[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 78218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31612]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[14697-000]


Advanced Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On August 3, 2015, Advanced Hydropower, Inc. 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 McNary Dam 
Advanced Hydropower Project (McNary Dam Project or project) to be 
located at U.S. Corps of Engineers' McNary Dam near Plymouth in Benton 
County, Washington and Umatilla in Umatilla 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 proposed project would utilize flows at the existing McNary 
Dam, and would consist of the following new features: (1) A 52-foot-
wide, 40-foot-high gated intake located on the upstream side of McNary 
Dam; (2) a 32-foot-wide, 34-foot-high, 234-foot-long concrete penstock 
installed through McNary Dam; (3) a 34-megawatt vertical shaft Alden 
turbine; (4) a draft tube discharging flows to the existing McNary Dam 
tailrace; (5) a 1.24-mile-long, 13.8- or 23-kilovolt transmission line 
interconnecting with the existing McNary Dam switchyard; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the McNary 
Dam Project would be 148.92 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Kurt Ross, Advanced Hydropower, Inc., 925 
Fairgrounds Road, Goldendale, Washington 98620; phone: (509) 773-5650.
    FERC Contact: Sean O'Neill; phone: (202) 502-6462.
    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-14697-000.
    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-14697) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 10, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-31612 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
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