Owyhee Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 53510-53511 [2015-21984]

Download as PDF 53510 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 172 / Friday, September 4, 2015 / Notices 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 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, (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–14655–000. 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 https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–14655) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: August 28, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–21985 Filed 9–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14681–000] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Peterson Machinery Sales; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On June 3, 2015, Peterson Machinery Sales filed an application for a preliminary permit under section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of the proposed Boardman River Hydro-Electric Project No. 14681–000, to be located on the Boardman River near Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Sep 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 The proposed project consists of the Boardman Dam Development located at River Mile 6.1 and the Sabin Dam Development located at River Mile 5.3. The Boardman Dam Development would consist of: (1) A 103-acre Boardman Pond; (2) a 650-foot-long west earth-filled abutment, a 20-footwide emergency spillway, a 40-foot-long intake structure containing twin 10-footdiameter by 73-foot-long steel penstocks leading to the powerhouse, and an approximately 150-foot-long earth-filled east abutment; (3) a 70-foot-long, 20foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse containing a 1,000 kilowatt turbine-generator; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The Sabin Dam Development would consist of: (1) A 40-acre Sabin Pond; (2) a 60-foot-long earth west embankment, a 70-foot-long by 20-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse integral with the dam containing a 500 kilowatt turbine-generator, a 52-foot-long intermediate earth embankment, a 32foot-long stop wide spillway section, an 18-foot wide tainter gate spillway section, and a 330-foot-long earth east embankment; and (3) appurtenant facilities. The project would generate an estimated 7,600 megawatt hours annually. Applicant Contact: Charles R. Peterson, 9627 Seth Road, Northport, MI 49670; phone: 231–649–8706. FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, (202) 502–6211. 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 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, (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–14681–000. PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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–14681) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: August 28, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–21986 Filed 9–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14648–000] Owyhee Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On November 24, 2014, Owyhee Hydro, LLC (Owyhee Hydro) filed an application for preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Anderson Ranch Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (Anderson Ranch project). The project would be located at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Anderson Ranch dam and reservoir 1 on the South Fork of the Boise River near Mountain Home in Elmore County, Idaho. 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. On December 4, 2014, the Commission asked Reclamation to confirm that non-federal development is authorized at the Anderson Ranch site. On January 30, 2015, Reclamation responded stating that it retains jurisdiction over hydropower development at the Anderson Ranch dam, reservoir, and powerhouse, which are part of Reclamation’s Boise Project. On June 8, 2015, the Commission 1 On December 12, 2014, Cat Creek Energy, LLC also filed for a preliminary permit to use the Anderson Ranch reservoir as a lower reservoir for the Cat Creek Energy Generation Facility Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (P–14655), and thus may be competing for the same water resource. E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 172 / Friday, September 4, 2015 / Notices responded and agreed with Reclamation’s jurisdictional decision over hydropower development at the Boise Project’s Anderson Ranch dam, powerhouse, and reservoir. However, the Commission would retain jurisdiction for hydropower facilities that would be located outside of Reclamation’s development. Thus, an entity seeking to build a hydropower project that would use Reclamation’s Boise Project facilities would need to obtain a lease of power privilege from Reclamation, but it also would need to obtain a license from the Commission for those facilities of the hydropower project that are not under Reclamation’s jurisdiction. On July 27, 2015, Owyhee Hydro filed a revised application providing an additional alternative to the proposed Anderson Ranch project. The revised Anderson Ranch project has three alternatives: Alternatives A, B, and C. Alternatives A and B would use the existing Anderson Ranch dam, reservoir, powerhouse, tailrace, and transmission lines, and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 1,060foot-long, 65-foot-high zoned earth or concrete faced rockfill dam; (2) a 900acre-foot impoundment as an upper reservoir; (3) a 4,180-foot-long, 9.1-footdiameter single steel penstock (6.5-footdiameter if twin conduit); (4) a single 80-megawatt (MW) reversible pump turbine/generator to be located within the third bay of the existing powerhouse; and (5) appurtenant facilities. Alternative C would use the existing Anderson Ranch dam, reservoir, and powerhouse, and would consist of the same new facilities as in Alternatives A and B except it would have: (1) A 4,180-foot-long, 9.1-footdiameter single steel penstock (6.5-footdiameter if twin conduit) and a 3,440foot-long, 9.1-foot-diameter single steel penstock (6.5-foot-diameter if twin conduit); (2) a 250-foot-long, 90-footwide concrete powerhouse located adjacent to the existing Anderson Ranch reservoir; (3) a single 80–MW Pelton turbine/generator; and (4) a 3,400-footlong, 69 or 115-kilovolt transmission line interconnecting with the existing Bonneville Power Administration Dixie Substation. The estimated annual generation for the Anderson Ranch project would be 175.2 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact for the Anderson Ranch project: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, Owyhee Hydro, LLC, 1210 W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246–9925. FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue; phone: (202) 502–8556. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Sep 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 (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 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, (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–14648–000. 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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–14648) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: August 28, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–21984 Filed 9–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–0–1P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14690–000] Blue River Hydro Power, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On July 1, 2015, Blue River Hydro Power, LLC 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 Blue River Hydroelectric Project (Blue River Project or project) to be located at Blue River Dam near the Town of Blue River in Lane County, Oregon. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 53511 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 Blue River Dam, and would consist of the following new features: (1) A 12-foot-diameter, 500foot-long steel liner pipe installed in the downstream portion of the existing dam outlet tunnel, (2) a gatehouse containing two 7-foot-wide, 8-foot-high steel slidegates to regulate pipe pressure and release excess water, (3) a 9-foot- to 12foot-diameter, 600-foot-long steel penstock, (4) a 70-foot-wide, 55-footlong reinforced concrete powerhouse, (5) two 10 megawatt vertical-shaft Francis turbine/generators, (6) an approximately 40-foot-wide, 40-footlong concrete tailrace returning flows to the Blue River, (7) a switchyard and a 2.5-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt buried transmission line interconnecting with Lane Electric Cooperative’s existing Blue River substation, and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Blue River Project would be 50 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Rett Hubbard, Blue River Hydro Power, LLC, 285 East Oregon Avenue, Suite 7, Creswell, Oregon 97426; phone: (541) 632–4706. 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 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, (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–14690–000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53510-53511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21984]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14648-000]


