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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–14216–000) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: February 15, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4077 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13272–003] 

Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing 

Applications; Alaska Village Electric 

Cooperative 

On February 13, 2012, Alaska Village 

Electric Cooperative (AVEC) 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 Old Harbor 

Hydroelectric Project (Old Harbor 

Project or project) to be located on the 

East Fork of Mountain Creek (a Lagoon 

Creek tributary), near the town of Old 

Harbor, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. 

The project crosses federal lands of the 

Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. 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 run-of-river project 

would consist of an intake, penstock, 

powerhouse, tailrace and constructed 

channel, access road and trail, and 

transmission line. Power from this 

project would be used by the residents 

of the city of Old Harbor. 

Intake 

The intake would consist of a 

diversion/cut off weir with a height 

ranging from about 4 feet at the spillway 

to 6 feet elsewhere and having an 

overall length of approximately 100 feet. 

The creek bottom is close to bedrock so 

the base of the diversion wall would be 

a shallow grouted or concrete footing 

dug into the stream bed. The weir 

would not create any significant 

impoundment of water and would only 

be high enough to have an intake that 

pulls water from the midpoint of the 

water column. This would allow 

floatable objects and bottom moving 

sediments to remain in the creek. A 

water filtering system consisting of a 

trash rack, diversion gates, and 

secondary screens would be 

incorporated into the weir structure as 

a separate desanding box that would be 

partially exposed above grade. The 

project diversion and intake works 

would consist of concrete, or other 

suitable material, with an integral 

spillway. A below grade transition with 

an above ground air relief inlet pipe 

would convey water to a buried High 

Density Polyethylene Pipe (HDPE) 

pipeline. 

Penstock 

A 10,100-foot-long penstock 

consisting of an 18-inch-diameter HDPE 

pipe, a 20-inch-diameter HDPE pipe, 

and a 16-inch-diameter steel pipe would 

be installed. A total of 7,250 feet of 

HDPE would be installed from the 

intake and 2,850 feet of steel pipe would 

be installed near the powerhouse. The 

pipe would be buried 1 to 3 feet 

underground and follow the natural 

terrain as much as possible. The 

pipeline would be located such that 

bends would be gradual while 

minimizing the amount of excavation 

and fill needed. 

Powerhouse 

The powerhouse would consist of a 

30-foot by 35-foot (approximate) by 16- 

foot- high metal building or similar 

structure. The building would house the 

turbines and associated equipment, 

switchgear, controls, and tools and 

would be placed on a fill pad. The 

power generation equipment would 

consist of two Pelton 262 kilowatt (kW) 

units with a 480-volt, 3-phase 

synchronous generator and switchgear 

for each unit. Each unit would have a 

hydraulic capacity of 5.9 cubic feet per 

second (cfs) for a total project peak flow 

rate of 11.8 cfs capable of producing 525 

kW of power. A bypass flow system for 

maintaining environmental flows is not 

proposed at this time, since the source 

creek runs dry during certain times of 

the year. 

Tailrace 

A tailrace structure and constructed 

channel would convey the project flows 

approximately 700 feet from the 

powerhouse to the nearby lake, known 

in the city of Old Harbor as the 

Swimming Pond. A culvert would 

contain some of the tailrace near the 

powerhouse to allow for vehicle travel 

over the tailrace. The constructed 

channel would convey project flows 

1,100 feet from the Swimming Pond to 

the headwaters of the Lagoon Creek 

tributary. 

Access Road and Trail 

An approximately 11, 200-foot-long 

intake access trail would run between 

the intake and the powerhouse 

following the penstock route. The 12- 

foot-wide trail would be made of 1 to 2 

feet of rock fill placed over a geo-textile 

filter fabric. Two gates would be placed 

along on the access trail to block the 

public from accessing the Kodiak 

National Wildlife Refuge on all terrain 

vehicles. One gate would be located at 

the powerhouse. Another gate would be 

placed where an existing trail connects 

to the new trail at about 7,000 feet 

northwest of the powerhouse. A new 

6,800-foot-long by 24-foot-wide 

powerhouse access road would extend 

from powerhouse to the existing 

community drinking water tank access 

road. The road would be open to the 

public. 

