Document ID: FERC-2012-0839-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Willwood Irrigation District
Posted Date: 2012-05-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28872-28873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11835]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14370-000]

Willwood Irrigation District; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On March 12, 2012, the Willwood Irrigation District 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 Deer 
Creek Hydropower Project (Deer Creek Project or project) to be

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located on the Willwood Irrigation District's Main Canal, near Powell, 
Park County, Wyoming. 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 
diversion structure and penstock intake; (2) a 350-foot-long, 6-foot-
diameter penstock; (3) a powerhouse containing one turbine rated for 
780 kilowatts at 43.08 feet of net head; (4) a 75-foot-long, 8-foot-
diameter reinforced concrete tailrace; (5) a 3.5-mile-long, 12.5-
kilovolt transmission line extending from the project to an existing 
transmission line (the point of interconnection); and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Deer Creek Project 
would be 2.58 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contacts: Mr. Tom Walker, Willwood Irrigation District, 
1306 Road 9, Powell, Wyoming, 82435; phone: (307) 754-3831. Mr. Keith 
Murray, Willwood Irrigation District, 1306 Road 9, Powell, Wyoming, 
82435; phone: (307) 754-3831.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen at kim.nguyen@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 502-
6105.
    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-14370) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 10, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-11835 Filed 5-15-12; 8:45 am]
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