Document ID: FERC-2009-0363-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District
Posted Date: 2009-03-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 11, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 46)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13348-000]

 
Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District; Notice of 
Conduit Exemption Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comment, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

March 4, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Application for Exemption for Small Conduit 
Facility.
    b. Project No: 13348-000.
    c. Date Filed: December 19, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District.
    e. Name of Project: South Extension Canal Project.
    f. Location: The project is located near the town of Buckeye in 
Maricopa County, Arizona.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a--825r.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Ed Gerak, General Manager, Buckeye Water 
Conservation and Drainage District, P.O. Box 1726, Buckeye, AZ 85326, 
(623) 386-2196.
    i. FERC Contact: Anthony DeLuca, (202) 502-6632
    j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 45 days from the issuance of this notice. 
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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project 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-
13348) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.
    k. Description of Request: Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage 
District (BWCDD) requests Commission approval for exemption for small 
conduit hydroelectric facility. This proposal consists of adding a 
steel tube penstock, one Schneider Linear Hydroengine (SLH), and a 
draft tube to a recently improved impoundment structure located on a 
BWCDD canal known as the South Extension Canal (SEC). The canal is 
operated for the distribution of water for agricultural purposes and 
there are no consumptive water supply facilities associated with the 
SEC project. The hydraulic capacity of the plant will be 0.52 cubic 
meters per second (18.4 cubic feet per second) and SLH will have an 
estimated average annual generation of 32,000 kWh.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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