81 FR 27423 - Whitewater Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 88 (May 6, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 27423]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10666]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14383-006]


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

    On January 22, 2016, the Whitewater Green Energy, LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit under section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of the proposed Whitewater 
Hydroelectric Project No. 14383-006, 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 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 11 
megawatts; (4) a 160-foot-long, 72-inch-diameter tailrace discharging 
into Whitewater Creek; (5) an underground 2.25-mile-long, 12,000 
kilovolt-amperes transmission line extending from the project to an 
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 
95.04 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: David Harmon, P.E., 2532 Santiam Highway, 
Albany, Oregon, 97322; phone: (541) 405-5236; email: 
[email protected].
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211; email: 
sergiu.serban@ferc,gov.
    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) 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-14383-006.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14383) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 29, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-10666 Filed 5-5-16; 8:45 am]
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