Document ID: FERC-2011-0444-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Kahawai Power 4, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-03-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 17413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7350]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14105-000]

Kahawai Power 4, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On March 1, 2011, Kahawai Power 4, 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 Kekaha Waimea Water 
Power Project, which would utilize water flows from the existing Kekaha 
Ditch Irrigation System near the town of Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii. 
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) A 30-foot 
by 8-foot intake structure on the existing Kekaha ditch; (2) a 2,180-
foot-long, 36-inch-diameter steel penstock (sections to be buried); (3) 
a 40-foot-long by 55-foot-wide powerhouse containing a single 1.5-
megawatt turbine generator with a maximum hydraulic capacity of 50 
cubic-feet-per-second, and an adjacent substation; (4) a 35-foot-long, 
10-foot-wide tailrace channel that discharges project flows to the 
Waimea River; (5) a new 610-foot-long, gravel road to access the 
powerhouse location; (6) a 2-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line 
interconnecting the project's substation to the existing Kaumakani 
substation; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the Kekaha Waimea Water Power Project would be 8.7 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Daniel R. Irvin, Free Flow Power 
Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114; Phone: 
(978) 252-7631; e-mail: flow-power.com">dirvin@free-flow-power.com.
    FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan; phone: (202) 502-6211; e-mail: 
Kenneth.hogan@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. 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 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-14105) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 23, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-7350 Filed 3-28-11; 8:45 am]
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