Document ID: FERC-2012-0012-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Boundary Creek Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2012-01-03T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33635]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14284-000]

Boundary Creek Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On September 12, 2011, Boundary Creek 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 
Boundary Creek Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located on 
Boundary Creek near Bonners Ferry in Boundary County, Idaho. 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) An 8-foot-
high, 150-foot-wide weir-type diversion with a penstock inlet and trash 
rack; (2) a 6.4-mile-long, 6-feet-diameter steel penstock; (3) a 
concrete powerhouse equipped with three 12-megawatt (MW) Pelton 
turbines for a total capacity of 36 MW; (4) a 2.7-mile-long, 13.8-
kilovolt transmission line connecting to the existing Smith Falls 
Hydropower substation. The estimated annual generation of the Boundary 
Creek Hydroelectric Project would be 100 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Justin Barker, Boundary Creek Hydro, LLC; 
975 South State Highway 89/91; Logan, UT 84321; phone: (435) 752-2580.
    FERC Contact: Ian Smith; phone: (202) 502-8943.
    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-14284-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 22, 2011.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-33635 Filed 12-30-11; 8:45 am]
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