Document ID: FERC-2013-0030-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: EH California Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2013-01-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 1853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00261]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14459-000]

EH California Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To 
Intervene

    On October 11, 2012, EH California Hydro, LLC 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 Lake Clementine 
Hydro Project to be located at the U.S, Corps of Engineer's North Fork 
dam on the North Fork of the American River, near the City of Auburn, 
Placer County, California. 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.
    To harness the water that now flows over the spillway of the North 
Fork Dam, the applicant plans to install two hydro generating units, 
with a total installed capacity of 6.9 megawatts and an estimated 
annual generation of 27.8 gigawatt-hours. The applicant's plans include 
building a submerged morning glory intake; a penstock siphon through 
the dam's left abutment, a silo powerhouse, and a tailrace.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John R. Collins, EH California Hydro, LLC, 
5425 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815; phone: 
(301) 718-4433.
    FERC Contact: Jim Fargo at james.fargo@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 502-
6095.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
13432-002 filed October 2, 2012. Competing applications had to be filed 
on or before December 9, 2012.
    Deadline for filing comments or 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/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-14459) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 3, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-00261 Filed 1-8-13; 8:45 am]
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