Transmission Line 

A 6,800-foot-long (1.5-mile), 7.2-kV, 

3-phase overhead power line would be 

installed from the powerhouse to the 

existing power distribution system in 

Old Harbor. The transmission line 

would follow the powerhouse access 

road and drinking water tank road 

alignment. 

The estimated dependable capacity of 

the project is 140 kW. The peak 

installed capacity will primarily depend 

on economics and the projected increase 

in demand. AVEC has chosen to permit 

the project with a peak capacity of 525 

kW. 

Applicant Contact: Brent Petrie; 

Manager, Community Development and 

Key Accounts; Alaska Village Electric 

Cooperative; 4831 Eagle Street, 


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1For example, PJM subcommittees and task 

forces of the standing committees (Operating, 

Planning and Market Implementation) and senior 

standing committees (Members and Markets and 

Reliability) meet on a variety of different topics; 

they convene and dissolve on an as-needed basis. 

Therefore, the Commission and Commission staff 

may monitor the various meetings posted on the 

PJM Web site. 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503–7497; (907) 

565–5358 or email at bpetrie@avec.org. 

FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton; 

(202) 502–8785 or 

carolyn.templeton@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. 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–13272) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Dated: February 14, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4013 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Attendance at PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. Meetings 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) hereby gives 

notice that members of the Commission 

and Commission staff may attend 

upcoming PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

(PJM) Members Committee meetings, as 

well as other PJM committee, 

subcommittee or task force meetings.1

The Commission and Commission staff 

may attend the following meetings: 

PJM Members Committee 

• February 21, 2012 (Conference Call) 

• February 23, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• March 26, 2012 (Conference Call) 

• March 29, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• April 23, 2012 (Conference Call) 

• April 26, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• May 17, 2012 (Cleveland, OH) 

• June 25, 2012 (Conference Call) 

• June 28, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• July 23, 2012 (Conference Call) 

• July 26, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• September 24, 2012 (Conference Call) 

• September 27, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• October 18, 2012 (Conference Call) 

• October 25, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• November 26, 2012 (Conference Call) 

• November 29, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

PJM Markets and Reliability Committee 

• February 23, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• March 29, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• April 26, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• June 28, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• July 26, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• September 27, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• October 25, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• November 29, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

PJM Market Implementation Committee 

• February 17, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• March 14, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• April 11, 2012 (Wilmington, DE) 

• May 9, 2012 (To Be Determined) 

• June 13, 2012 (To Be Determined) 

• July 11, 2012 (To Be Determined) 

• August 8, 2012 (To Be Determined) 

• September 12, 2012 (To Be 

Determined) 

• October 10, 2012 (To Be Determined) 

• November 7, 2012 (To Be Determined) 

• December 12, 2012 (To Be 

Determined) 

The discussions at each of the 

meetings described above may address 

matters at issue in pending proceedings 

before the Commission, including the 

following currently pending 

proceedings: 

Docket No. EL05–121, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket Nos. ER06–456, ER06–880, 

ER06–954, ER06–1271, EL07–57, 

ER07–424, ER07–1186, ER08–229, 

ER08–1065, ER09–497, and ER10– 

268, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER07–1186, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. EL08–47, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER08–386, PotomacAppalachian Transmission 

Highline, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER08–686, Pepco Holdings, 

Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–1063, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER09–1148, PPL Electric 

Utilities Corporation 

Docket No. ER09–1256, PotomacAppalachian Transmission 

Highline, L.L.C. 

Docket No. EL10–52, Central 

Transmission, L.L.C. v. PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket Nos. ER10–253 and EL10–14, 

Primary Power, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER11–2183, American 

Electric Power Service Corporation 

Docket Nos. ER11–2814 and ER11–2815, 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. and 

American Transmission Systems, 

Inc. 

Docket Nos. ER11–2875 and EL11–20, 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket Nos. ER11–3972, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER11–4106, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER11–4402, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER11–4628, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. EL12–8, DC Energy, L.L.C. 

and DC Energy Mid-Atlantic, L.L.C. 

vs. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. EL12–10, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. EL12–19–000, FirstEnergy 

Solutions Corporation and 

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, 

LLC, v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER12–91, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER12–92, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER12–306, Baltimore Gas 

and Electric Company 

Docket No. ER12–445, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER12–469, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER12–513, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER12–525, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER12–636, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Docket No. ER12–718, New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–759, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

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