]
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