South Dakota Energy, L.L.C.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 27547-27548 [2010-11629]

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[FR Doc. 2010–11723 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P [FR Doc. 2010–11716 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES Notice of Reestablishment of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board [Project No. 13693–000] Pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and in accordance with title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 102–3, and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat of the General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (the Board) has been reestablished for a two-year period. The Board will provide independent, balanced, and authoritative advice to the Secretary of Energy on matters concerning the Department’s management, basic science, research, development and technology activities; energy and national security responsibilities; environmental cleanup activities; energy-related economic activities; and the operations of the Department. The Board members are selected to assure well-balanced geographical VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:36 May 14, 2010 Jkt 220001 South Dakota Energy, L.L.C.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications May 10, 2010. On March 29, 2010, and revised May 5, 2010, the South Dakota Energy, L.L.C. filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the South Dakota Energy Hydroelectric Project located on the Missouri River in Gregory County, South Dakota. The proposed project’s existing lower reservoir is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). 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 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 27547 any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners’ express permission. The proposed project boundary is partially located on Federal lands managed by the Corps. The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 60-foot-high, 15,700-foot long earth embankment dam, impounding a 450-acre upper reservoir, with 25,250 acre-feet of storage capacity at a normal elevation of 2,090 mean sea level; (2) a 30-footdiameter, 700-foot-long vertical shaft concrete or steel power tunnel; (3) a 30foot-diameter, 7,100-foot-long concrete or steel conduit; (4) an underground powerhouse containing four 300megawatt reversible pump-turbine/ generator units, discharging into Lake Francis Case through a 40-foot-diameter, 2,200-foot-long discharge tunnel; (5) the existing Lake Francis Case lower reservoir; (6) a new 20-mile-long, 345kilovolt transmission line to interconnect with an existing transmission line at the Fort Randall generation facility; and (7) appurtenant facilities. Applicant Contact: Brent Smith, Chief Operating Officer, South Dakota Energy, L.L.C., 975 South State Highway, Logan, UT 84321; phone: (435) 752–2580. FERC Contact: Joseph C. Adamson, 202–502–8085. 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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ E:\FR\FM\17MYN1.SGM 17MYN1 27548 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 94 / Monday, May 17, 2010 / Notices elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–13693–000) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–11629 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13705–000] White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted For Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES May 10, 2010. On April 6, 2010, White Pine Waterpower, 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 White Pine Pumped Storage Project located in White Pine County, Nevada, near the town of Ely. 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 pumped storage project would consist of the following: (1) A 210-foot-high upper, rockfill dam; (2) an upper artificial, lined reservoir with a surface area of about 74 acres and volume of approximately 4,938 acre-feet at normal water surface elevation; (3) a lower artificial, lined reservoir with a surface area of about 72 acres and volume of approximately 5,011 acre-feet at normal water surface elevation; (4) 10,950 feet of conduit; (5) a proposed powerhouse 63 feet wide by 253 feet long by 120 feet high to be located underground approximately 3,620 feet west of the upper reservoir intake at an elevation of approximately 6,320 feet; (6) one 150-megawatt (MW), one 100– MW, and one 50–MW reversible pumpturbines totaling 300 MW in capacity with up to 100 MW of additional pumping capacity; (7) an access tunnel approximately 3,380 feet long and 24 feet in diameter leading from the ground level to the powerhouse; (8) a proposed 2.4-mile-long, 230 kilovolt transmission line to interconnect to a substation VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:36 May 14, 2010 Jkt 220001 operated by Sierra Pacific Power; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The development would have an annual generation of 919,800 megawatthours. Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (904) 216–0254. FERC Contact: Shana Murray, 202– 502–8333. 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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing /ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 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 https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–13705) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–11630 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13718–000] Quality GearBox, LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene May 10, 2010. 1. On April 28, 2010, Quality GearBox, LLC (Quality GearBox) filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Harpersfield Low Head Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 13718, to be located at the existing Harpersfield Dam, on the Grand River, in Ashtabula County, Ohio. 2. The proposed project would consist of: (1) An existing 8.5-foot-high by 325foot-long gravity dam; (2) an existing 19acre impoundment with a storage capacity of 133 acre feet; (3) an existing filtration plant to be converted into a powerhouse with three new turbinegenerator units for a total installed capacity of 300 kilowatts; (4) a new 300foot-long, 13.2-kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would operate in a run-of-river mode and would have an estimated average annual generation of 2,000 kilowatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Devin Linehan, Managing Member, Quality GearBox, LLC, 5834 North River Road, Geneva, OH 44041; (440)–466–3207. FERC Contact: Michael Watts; (202) 502–6123. Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 13627–000 filed November 6, 2009. Competing applications were due by close of business on April 30, 2010. Deadline for filing comments or motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed electronically, documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to the Commission’s Web site located at https://www.ferc.gov/filingscomments.asp. More information about this project, including a copy of the E:\FR\FM\17MYN1.SGM 17MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13693-000]


South Dakota Energy, L.L.C.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

May 10, 2010.
    On March 29, 2010, and revised May 5, 2010, the South Dakota 
Energy, L.L.C. filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant 
to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the South Dakota Energy Hydroelectric Project located on 
the Missouri River in Gregory County, South Dakota. The proposed 
project's existing lower reservoir is owned and operated by the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). 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 boundary 
is partially located on Federal lands managed by the Corps.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 60-
foot-high, 15,700-foot long earth embankment dam, impounding a 450-acre 
upper reservoir, with 25,250 acre-feet of storage capacity at a normal 
elevation of 2,090 mean sea level; (2) a 30-foot-diameter, 700-foot-
long vertical shaft concrete or steel power tunnel; (3) a 30-foot-
diameter, 7,100-foot-long concrete or steel conduit; (4) an underground 
powerhouse containing four 300-megawatt reversible pump-turbine/
generator units, discharging into Lake Francis Case through a 40-foot-
diameter, 2,200-foot-long discharge tunnel; (5) the existing Lake 
Francis Case lower reservoir; (6) a new 20-mile-long, 345-kilovolt 
transmission line to interconnect with an existing transmission line at 
the Fort Randall generation facility; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    Applicant Contact: Brent Smith, Chief Operating Officer, South 
Dakota Energy, L.L.C., 975 South State Highway, Logan, UT 84321; phone: 
(435) 752-2580.
    FERC Contact: Joseph C. Adamson, 202-502-8085.
    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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. 
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the 
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at 
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

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elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-13693-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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