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(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–14378–000) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: April 13, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9649 Filed 4–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No., 13272–003] 

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative; 

Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

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 would cross 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 landdisturbing 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 

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1Under the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, any document received after regular 

business hours is considered filed at 8:30 a.m. on 

the next regular business day. 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(2)(2011). 

2 18 CFR 4.37 (2011). 

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, 

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: April 16, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9656 Filed 4–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice Announcing Preliminary Permit 

Drawing 

Mississippi 8 

Hydro, LLC.

Project No. 13010–002. 

FFP Project 98, 

LLC.

Project No. 14272–000. 

The Commission has received two 

preliminary permit applications deemed 

filed on September 1, 2011, at 8:30 

a.m.,1 for proposed projects to be 

located at the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ Mississippi River Lock and 

Dam No. 8 on the Mississippi River, in 

Houston County, Minnesota, and 

Vernon County, Wisconsin. The 

applications were filed by Mississippi 8 

Hydro, LLC for Project No. 13010 and 

FFP Project 98, LLC for Project No. 

14272. 

On April 23, 2012, at 1 p.m. (Eastern 

Time), the Secretary of the Commission, 

or her designee, will conduct a random 

drawing to determine the filing priority 

of the applicants identified in this 

notice. The Commission will select 

among competing permit applications as 

provided in section 4.37 of its 

regulations.2 The priority established by 

this drawing will be used to determine 

which applicant, among those with 

identical filing times, will be considered 

to have the first-filed application. 

The drawing is open to the public and 

will be held in room 2C, the 

Commission Meeting Room, located at 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. The Secretary will issue a 

subsequent notice announcing the 

results of the drawing. 

Dated: April 16, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9661 Filed 4–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP12–115–000] 

Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Notice 

of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

Take notice that on April 5, 2012, 

Trunkline Gas Company, LLC 

(Trunkline), P.O. Box 4967, Houston, 

Texas 77210–4967, filed in Docket No. 

CP12–115–000, a Request for 

Authorization Under Blanket Certificate 

Prior Notice Procedures pursuant to 

sections 157.205, 157.208(b), 157.213(b) 

and 157.216(b)(2) of the Commission’s 

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) as amended, for authorization to 

abandon thirteen injection/withdrawal 

(I/W) wells, convert three I/W wells to 

observation wells and abandon two 

compressor units, all located in West 

and East Carroll Parishes, Louisiana, all 

as more fully set forth in the application 

which is on file with the Commission 

and open to public 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, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Stephen 

Veatch, Senior Director of Certificates & 

Tariffs, Trunkline Gas Company, LLC, 

5051 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 

77056; at telephone (713) 989–2024, 

facsimile (713) 989–1158, or email: 

stephen.veatch@sug.com. 

Any person or the Commission’s staff 

may, within 60 days after 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 and pursuant to Section 

157.205 of the regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205), 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 filing a protest. If a 

protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the allowed time 

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 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenter’s will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenter’s will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 


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