Owyhee Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On November 24, 2014, Owyhee Hydro, LLC (Owyhee Hydro) filed an 
application for preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Anderson 
Ranch Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (Anderson Ranch project). 
The project would be located at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's 
(Reclamation) Anderson Ranch dam and reservoir \1\ on the South Fork of 
the Boise River near Mountain Home in Elmore County, Idaho.
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    \1\ On December 12, 2014, Cat Creek Energy, LLC also filed for a 
preliminary permit to use the Anderson Ranch reservoir as a lower 
reservoir for the Cat Creek Energy Generation Facility Pumped 
Storage Hydroelectric Project (P-14655), and thus may be competing 
for the same water resource.
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    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.
    On December 4, 2014, the Commission asked Reclamation to confirm 
that non-federal development is authorized at the Anderson Ranch site. 
On January 30, 2015, Reclamation responded stating that it retains 
jurisdiction over hydropower development at the Anderson Ranch dam, 
reservoir, and powerhouse, which are part of Reclamation's Boise 
Project. On June 8, 2015, the Commission

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responded and agreed with Reclamation's jurisdictional decision over 
hydropower development at the Boise Project's Anderson Ranch dam, 
powerhouse, and reservoir. However, the Commission would retain 
jurisdiction for hydropower facilities that would be located outside of 
Reclamation's development. Thus, an entity seeking to build a 
hydropower project that would use Reclamation's Boise Project 
facilities would need to obtain a lease of power privilege from 
Reclamation, but it also would need to obtain a license from the 
Commission for those facilities of the hydropower project that are not 
under Reclamation's jurisdiction.
    On July 27, 2015, Owyhee Hydro filed a revised application 
providing an additional alternative to the proposed Anderson Ranch 
project. The revised Anderson Ranch project has three alternatives: 
Alternatives A, B, and C. Alternatives A and B would use the existing 
Anderson Ranch dam, reservoir, powerhouse, tailrace, and transmission 
lines, and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 1,060-
foot-long, 65-foot-high zoned earth or concrete faced rockfill dam; (2) 
a 900-acre-foot impoundment as an upper reservoir; (3) a 4,180-foot-
long, 9.1-foot-diameter single steel penstock (6.5-foot-diameter if 
twin conduit); (4) a single 80-megawatt (MW) reversible pump turbine/
generator to be located within the third bay of the existing 
powerhouse; and (5) appurtenant facilities. Alternative C would use the 
existing Anderson Ranch dam, reservoir, and powerhouse, and would 
consist of the same new facilities as in Alternatives A and B except it 
would have: (1) A 4,180-foot-long, 9.1-foot-diameter single steel 
penstock (6.5-foot-diameter if twin conduit) and a 3,440-foot-long, 
9.1-foot-diameter single steel penstock (6.5-foot-diameter if twin 
conduit); (2) a 250-foot-long, 90-foot-wide concrete powerhouse located 
adjacent to the existing Anderson Ranch reservoir; (3) a single 80-MW 
Pelton turbine/generator; and (4) a 3,400-foot-long, 69 or 115-kilovolt 
transmission line interconnecting with the existing Bonneville Power 
Administration Dixie Substation. The estimated annual generation for 
the Anderson Ranch project would be 175.2 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact for the Anderson Ranch project: Mr. Matthew 
Shapiro, Owyhee Hydro, LLC, 1210 W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 
83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
    FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue; phone: (202) 502-8556.
    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 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, (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-14648-000.
    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  https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14648) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 28, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-21984 Filed 9-3-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-0-1P
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