Document ID: FERC-2013-1500-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Houtama Hydropower, LLC
Posted Date: 2013-11-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69080-69081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27525]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14546-000]

Houtama Hydropower LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On August 14, 2013, Houtama Hydropower 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 McKay Dam 
Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located at McKay Dam near 
Pendleton in Umatilla County, Oregon. 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 utilize flows at the existing McKay 
Reservoir, and would consist of the following new features: (1) A 48-
inch diameter, 60-foot-long steel penstock that extends from the 
existing dam penstock to a powerhouse; (2) a 20-foot by 30-foot 
powerhouse; (3) a single 2.3-megawatt turbine/generator; (4) a 
switchyard with a 69 kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer; (5) an 
approximately 3,000-foot-long, 69-kV transmission line interconnecting 
to the Pacific Power distribution system; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the project would be 5 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. William C. Hampton, CEO, Houtama Hydropower

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LLC, 1044 NW 12th Drive, Pendleton, OR 97801-1268; phone: (541) 969-
2276.
    FERC Contact: Sean O'Neill; phone: (202) 502-6462.
    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-14546-000.
    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-14546) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 8, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-27525 Filed 11-15-13; 8:45 am]
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