Document ID: FERC-2014-0662-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Posted Date: 2014-05-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 29439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11873]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14602-000]

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Notice 
of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On March 13, 2014, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and 
Conservation, 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 Tongue River Power Project (Tongue River Project or 
project) to be located on the Tongue River near Decker 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 consist of the following: (1) An 
existing 93-feet-high, 1,824-feet-long earth-fill dam with a spillway 
impounding a reservoir having a total storage capacity of 79,071 acres 
at a normal operating elevation of 3,428.4 feet mean sea level; (2) a 
steel-lined, 8-feet-diameter primary outlet conduit; (3) an 8-feet 
diameter, 700-feet-long penstock; (4) a 30-feet by 45-feet powerhouse 
containing twin vertical Francis turbines/generator units rated for a 
total of 2.16 megawatts; (5) outflow channels from the powerhouse 
returning water to the Tongue River; (6) a substation consisting of a 
concrete slab and a transformer; (7) a 1-mile-long, 25-kilovolt 
transmission line; (8) a switchyard facility located at the 
interconnection point with the grid; (9) a project access road; and 
(10) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the 
Tongue River project would be 7.34 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Kevin Smith, Montana Department of Natural 
Resources and Conservation, State Water Projects Bureau, 1424 9th Ave, 
P.O. Box 201601, Helena, MT 59620-1601, phone 406-444-2932, email 
ksmith@mt.gov.
    FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, phone: (202) 502-8074, or email 
ryan.hansen@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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14602-000.
    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-14602) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 15, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11873 Filed 5-21-14; 8:45 am]
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