Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 67 / Thursday, April 7, 2011 / Notices 19355 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14109–000] 

Oregon Winds Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On March 11, 2011, Oregon Winds 

Hydro, 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 

Oregon Winds Pumped Storage Project 

to be located on the John Day River, 

near Condon, Gilliam County, Oregon. 

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 will consist of 

the following: (1) An upper reservoir 

with a total storage capacity of 12,000 

acre-feet at a normal maximum 

operating elevation of 2,480 feet mean 

sea level (msl); (2) a 60-foot-high, 9,120- 

foot-long upper embankment, Ring Dam; 

(3) a 200-foot-long, 19.2-foot-diameter 

concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (4) a 

lower reservoir with a total/usable 

storage capacity of 12,330 acre-feet at 

1,240 feet msl; (5) a 6,500-foot-long, 

19.2-foot-diameter concrete and steellined high-pressure tunnel; (6) an 

underground power house located 800 

feet southwest of the lower reservoir; (7) 

a 13-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) 

transmission line extending from the 

project substation to the point of 

interconnection with an existing 

overhead 500-kV transmission line. The 

estimated annual generation of the 

Oregon Winds Pumped Storage Project 

would be 1,533 gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew 

Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LCC; 

1210 W. Franklin Street, Ste. 2; Boise, 

ID 83702; phone: (208) 246–9925. 

FERC Contact: Ian Smith; phone: 

(202) 502–8943. 

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 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–14109–000) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: April 1, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8303 Filed 4–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. TS11–2–000] 

City Utility Commission of the City of 

Owensboro, Kentucky; Notice of 

Request for Waiver or Exemption 

Take notice that on March 18, 2011, 

The City Utility Commission of the City 

of Owensboro, Kentucky, filed a petition 

for waiver or exemption of any 

reciprocity-based standards of conduct 

or open access same-time information 

system (OASIS) requirements under 

Order No. 888, FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,036 (1996), Order No. 890, FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,241 (2007), or Order 

No. 717, 125 FERC ¶ 61,064 (2008). 

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 April 18, 2011. 

Dated: March 31, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8245 Filed 4–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Staff Attendance at 

Southwest Power Pool Markets 

Operations Policy Committee Meeting 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission hereby gives notice that 

members of its staff may attend the 

meeting of the Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. (SPP) Markets Operations Policy 

Committee (MOPC), as noted below. 

Their attendance is part of the 

Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts. 

SPP MOPC 

April 12, 2011 (8 a.m.–5 p.m.), April 

13, 2011 (8 a.m.–3 p.m.), Doubletree 

Hotel, 616 West 7th Street, Tulsa, OK 

74127, 800–838–7914. 

The discussions may address matters 

at issue in the following proceedings: 

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