[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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