[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 70778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29156]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Project No. 14723-000]


Jordan Whittaker; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On October 29, 2015, Jordan Whittaker 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 Oxbow Hydroelectric 
Project (Oxbow Project or project) to be located on Clear and Tenmile 
Creeks, tributaries to Eighteenmile Creek and the Lemhi River, near 
Leadore in Lemhi County, Idaho. 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 utilize two existing diversions on Clear 
and Tenmile Creeks and would use irrigation water that currently flows 
from approximately March to October within the existing Clear and 
Tenmile Creeks irrigation canals. The project would consist of the 
following: (1) Reconstruction of the two existing diversions to include 
flow control gates, pipeline intakes, and fish screens; (2) two new 
plastic or steel, buried penstocks to replace or supplement the 
existing irrigation canals, depending on available flows, including a 
7.7-mile-long, 24-inch-diameter Clear Creek penstock, and a 6.7-mile-
long, 21-inch diameter Tenmile Creek penstock; (3) a new 20-foot by 40-
foot powerhouse containing a single Pelton turbine and generator with a 
generating capacity of 1,400 kilowatts; (4) a new 4-foot by 4-foot 
concrete splitter box where water would exit the powerhouse into the 
Tenmile canal, with gates, as needed, to segregate irrigation water; 
(5) a new 7.7-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission line from the 
powerhouse to an existing 69 kV transmission line at the point of 
interconnection near the town of Leadore; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Jordan Whittaker, 270 Cold Springs Road, 
Leadore, Idaho 83464; phone: (208) 768-2058.
    FERC Contact: Ken Wilcox; phone: (202) 502-6835.
    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-14723-000.
    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-14723) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 9, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-29156 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 am]
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