Document ID: FERC-2014-1622-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: BC Energy, LLC
Posted Date: 2014-12-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76999-77000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29952]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No., 14652-000]

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

    On December 10, 2014, BC Energy, 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 Bruskasna Creek 
Hydroelectric Project (Bruskasna Creek Project or project) to be 
located on Bruskasna Creek, in unincorporated Denali Borough, Alaska. 
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 new features: 
(1) A 50-foot-long, 10-foot-high concrete diversion weir traversing 
Bruskasna Creek; (2) an approximately 10-acre-foot impoundment; (3) a 
13,500-foot-long, 2.5-foot-diameter steel penstock; (4) a 25-foot-long, 
35-foot-wide concrete powerhouse; (5) a single 1.7-megawatt Pelton 
turbine/generator; (6) a 34,000-foot-long, 15-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line interconnecting with an existing 15-kV Golden Valley 
Electric Association distribution line; (7) an approximately 46,000-
foot-long access road; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the Bruskasna Creek Project would be 5.2 gigawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent Smith, Northwest Power Services, Inc., 
P.O. Box 872316, Wasilla, Alaska 99687; phone: (907) 414-8223.
    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

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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-14652-000.
    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-14652) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 16, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-29952 Filed 12-22-14; 8:45 am]
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