Document ID: FERC-2013-0731-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Las Vegas Wash Hydro LLC
Posted Date: 2013-05-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 105 (Friday, May 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32644-32645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12890]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14468-000]

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

    On November 16, 2012, Las Vegas Wash 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 Las 
Vegas Wash Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located on the Las 
Vegas Wash, in Clark County, Nevada. 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 an existing concrete 
diversion/inlet structure for the Las Vegas Wash that passes beneath 
Lake Las Vegas via two 84-inch-diameter penstocks for a distance of 
10,208 feet. Las Vegas Wash Hydro LLC proposes to tie into the existing 
penstocks and construct a new powerhouse. One of the two existing 84-
inch diameter penstocks would be

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utilized for bypass flows. The powerhouse would be equipped with a 
single 2.1-megawatt Francis turbine. The project would also consist of 
a switchyard and 900 feet of proposed 15-kilovolt transmission line 
that would interconnect into the utility distribution system owned by 
NV Energy. The project would generate an estimated 16.5 gigawatt-hours 
annually.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ted S. Sorenson, P.E., Sorenson Engineering, 
5203 S. 11th East, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404; phone: (208) 522-8069.
    FERC Contact: Mary Greene; phone: (202) 502-8865.
    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 Sec.  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 five 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-14468) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 23, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-12890 Filed 5-30-13; 8:45 am]
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