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1 In addition to the SunZia Owners, Salt River 

Project Agricultural Improvement and Power 

District (SRP) and Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc. (TSGT) are sponsors 

of the Project. Neither SRP nor TSGT is a ‘‘public 

utility’’ within the meaning of section 201(e) of the 

Federal Power Act. 

2The remaining sponsors of the Project, SRP, 

TSGT, and TEP—all existing load-serving entities 

with existing transmission systems—plan to 

incorporate their pro rata shares of the Project into 

their transmission systems and provide service 

pursuant to their respective open access 

transmission tariffs (OATTs). As non-public 

utilities, SRP and TSGT are not required to file their 

OATTs with the Commission. 

1Tacoma filed a competing preliminary permit 

application in response to the notice for a 

preliminary permit application for the same site 

from Energy Exchange, Inc. for Project No. 13729. 

Continued 

Dated: March 2, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5316 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EF11–4–001] 

Western Area Power Administration; 

Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on March 3, 2011, the 

Western Area Power Administration, 

submitted its Open Access 

Transmission Tariff Compliance Filing, 

to be effective March 2, 2011. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on March 24, 2011. 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5323 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL11–24–000] 

SunZia Transmission, LLC; Notice of 

Petition for Declaratory Order 

Take notice that on February 23, 2011, 

pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Rules 

of Practice and Procedure of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission), 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) 

(2010), SunZia Transmission, LLC 

(SunZia) filed a revised petition for 

declaratory order requesting that the 

Commission find that: (i) Tucson 

Electric Power Company (TEP), 

SouthWestern Power Group (SWPG), 

ECP SunZia, LLC (ECP SunZia), and 

Shell WindEnergy Inc. (SWE) 

(collectively SunZia Owners) each owns 

that portion of the SunZia Southwest 

Transmission Project (Project) equal to 

its pro rata share of investment in the 

Project,1 (ii) SWPG, ECP SunZia, and 

SWE may allocate up to 50 percent of 

their pro rata shares of the Project to 

anchor customers through long-term 

firm negotiated rate contracts,2 and (iii) 

electrical interconnection or 

transmission requests with respect to 

the Project are premature prior to the 

Project attaining sufficient maturity as 

to its permitting, licensing, 

determination of the final alignment, 

and determination of the resulting 

estimated costs. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, March 17, 2011. 

Dated: March 3, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5324 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13885–000] 

City of Tacoma, Washington; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments and Motions to Intervene 

On November 22, 2010, the City of 

Tacoma, Washington (Tacoma), 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 Tacoma Water Supply 

Hydroelectric Project (Tacoma Project or 

project) to be located on the existing 

Tacoma Water Transmission System, in 

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Energy Exchange, Inc. withdrew its application on 

January 6, 2011, which became effective January 21, 

2011. 

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 has four sites 

that are being evaluated for potential 

hydropower installations, and would 

consist of the following: 

Site #1—Pipeline 1 into McMillin 

Reservoir Alternative 

(1) A new powerhouse, located at 

McMillan Reservoir, containing two 

turbine/generating units with a total 

installed capacity of 500 kilowatts (kW); 

and (2) a station transformer at the 

powerhouse to connect the turbine 

output to a 13.8-kilovolt (kV) 

distribution line owned by Tacoma 

Power. Water would enter the 

powerhouse from the existing Pipeline 

1, and exit the powerhouse directly into 

McMillan Reservoir. The project would 

produce an estimated average annual 

generation of about 2,400 megawatthours (MWh). 

Site #2—Second Supply Pipeline into 

P4 

(1) A new powerhouse, located at the 

Portland Avenue Reservoir, containing 

two turbine/generating units with a total 

installed capacity of 500 kW; and (2) a 

station transformer at the powerhouse to 

connect the turbine output to a 13.8-kV 

distribution line owned by Tacoma 

Power. Water would enter the 

powerhouse from the second supply 

pipeline and exit the powerhouse into 

either Pipeline 4 or into the Portland 

Avenue Reservoir. The project would 

produce an estimated average annual 

generation of about 2,400 MWh. 

Site #3—Second Supply Pipeline at the 

Flow Control Facility 

(1) A new powerhouse, located at the 

112th Street Flow Control Facility site, 

containing two turbine/generating units 

with a total installed capacity of 1,200 

kW; and (2) a station transformer at the 

powerhouse to connect the turbine 

output to a 13.8-kV distribution line 

owned by Tacoma Power. Water would 

enter the powerhouse from the second 

supply pipeline, and exit the 

powerhouse back into the second 

supply pipeline. The project would 

produce an estimated average annual 

generation of about 5,100 MWh. 

Site #4—North Fork Well Field 

(1) A new powerhouse, located at the 

Green River headworks at the lower end 

of the Green River Watershed, 

containing two turbine/generating units 

with a total installed capacity of 800 

kW; and (2) a station transformer at the 

powerhouse to connect the turbine 

output to a 13.8-kV distribution line 

owned by Tacoma Power. Water would 

enter the powerhouse from the existing 

pipeline that brings water to the 

headworks from the North Field wells, 

and exit the powerhouse back into the 

existing Headworks Reservoir. The 

project would produce an estimated 

average annual generation of about 

3,300 MWh. 

The combined generating capacity of 

all four sites would be 3,000 kW and the 

total estimated average annual 

generation would be 13,200 MWh. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Glen George, 

Water Supply Manager, Tacoma Water, 

3628 South 35th Street, Tacoma, 

Washington 98409–3192; phone: (253) 

502–8737. 

FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; phone: 

(202) 502–6408. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

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 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 

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 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13885–000) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: March 2, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5321 Filed 3–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13834–000] 

Amnor Hydro West Inc.; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On August 23, 2010, and 

supplemented on November 3, 2010, 

Amnor Hydro West, 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 Unity Dam 

Hydropower Project (project) to be 

located at the Unity reservoir and dam 

in Hereford, Baker County, Oregon. 

Unity reservoir and dam are owned and 

operated by the U.S. Bureau of 

Reclamation (Reclamation) and are 

currently used for irrigation. 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 utilize 

flows from the Unity reservoir and 

would consist of the following: (1) A 

new 110-foot-long open channel 

beginning near the left abutment of the 

dam and connecting with three 63-inchdiameter butterfly valves; (2) three new 

656-foot-long, 63-inch-diameter steel 

penstocks that connect to a new 

powerhouse; (3) a new 30-foot-long, 30- 

foot-wide, 30-foot-high powerhouse 

with three Francis turbine/generating 

units for an installed capacity of 4 

megawatts; (4) a new 98-foot-long 

tailrace; (5) a new 1,000-foot-long, 14.7- 

kilovolt transmission line extending 

from the powerhouse to a proposed 

substation; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The estimated annual 

generation of the project would be 17.5 

gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Adam 

Supronik, 42 Pearsall Street, Staten 

Island, NY 10305, phone: (347) 415– 

9600. 

FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy; 

phone: (202) 502–8755. 


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