54982 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 205 / Monday, October 26, 2009 / Notices 

Conservation, 1424 9th Ave., P.O. Box 

201601, Helena, MT 59620–1601; 

phone: (406) 444–6646. 

FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 

502–6077. 

Competing Application: This 

application competes with Project No. 

13360–000 filed January 29, 2009. The 

May 8, 2009 notice for Project No. 

13360–000 established a July 7, 2009 

deadline for filing competing 

applications and notices of intent to file 

a competing application. MDNRC’s 

notice of intent to file a competing 

application was timely filed on June 3, 

2009, and its competing application was 

timely filed on July 31, 2009. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 60 days from the 

issuance of this notice. Comments and 

motions to intervene 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/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight 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–13562) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–25620 Filed 10–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13556–000] 

Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation; Notice 

of Competing Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments and Motions To 

Intervene 

October 19, 2009. 

On July 16, 2009, the Montana 

Department of Natural Resources and 

Conservation (MDNRC) filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Tongue River Power 

Project, which would be located at the 

existing Tongue River Reservoir Dam on 

the Tongue River, in Big Horn County, 

Montana. 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 use the 

existing 93-foot-high, 1,824-foot-long 

earthen dam with spillway, and the 

existing 765-foot-long, 16-foot-diameter 

horseshoe-shaped auxiliary outlet 

conduit. MDNRC proposes to construct 

and install: (1) A new 8-foot-diameter, 

765-foot-long steel liner in the existing 

auxiliary outlet conduit; (2) a new 8- 

foot-diameter, 400-foot-long steel 

penstock extending to a bifurcation; (3) 

a new 8-foot-diameter, 60-foot-long steel 

penstock extending from the bifurcation 

to the powerhouse; (4) a new 8-footdiameter, 60-foot-long steel conduit 

extending from the bifurcation to an 

energy dissipation structure for excess 

flows and bypass during turbine 

outages; (5) a new powerhouse 

containing two generating units with a 

combined installed capacity of 3,000 

kilowatts, discharging flows into the 

Tongue River; (6) a new substation next 

to the powerhouse; (7) a new 25- 

kilovolt, 0.75-mile-long transmission 

line; (8) a new switchyard at the 

interconnection point with the local 

grid; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed project would have an average 

annual generation of 11.5 gigawatthours. 

Applicant Contact: Kevin Smith, State 

Water Projects Bureau, Montana 

Department of Natural Resources and 

Conservation, 1424 9th Ave., P.O. Box 

201601, Helena, MT 59620–1601; 

phone: (406) 444–6646. 

FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 

502–6077. 

Competing Application: This 

application competes with Project No. 

13372–000 filed February 12, 2009. The 

April 23, 2009 notice for Project No. 

13372–000 established a June 22, 2009 

deadline for filing competing 

applications and notices of intent to file 

a competing application. MDNRC’s 

notice of intent to file a competing 

application was timely filed on June 2, 

2009, and its competing application was 

timely filed on July 16, 2009. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 60 days from the 

issuance of this notice. Comments and 

motions to intervene 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/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight 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–13556) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–25619 Filed 10–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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