[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23516-23517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08912]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15028-000]


Whitewater Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 12, 2020, the Whitewater Green Energy, LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the proposed 
Whitewater Creek Hydroelectric Project No. 15028-000, to be located on 
Russel and Whitewater Creeks, near the town of Idanha, in Marion and 
Linn Counties, Oregon. The project would be located entirely on U.S. 
Forest Service lands. 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 50-foot-long by 40-foot-wide 
concrete powerhouse containing one Pelton turbine rated at 7 megawatts; 
(4) a 160-foot-long, 72-inch-diameter tailrace discharging into 
Whitewater Creek; (5) a 2.25-mile-long, 12,000 kilovolt-amperes 
transmission line extending underground from the project to a point of 
interconnection to an existing 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 50 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: David Harmon, 2532 Santiam Highway, Albany, 
Oregon 97322; phone: (541) 405-5236; email: [email protected].
    FERC Contact: John Matkowski; phone: (202) 502-8576; 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 
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)

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208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15028) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 21, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08912 Filed 4-27-20; 8:45 am]
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