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Columbia’s authorization in Docket No. 

CP83–76–000, 22 FERC ¶62,029 (1983) 

for authority to construct, modify and 

abandon certain natural gas facilities at 

its Benton Storage Field located in 

Hocking and Vinton Counties, Ohio, as 

more fully detailed in the Application. 

Questions concerning this application 

may be directed to Fredric J. George, 

Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 1273, 

Charleston, West Virginia 22030–0146, 

by calling 304–357–2359 or faxing 304– 

357–3206. 

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protest is filed and not withdrawn 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. 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such motions or protests 

must be filed on or before the comment 

date. Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant, on 

or before the comment date. It is not 

necessary to serve motions to intervene 

or protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.fere.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and seven 

copies of the protest or intervention to 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link and is available for review in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room in 

Washington, DC. There is an 

‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site 

that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is 

added to a subscribed docket(s). For 

assistance with any FERC Online 

service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13804–000] 

White River Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

August 19, 2010. 

On July 1, 2010, and supplemented 

July 15, 2010, White River Hydro, LLC 

filed an application for a preliminary 

permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 

Federal Power Act, proposing to study 

the feasibility of the White River 

Hydroelectric Project, located on the 

White River in Pierce 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 

the following: (1) A 352-foot-long, 11- 

foot-high timber constructed dam with a 

7-foot-high aluminum flashboard; (2) a 

fish recovery pond containing a 5-footwide, 50-foot-long channel and nine 

screen bays; (3) a 200-foot-long, 17-foothigh fish screen facility, which returns 

fish to the White River; (4) a 1,000-footlong trapezoidal concrete channel; (5) 

two 5.5- to 10-foot-diameter, 11,200- 

foot-long pipelines; (6) a valve house to 

convey the water to an approximately 

1.5-mile-long riprapped channel; (7) 

Lake Tapps, which has a surface area of 

2,700 acres and a storage capacity of 

48,258 acre-feet at elevation 543 feet 

above mean sea level; (8) a tunnel intake 

structure; (9) a 12-foot-diameter, 2,842- 

foot-long concrete tunnel; (10) a 73-footdeep forebay; (11) three 5.4- to 6-footdiameter, 3,000-foot-long penstocks; 

(12) an 85-foot-wide, 255-foot-long, and 

55-foot-high powerhouse containing two 

10-megawatt (MW) turbine/generator 

units, one 15-MW turbine/generator 

unit, and one 28-MW turbine/generator 

unit, for a total generating capacity of 63 

MW; (13) an approximately 34-footwide, 2,200-foot-long tailrace 

discharging to White River; (14) a 4,181- 

foot-long, 115-kilovolt transmission 

line; and (15) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed White River Project will have 

an average annual generation of 100 

gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Thom A. 

Fischer, White River Hydro, LLC, 3633 

Alderwood Ave., Bellingham, WA 

98225; phone: (360) 739–9777. 

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. 

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 the Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13804) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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