Document ID: FERC-2015-0050-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: OHP Energy, LLC
Posted Date: 2015-01-13T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 1632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00312]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No., 14647-000]

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

    On November 18, 2014, OHP 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 Applegate River Dam 
Hydroelectric Project (Applegate Project or project) to be located on 
the Applegate River, near Medford in Jackson County, Oregon. 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 project 
would occupy 15.8 acres of U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 14.6 acres 
of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), and 26.3 acres of U.S. Forest 
Service's lands.
    The proposed project would utilize head from the existing Applegate 
dam, reservoir, and a low level intake pipe owned and operated by the 
Corps, and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A multi-level 
withdrawal structure to withdraw water from the reservoir at centerline 
elevations of 1,933, 1,955 and 1,967 feet mean sea level; (2) two 750-
foot-long steel penstocks with diameters of 66-inches and 84-inches 
coupled with turbine shut-off valves at the intersection with the 
powerhouse and a bypass to the tailrace; (3) a 55- by 55-foot 
powerhouse containing two vertical Francis turbine units rated for a 
total of capacity of 10 megawatts; (4) two 20-foot-long integral steel 
draft tubes located within the powerhouse; (5) a 40-foot-long, 40-foot-
wide open channel concrete tailrace; (6) an underground 15-mile-long, 
35-kilovolt transmission line; (7) a substation; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The estimated annual generation of the Applegate Project would be 
28 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Rett Hubbard, Oregon Hydro Power Services, LLC, 
285 Oregon Ave., Suite 7, Creswell, OR 97426; phone: (541) 632-4706.
    FERC Contact: Julia Kolberg; phone: (202) 502-8261.
    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 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 
FERCOnlineVSupport@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-14647-000.
    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-14647) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 7, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-00312 Filed 1-12-15; 8:45 am]
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