Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Extension of Time for Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 28873-28874 [2012-11834]

Download as PDF srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 16, 2012 / Notices located on the Willwood Irrigation District’s Main Canal, near Powell, Park County, Wyoming. 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 diversion structure and penstock intake; (2) a 350-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter penstock; (3) a powerhouse containing one turbine rated for 780 kilowatts at 43.08 feet of net head; (4) a 75-foot-long, 8-footdiameter reinforced concrete tailrace; (5) a 3.5-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line extending from the project to an existing transmission line (the point of interconnection); and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Deer Creek Project would be 2.58 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Tom Walker, Willwood Irrigation District, 1306 Road 9, Powell, Wyoming, 82435; phone: (307) 754–3831. Mr. Keith Murray, Willwood Irrigation District, 1306 Road 9, Powell, Wyoming, 82435; phone: (307) 754–3831. FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen at kim.nguyen@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 502– 6105. 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/ 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:41 May 15, 2012 Jkt 226001 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–14370) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: May 10, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–11835 Filed 5–15–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14369–000] Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Extension of Time for Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On March 2, 2012, Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative, 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 Chikuminuk Lake Hydroelectric Project (Chikuminuk Project or project) to be located on the Allen River, 118 miles southeast of Bethel, Alaska, in the unincorporated Bethel and Dillingham Census Area, Alaska. The project would be partially located on federal lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. 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 landdisturbing 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) An approximately 1,325-foot-long, 128-foot-high concretefaced rockfill dam; (2) a 25-footdiameter intake structure; (3) a 775-footlong, 25-foot-diameter tunnel bringing flows from the intake to a gate house; (4) a gate house and gate shaft to convey flows from the tunnel to the main penstock; (5) a 120-foot-long, 9- to 13foot-diameter main penstock, which bifercates into a 135-foot-long, 9-footdiameter penstock leading to turbine 1 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28873 and a 115-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter penstock leading to turbine 2; (6) a 150foot-long, 75-foot-wide powerhouse containing two vertical Francis turbine/ generator units rated for 6.7 megawatts (MW) each, for a total installed capacity of 13.4 MW; (7) a 100-foot-long, 75-footwide tailrace returning project flows to the Allen River; (8) a 118-mile long, 138-kilovolt transmission line leading from the powerhouse to a substation in the town of Bethel; (9) project access facilities, including a float plane dock and a heliport; (10) project roads leading from the float plane dock to the dam and powerhouse; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Chikuminuk Project would be 88.7 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Ms. Elaine Brown, Executive Director, Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative, Inc., 301 Calista Court, Suite A, Anchorage, Alaska 99518; phone: (907) 868–2460. FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502–6136. The deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications has been extended 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/ 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–14369) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. E:\FR\FM\16MYN1.SGM 16MYN1 28874 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 16, 2012 / Notices Dated: May 10, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–11834 Filed 5–15–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP12–449–000] ONEOK Rockies Midstream, L.L.C.; Notice of Redesignation of Proceeding On April 11, 2012, ONEOK Rockies Midstream, L.L.C. (ORM) filed a letter in the above-docketed proceeding informing the Commission of a name change related to the Natural Gas Act (NGA) Section 3 Authority and Presidential Permit issued June 16, 2000, in Docket No. CP96–684–001 1 to Bear Paw Energy, L.L.C. (BPE). Specifically, ORM states that its name was filed as an amendment to Delaware incorporation documents to replace BPE, effective September 21, 2011, and that no change in ownership has occurred. ORM states that the name change has no effect on its obligations and responsibilities under the Presidential Permit and Section 3 authority as provided by the June 16, 2000, order with respect to operation of the natural gas facilities at the international boundary near Portal, North Dakota. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 375.302(r) of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations, notice is hereby given that this proceeding is being redesignated to reflect the permit holder’s new name. Dated: May 9, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–11739 Filed 5–15–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [Project No. 2662–012] FirstLight Hydro Generating Company; 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 issue in the proceeding for which the list is established. The Commission staff is consulting with the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Officer (hereinafter, Connecticut SHPO), and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (hereinafter, Advisory Council) pursuant to the Advisory Council’s regulations, 36 CFR part 800, implementing section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 470f), to prepare and execute a programmatic agreement for managing properties included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places that could be affected by issuance of a new license for the Scotland Hydroelectric Project No. 2662. The programmatic agreement, when executed by the Commission and the Connecticut 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 Scotland 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. FirstLight Hydro Generating Company, as the licensee for the Scotland Hydroelectric Project No. 2662, and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut 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 803, Washington, DC 20004 Daniel Forrest or Representative, Archaeologist/Environmental Review Coordinator, Historic Preservation and Museum Division, One Constitution Plaza, 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06103 Richard Laudenat or Representative, FirstLight Hydro Generating Company, 143 West Street Ext., Suite E, New Milford, CT 06776 Kathleen Knowles or Representative, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut, 550 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket, CT 06338–3202. 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 NON– PUBLIC 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. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘eComment.’’ 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 seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please put the project number (P–2662–012) on the first page of the filing. If no such motions are filed, the restricted service list will be effective at the end of the 15-day period. Otherwise, a further notice will be issued ruling on any motion or motions filed within the 15-day period. Dated: May 10, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–11825 Filed 5–15–12; 8:45 am] 1 91 FERC ¶ 61,286 (2000). VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:41 May 15, 2012 1 18 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 CFR section 385.2010. 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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28873-28874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11834]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14369-000]


Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Extension of 
Time for Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    On March 2, 2012, Nuvista Light and Electric Cooperative, 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 Chikuminuk Lake Hydroelectric Project (Chikuminuk Project or 
project) to be located on the Allen River, 118 miles southeast of 
Bethel, Alaska, in the unincorporated Bethel and Dillingham Census 
Area, Alaska. The project would be partially located on federal lands 
managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Yukon Delta 
National Wildlife Refuge. 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) An 
approximately 1,325-foot-long, 128-foot-high concrete-faced rockfill 
dam; (2) a 25-foot-diameter intake structure; (3) a 775-foot-long, 25-
foot-diameter tunnel bringing flows from the intake to a gate house; 
(4) a gate house and gate shaft to convey flows from the tunnel to the 
main penstock; (5) a 120-foot-long, 9- to 13-foot-diameter main 
penstock, which bifercates into a 135-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter 
penstock leading to turbine 1 and a 115-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter 
penstock leading to turbine 2; (6) a 150-foot-long, 75-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing two vertical Francis turbine/generator units 
rated for 6.7 megawatts (MW) each, for a total installed capacity of 
13.4 MW; (7) a 100-foot-long, 75-foot-wide tailrace returning project 
flows to the Allen River; (8) a 118-mile long, 138-kilovolt 
transmission line leading from the powerhouse to a substation in the 
town of Bethel; (9) project access facilities, including a float plane 
dock and a heliport; (10) project roads leading from the float plane 
dock to the dam and powerhouse; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the Chikuminuk Project would be 88.7 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Elaine Brown, Executive Director, Nuvista 
Light and Electric Cooperative, Inc., 301 Calista Court, Suite A, 
Anchorage, Alaska 99518; phone: (907) 868-2460.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; phone: (202) 502-6136.
    The deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications has been extended 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/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-14369) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.


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    Dated: May 10, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-11834 Filed 5-15-12; 8:45 am]
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