Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 18, 2012 / Notices 23243 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14372–000] 

Grand Coulee Project Hydroelectric 

Authority; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On March 13, 2012, Grand Coulee 

Project Hydroelectric Authority 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 Rocky Coulee 

Wasteway Hydroelectric Project 

(project) to be located on the Rocky 

Coulee Wasteway near Moses Lake in 

Grant County, Washington. 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 

two developments, the Upper Chute and 

the Lower Chute. 

Upper Chute Development 

The Upper Chute development is 

below the headworks of the wasteway 

and would consist of the following: (1) 

A concrete intake diversion canal 

leading to an intake gate structure; (2) a 

10-foot-diameter steel penstock 

extending approximately 1,450 feet from 

the intake structure to a powerhouse; (3) 

a powerhouse with one generating unit 

rated at 5.2 megawatts (MW) at 80 feet 

of average head, discharging directly 

back to the wasteway; (4) a 13-kilovolt 

(kV), 2,000-foot-long transmission line 

extending from the powerhouse to a 

transmission line owned by the Public 

Utility District of Grant County (Grant 

PUD) (the point of interconnection); and 

(5) appurtenant facilities. 

Lower Chute Development 

The Lower Chute development is at 

mile 3.8 of the wasteway and would 

consist of the following: (1) A concrete 

intake diversion canal leading to an 

intake gate structure; (2) a 10-footdiameter steel penstock extending 

approximately 750 feet from the intake 

structure to a powerhouse; (3) a 

powerhouse with one generating unit 

rated at 6.8 MW at 105 feet of average 

head, discharging directly back to the 

wasteway; (4) a 13.8-kV, 800-foot-long 

transmission line extending from the 

powerhouse to a transmission line 

owned by Grant PUD (the point of 

interconnection); and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. The estimated annual 

generation of both developments would 

be 16,900 megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Ronald K. 

Rodewald, Secretary-Manager, Grand 

Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority, 

PO Box 219, Ephrata, Washington 

98823; phone: (509) 754–2227. 

FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen; phone: 

(202) 502–6105. 

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–14372) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9274 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP12–97–000] 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC; Notice of Request 

Under Blanket Authorization 

Take notice that on March 28, 2012, 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC (CEGT), 1111 Louisiana 

Street, Houston, Texas filed a prior 

notice application pursuant to sections 

157.205 and 157.216(b)(2) of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA), and CEGT’s blanket certificate 

issued in Docket Nos. CP82–384–000 

and CP82–384–001, for authorization to 

abandon in place approximately 15.95 

miles of Line E, a low-pressure delivery 

lateral located in Nevada and Ouachita 

Counties, Arkansas, all as more fully set 

forth in the application, which is open 

to the public for inspection. The filing 

may also be viewed on the web 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 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Michelle Willis, Manager Regulatory & 

Compliance, CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company, LLC, P.O. Box 

21743, Shreveport, Louisiana 71151, or 

call (318) 429–3708, or fax (318) 429– 

3133 or email Michelle.Willis@

CenterPointEnergy.com. 

Any person may, within 60 days after 

the issuance of the instant notice by the 

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules 

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of 

the Commission’s Regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to 

the request. If no protest is filed within 

the time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request shall be 

treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

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