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upon lands or waters owned by others 

without the owners’ express permission. 

The proposed project has two 

alternatives: 

Alternative 1 

The proposed project would use 

Reclamation’s existing Banks Lake as 

the upper reservoir and Roosevelt Lake 

as the lower reservoir. The proposed 

project would consist of the following 

new facilities: (1) An upper reservoir 

inlet/outlet structure equipped with 

trash racks; (2) a 1.5-mile-long penstock 

consisting of a vertical shaft, power 

tunnel segments, and a tailrace section, 

extending between the upper reservoir 

inlet/outlet and the reversible turbine/ 

generator units in the powerhouse; (3) 

an underground powerhouse containing 

four reversible turbine/generator units 

rated for 250 megawatts (MW) each, for 

a total installed generation of 1,000 MW, 

or a powerhouse located on the shore of 

Roosevelt Lake, also containing four 

250–MW reversible turbine/generator 

units; (4) a 2-mile-long, 500-kilovolt 

(kV) transmission line extending from 

the project powerhouse to an existing 

500-kV substation; and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. The estimated annual 

generation of Alternative 1 for the Banks 

Lake Project would be 2,263 gigawatthours (GWh). 

Alternative 2 

The proposed project would use 

Reclamation’s existing Banks Lake as 

the lower reservoir. The proposed 

project would consist of the following 

new facilities: (1) A new 312-acre upper 

reservoir constructed approximately 

3,000 feet west of the existing Banks 

Lake, impounded by three earth and 

rockfill embankments, each with a crest 

elevation of 2,300 feet above mean sea 

level; (2) an upper reservoir inlet/outlet 

structure equipped with trash racks; (2) 

a 620-foot-long, 43-foot-diameter 

vertical shaft connecting the upper 

reservoir inlet/outlet structure to the 

power tunnels; (3) four 1,700-foot-long, 

17-foot-diameter power tunnels leading 

from the vertical shaft to the 

powerhouse; (4) an underground 

powerhouse containing four reversible 

turbine/generator units rated for 260 

MW each, for a total installed generation 

of 1,040 MW; (5) a 25-foot-diameter 

tailrace tunnel between the powerhouse 

and the existing Banks Lake; (6) a 2.4- 

mile-long, 500-kV transmission line 

extending from the project powerhouse 

to a new 500-kV substation; and (7) 

appurtenant facilities. The estimated 

annual generation of Alternative 2 for 

the Banks Lake Project would be 2,978 

GWh. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Ronald K. 

Rodewald, Secretary-Manager, Grand 

Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority, 

P.O. Box 219, Ephrata, WA 98823; 

phone: (509) 754–2227. 

FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; 

phone: (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 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–14329) 

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. 2012–4010 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14216–000] 

Fall River Community Hydro Project; 

Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On June 27, 2011, Fall River Valley 

Community Service District, California, 

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 Fall River 

Community Hydro Project to be located 

on Fall River, near the town of Fall 

River Mills, Shasta County, California. 

The project affects federal lands 

administered by the Bureau of Land 

Management. 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 consist of 

the following facilities: (1) An open 

conduit that would deliver water from 

the Pit 1 diversion to a penstock; (2) an 

existing penstock connecting the 

conduit to the powerhouse; (3) two 

pump-turbines totaling 900 kilowatts 

(kW) (1 × 300 kW unit and 1 × 600 kW 

unit) of generating capacity; and (4) an 

existing 3-phase power line on site. The 

project’s annual energy output would 

range from 4 to 6 gigawatt hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. John Van den 

Bergh, Fall River Valley Community 

Service District, P.O. Box 427, Fall River 

Mills, California 96028; phone (530) 

336–5263. 

FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton; 

phone: (202) 502–8785. 

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 


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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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