[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 1632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00312]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No., 14647-000]
OHP Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On November 18, 2014, OHP 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 Applegate River Dam
Hydroelectric Project (Applegate Project or project) to be located on
the Applegate River, near Medford in Jackson County, 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 project
would occupy 15.8 acres of U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 14.6 acres
of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), and 26.3 acres of U.S. Forest
Service's lands.
The proposed project would utilize head from the existing Applegate
dam, reservoir, and a low level intake pipe owned and operated by the
Corps, and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A multi-level
withdrawal structure to withdraw water from the reservoir at centerline
elevations of 1,933, 1,955 and 1,967 feet mean sea level; (2) two 750-
foot-long steel penstocks with diameters of 66-inches and 84-inches
coupled with turbine shut-off valves at the intersection with the
powerhouse and a bypass to the tailrace; (3) a 55- by 55-foot
powerhouse containing two vertical Francis turbine units rated for a
total of capacity of 10 megawatts; (4) two 20-foot-long integral steel
draft tubes located within the powerhouse; (5) a 40-foot-long, 40-foot-
wide open channel concrete tailrace; (6) an underground 15-mile-long,
35-kilovolt transmission line; (7) a substation; and (8) appurtenant
facilities.
The estimated annual generation of the Applegate Project would be
28 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Rett Hubbard, Oregon Hydro Power Services, LLC,
285 Oregon Ave., Suite 7, Creswell, OR 97426; phone: (541) 632-4706.
FERC Contact: Julia Kolberg; phone: (202) 502-8261.
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
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing
applications 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). 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-14647-000.
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-14647) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: January 7, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-00312 Filed 1-12-15; 8:45 am]
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