[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57377-57378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22696]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14493-000]


KC Pittsfield LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On February 1, 2013, KC Pittsfield 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 Drum-Spaulding Small 
Hydro Project (Drum-Spaulding Small Hydro Project or project) to be 
located on the Bear and American Rivers, near the city of Auburn, 
Placer County, California. 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 use facilities that are part of Pacific 
Gas & Electric Company's (PG&E) Drum-Spaulding Project, FERC No. 2310. 
The proposed project would consist of two new development sites and a 
proposed re-commission of an existing powerhouse.
    KC Pittsfield's Lake Valley Canal development, located at the drop 
between the Lake Valley canal and the Drum canal, would consist of: (1) 
The 8,400-foot-long Lake Valley canal; (2) an existing 30-inch-
diameter, 2,100-foot-long pipeline serving as a penstock; (3) a new 
powerhouse containing a single Pelton type turbine generator rated at 
1,300 kilowatts; and (4) approximately 800 feet of a new three-phase 
power line that will follow an existing PG&E road, and an upgrade of 
1,600 feet of existing transmission line from single-phase to three-
phase. KC Pittsfield's proposed development would have an average 
annual generation of 4 gigawatt-hours.
    KC Pittsfield's proposed Bear-Halsey Canal Drop development would 
consist of: (1) An existing 30-foot drop at the end of the Bear River 
canal into the Halsey forebay; (2) a new powerhouse enclosing a 
propeller or bulb-type turbine generator rated at 800 kilowatts, 
located at the terminus of the Bear River canal discharge to the Halsey 
forebay; and (3) approximately 200 feet of new three-phase power line 
and the upgrade of approximately 1,400 feet of single-phase line to 
three-phase line. This

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proposed development would have an annual average generation of about 5 
gigawatt-hours.
    KC Pittsfield's proposed Alta Powerhouse development would consist 
of using PG&E's existing Unit 2 impulse turbine in the Alta Powerhouse 
of the Drum-Spaulding Project with an installed capacity of one 
megawatt or installing a new, smaller turbine. The Alta Powerhouse 
receives water from the Alta forebay via the Towle canal, which diverts 
water from Canyon Creek. Water discharged from the Alta Powerhouse is 
rediverted into the Placer County Water Agency's Lower Boardman canal 
for downstream consumptive water demands. This proposed development 
would have an average annual generation of 0.03 gigawatt-hours.
    The project would require interconnection with existing PG&E 
transmission facilities. The proposed project would have a total 
installed capacity of 3.1 megawatts and generate a total estimated 
average annual energy production of 12 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Kelly Sackheim, KC Pittsfield LLC, c/o 
Landry & Associates, 6 Chenell Drive, Suite 280, Concord, New Hampshire 
03301, phone: (301) 401-5978.
    FERC Contact: Joseph Hassell; phone: (202) 502-8079, email: 
[email protected].
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary 
terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions using the 
Commission's eFiling system at 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. In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14493-000.
    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-14493) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 12, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-22696 Filed 9-17-13; 8:45 am]
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