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was filed by FFP Project 85, LLC (FFP), 

on July 18, 2011. Both of the proposed 

projects would utilize the existing 

Potholes East Canal, which is owned by 

the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 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 Percheron Power 

project would consist of the following: 

(1) An approximately 500-foot-long 

intake structure installed on the 

Potholes East Canal to divert flow from 

the canal to the turbines, which would 

be 120 feet wide at the intersection with 

the canal and would narrow to 60 feet 

wide before entering the powerhouse, 

and would include a 120-foot-wide, 15- 

foot-high intake grate and a 60-footwide, 15-foot-high trash rack; (2) a 

approximately 80-foot-long, 30-footwide powerhouse containing four lowhead turbine/generator units rated for 

approximately 350 kilowatts each (total 

capacity of 1,420 kilowatts) at an 

average head of 14 feet; (3) a 600-footlong, 11-foot-high bypass weir, 

constructed in parallel to the west bank 

of the existing Potholes East Canal, to 

function as a project spillway; (4) a 

discharge canal returning flows from the 

powerhouse to the Potholes East Canal; 

(5) a 20-foot-long, 40-foot-wide 

substation at the powerhouse which 

will connect with the existing 

distribution line at the project site; and 

(6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 

annual generation of the project would 

be 4.23 gigawatt-hours (GWh). 

The proposed FFP project would 

consist of the following: (1) An 

approximately 40-foot-wide, 100-footlong approach channel installed on the 

Potholes East Canal to divert flow from 

the canal to the turbines; (2) a 

approximately 125-foot-long, 40-footwide powerhouse containing one 

Kaplan turbine/generator unit rated at 

2,500-kW at a hydraulic head of 13 feet; 

(3) a 120-foot-long, 50-foot-wide 

discharge canal returning flows from the 

powerhouse to the Potholes East Canal; 

(4) a 40-foot-long, 50-foot-wide 

substation at the powerhouse which 

will connect with the existing 

distribution line at the project site; and 

(5) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 

annual generation of the project would 

be 15 GWh. 

Applicant Contact (Percheron Power): 

Mr. Jerry Straalsund, President, 

Percheron Power, LLC, 6855 W. 

Clearwater Ave., A101–260, Kennewick, 

WA 99336; e-mail: 

jls@percheronpower.com. 

Applicant Contact (FFP): Ms. Ramya 

Swaminathan, Free Flow Power 

Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Suite 

300, Boston, MA 02114; phone: (978) 

283–2822. 

FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, (202) 

502–6136. 

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 these 

projects, including copies of the 

applications, can be viewed or printed 

on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

numbers (P–14204–000 and P–14231– 

000) in the docket number field to 

access the documents. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Dated: August 10, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20889 Filed 8–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[ Project No. P–13563–001] 

Juneau Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of 

Scoping Meeting and Site Visit and 

Soliciting Scoping Comments for an 

Applicant Prepared Environmental 

Assessment Using the Alternative 

Licensing Process 

a. Type of Application: Alternative 

Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 13563–001. 

c. Applicant: Juneau Hydropower, 

Inc. 

d. Name of Project: Sweetheart Lake 

Hydroelectric Project. 

e. Location: On Sweetheart Lake, 

approximately 30 air miles southeast of 

the city of Juneau, Alaska. The project 

would occupy lands of the Tongass 

National Forest. 

f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

g. Applicant Contact: Duff Mitchell, 

Business Manager, Juneau Hydropower, 

Inc., P.O. Box 22775, Juneau, AK 99802; 

907–789–2775, e-mail: 

duff.mitchell@juneauhydro.com. 

h. FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, at 

(202) 502–6136. 

i. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: October 7, 2011. 

All documents (original and seven 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure require all 

interveners filing documents with the 

Commission to serve a copy of that 

document on each person on the official 

service list for the project. Further, if an 

intervener files comments or documents 

with the Commission relating to the 

merits of an issue that may affect the 

responsibilities of a particular resource 

agency, they must also serve a copy of 

the document on that resource agency. 

