Conway Ranch Hydropower Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 4290-4291 [2012-1734]

Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 4290 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 18 / Friday, January 27, 2012 / Notices college graduates by 2020; (iv) elevating the public awareness of HBCUs; and (v) encouraging public-private investments in HBCUs. Agenda: The Board will receive updates from the Chairman of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs, the Board’s subcommittees and the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs on their respective activities during Fiscal Year 2011 including activities that have occurred since the Board’s last meeting, which was held on September 21, 2011. In addition, the Board will discuss the federal government’s support of HBCUs in Fiscal Year 2010, the budget outlook for federal support in Fiscal Year 2012 and possible strategies to meet its duties under its charter. 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This meeting was previously cancelled on January 4, 2012, because TransCanada Alaska Company, LLC (TC Alaska) had not filed its draft Resource Reports, which we deemed necessary to properly evaluate and comment on this unique and complex project. On January 13, 2012, TC Alaska filed its draft Resource Reports, thereby allowing us to reschedule this scoping meeting. More information about the Commission’s environmental impact statement, the APP, and how to file comments is available in the Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Planned Alaska Pipeline Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues (NOI), issued on August 1, 2011. The NOI describes the scoping process that is underway seeking public participation in the environmental review of this planned project. Please note that the scoping period for the APP will close on February 27, 2012. Dated: January 20, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–1732 Filed 1–26–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Conway Ranch Hydropower Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On July 27, 2011, KC LLC, California, 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 Conway Ranch Hydropower Project to be located on Virginia Creek, near the city of Mono, Mono County, California. The project affects federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 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 new facilities: (1) A diversion on Virginia Creek (notched weir design); (2) a de minimus reservoir operated run-of river at approximately 8,800 feet elevation above mean sea level; (3) a 2-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter pressurized pipe connecting the reservoir to a powerhouse; (4) a powerhouse containing a single turbine totaling 500 kilowatts of generating capacity; and (5) an approximately 360foot-long transmission line connecting with the existing Southern California Edison secondary distribution facilities. The project’s annual energy output would be approximately 2.3 gigawatthours. Applicant Contact: Ms. Kelly Sackheim, KC LLC, 5096 Cocoa Palm Way, Fair Oaks, CA 95628; phone (301) 401–5978. FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton; phone: (202) 502–8785. 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 E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 18 / Friday, January 27, 2012 / Notices site https://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 https:// 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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1–(866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven 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–13089–002) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: January 20, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–1734 Filed 1–26–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [ Project No. 2299–075] tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Turlock Irrigation District; Modesto Irrigation District; Notice of Proposed Restricted Service List for a Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that, to eliminate unnecessary expense or improve administrative efficiency, the Secretary may establish a restricted service list for a particular phase or issue in a proceeding.1 The restricted service list should contain the names of persons on the service list who, in the judgment of the decisional authority establishing the list, are active participants with respect to the phase or 1 18 CFR 385.2010. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:14 Jan 26, 2012 Jkt 226001 issue in the proceeding for which the list is established. The Commission staff is consulting with the California State Historic Preservation Officer (hereinafter, California SHPO), and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (hereinafter, Council) pursuant to the Council’s regulations, 36 CFR Part 800, implementing section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 470 f), to prepare and execute a programmatic agreement for managing properties included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places at the Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project No. 2299. The programmatic agreement, when executed by the Commission and the California SHPO would satisfy the Commission’s section 106 responsibilities for all individual undertakings carried out in accordance with the license until the license expires or is terminated (36 CFR 800.13[e]). The Commission’s responsibilities pursuant to section 106 for the Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project would be fulfilled through the programmatic agreement, which the Commission proposes to draft in consultation with certain parties listed below. The executed programmatic agreement would be incorporated into any Order issuing a license. Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District, as the licensees for the Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project No. 2299, and the Central Sierra Me-Wuk, Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, North Fork Mono Tribe, Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, Buena Vista Rancheria, California Valley Miwok Tribe, Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians, National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management have expressed an interest in this preceding and are invited to participate in consultations to develop the programmatic agreement. For purposes of commenting on the programmatic agreement, we propose to restrict the service list for the aforementioned project as follows: John Eddins or Representative, Office of Planning and Review, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 809, Washington, DC 20004. Reba Fuller or Representative, Central Sierra Me-Wuk Cultural and Historic Preservation Committee, P.O. Box 699, Tuolumne, CA 95379. Kevin Day or Representative, Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, P.O. Box 699, Tuolumne, CA 95379. PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4291 Ron Goode or Representative, North Fork Mono Tribe, 13396 Tollhouse Road, Clovis, CA 93611. Sandy Vasquez or Representative, Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, P.O. Box 1200, Mariposa, CA 95338. Stephen Bowes or Representative, National Park Service, 111 Jackson Street, Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94607. Amanda Blosser or Representative, Office of Historic Preservation, Department of Parks and Recreation, 1725 23rd Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95816–7100. Lloyd Mathiesen or Representative, Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians, P.O. Box 1159, Jamestown, CA 95327. Rhonda Morningstar Pope or Representative, Buena Vista Rancheria, P.O. Box 162283, Sacramento, CA 95816. Silvia Burley or Representative, California Valley Miwok Tribe, 10601 N. Escondido Place, Stockton, CA 95212. Robert Nees or Representative, Turlock Irrigation District, P.O. Box 949, Turlock, CA 95381. Greg Dias or Representative, Modesto Irrigation District, P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, CA 95352. James Barnes or Representative, Bureau of Land Management, Mother Load Field Office, 5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. Reggie Lewis or Representative, Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians, 46575 Road, 417#A, Coarsegold, CA 93614. Any person on the official service list for the above-captioned proceeding may request inclusion on the restricted service list, or may request that a restricted service list not be established, by filing a motion to that effect within 15 days of this notice date. In a request for inclusion, please identify the reason(s) why there is an interest to be included. Also please identify any concerns about historic properties, including Traditional Cultural Properties. If historic properties are to be identified within the motion, please use a separate page, and label it NONPUBLIC Information. Any such motions 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. 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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4290-4291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1734]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13089-002]


Conway Ranch Hydropower Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 27, 2011, KC LLC, California, 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 Conway Ranch 
Hydropower Project to be located on Virginia Creek, near the city of 
Mono, Mono County, California. The project affects federal lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 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 new facilities: 
(1) A diversion on Virginia Creek (notched weir design); (2) a de 
minimus reservoir operated run-of river at approximately 8,800 feet 
elevation above mean sea level; (3) a 2-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter 
pressurized pipe connecting the reservoir to a powerhouse; (4) a 
powerhouse containing a single turbine totaling 500 kilowatts of 
generating capacity; and (5) an approximately 360-foot-long 
transmission line connecting with the existing Southern California 
Edison secondary distribution facilities. The project's annual energy 
output would be approximately 2.3 gigawatthours.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Kelly Sackheim, KC LLC, 5096 Cocoa Palm Way, 
Fair Oaks, CA 95628; phone (301) 401-5978.
    FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton; phone: (202) 502-8785.
    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

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site https://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 https://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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-(866) 208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven 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-13089-002) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 20, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-1734 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 am]
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