Scoping comments may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of 

paper. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

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

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ 

j. The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) The existing Lower Sweetheart 

Lake, raised from a surface water 

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of 1,414 acres to a new surface water 

elevation of 629 feet and a new surface 

area of 1,635 acres; (2) a new, 

approximately 500-foot-long, 90-foothigh concrete and rock-faced dam, 

constructed at the outlet of Lower 

Sweetheart Lake; (3) an intake on the 

dam connecting to a 12-foot-diameter, 

10,390-foot-long unlined tunnel; (4) a 9- 

foot-diameter, 1,650-foot-long penstock 

installed within the lower potion of the 

tunnel, connecting to the powerhouse; 

(5) a powerhouse containing two new 

Francis generating units with a total 

installed capacity of 30 MW; (6) a new 

tailrace discharging flows to Sweetheart 

Creek; (7) a new approximately 0.6-mile 

long road from the powerhouse to the 

dock/landing site; (8) a new dock/ 

landing site for boat, seaplane, and/or 

helicopter access, located on the east 

shore of Gilbert Bay; (9) a new 138- 

kilovolt transmission line that would be 

either 8.9 miles long with 5.9 miles of 

overhead line and 3 miles of submerged 

line, or 8.4 miles long with 0.4 miles of 

overhead line and 8.0 miles of 

submerged line; and (10) appurtenant 

facilities. 

k. Scoping Process 

Juneau Hydropower, Inc. (Juneau 

Hydropower) is using the Commission’s 

alternative licensing process (ALP). 

Under the ALP, Juneau Hydropower 

will prepare an Applicant Prepared 

Environmental Assessment (APEA) and 

license application for the Sweetheart 

Lake Hydroelectric Project. 

Juneau Hydropower expects to file, 

with the Commission, the APEA and the 

license application for the Sweetheart 

Lake project by November 30, 2012. 

Although Juneau Hydropower’s intent is 

to prepare an APEA, there is the 

possibility that an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) will be required. 

Nevertheless, this meeting will satisfy 

the scoping requirements, pursuant to 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended, irrespective of 

whether an EA or EIS is issued by the 

Commission. 

The purpose of this notice is to inform 

you of the opportunity to participate in 

the upcoming scoping meetings 

identified below, and to solicit your 

scoping comments. 

Scoping Meetings 

Juneau Hydropower and the 

Commission staff will hold two scoping 

meetings, one in the daytime and one in 

the evening, to help us identify the 

scope of issues to be addressed in the 

APEA. 

The daytime scoping meeting will 

focus on resource agency concerns, 

while the evening scoping meeting is 

primarily for public input. All 

interested individuals, Native Alaskan 

tribes, organizations, and agencies are 

invited to attend one or both of the 

meetings, and to assist the staff in 

identifying the environmental issues 

that should be analyzed in the APEA. 

The times and locations of these 

meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Meeting September 7, 2011, 9 

a.m.–12 p.m. (Alaska Standard Time), 

Juneau Ranger District Conference 

Room, 8510 Mendenhall Loop Road, 

Juneau, AK 99801. 

Evening Meeting 

September 7, 2011, 6 p.m.–9 p.m. 

(Alaska Standard Time), Juneau 

Centennial Hall, Hickel Room, 101 Egan 

Drive, Juneau, AK 99801. 

Site Visit 

Juneau Hydropower, Commission 

staff, and state and federal resource 

agencies will participate in an aerial 

tour of the project site on Thursday, 

September 8, 2011. Anyone with 

questions about the aerial tour should 

contact Duff Mitchell, Juneau 

Hydropower, at (907) 789–2775. Those 

individuals planning to participate in 

the aerial tour should notify Mr. 

Mitchell of their intent no later than 

September 1, 2011. 

To help focus discussions, Scoping 

Document 1 (SD1) was mailed August 8, 

2011, outlining the subject areas to be 

addressed in the APEA, to the parties on 

the mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also 

will be available at the scoping 

meetings. SD1 is available for review at 

the Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ 

ferc.gov or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676, 

or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. 

You may also register online at 

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

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Based on all written comments 

received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 will include a 

revised list of issues, based on the 

scoping sessions. 

Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, the staff will: 

(1) Summarize the environmental issues 

tentatively identified for analysis in the 

APEA; (2) solicit from the meeting 

participants all available information, 

especially quantifiable data, on the 

resources at issue; (3) encourage 

statements from experts and the public 

on issues that should be analyzed in the 

APEA, including viewpoints in 

opposition to, or in support of, the 

staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine 

the resource issues to be addressed in 

the APEA; and (5) identify those issues 

that require a detailed analysis, as well 

as those issues that do not require a 

detailed analysis. 

Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will become part of 

the formal record of the Commission 

proceeding on the project. 

Individuals, organizations, and 

agencies with environmental expertise 

and concerns are encouraged to attend 

the meetings and to assist Juneau 

Hydropower in defining and clarifying 

the issues to be addressed in the APEA. 

Dated: August 10, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20898 Filed 8–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER11–4266–000] 

Richland-Stryker Generation LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of 

Richland-Stryker Generation LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 


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