Document ID: FERC-2017-0335-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Watterra Energy, LLC
Posted Date: 2017-03-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 50 (Thursday, March 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13991-13992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05205]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14812-000]

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

    On January 3, 2017, Watterra 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 Brookville Lake Dam 
Hydroelectric Project (Brookville Project or project) to be located at 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Brookville Lake Dam on the 
East Fork of Whitewater River in Franklin County, Indiana. 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 all new 
facilities: (1) A 9-foot-diameter, 845-foot-long steel penstock that 
bifurcates into one 9-foot-

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diameter, 220-foot-long steel penstock discharging into an existing 
stilling basin and one 9-foot-diameter, 240-foot-long steel penstock 
carrying flows to the project's powerhouse; (2) a bifurcation structure 
located at the end of the 845-foot-long penstock; (3) a 70-foot-long, 
55-foot-wide, 30-foot-high powerhouse located on the west side of the 
stilling basin; (4) two horizontal Francis turbines each with an 
installed capacity of 2.2 megawatts (MW) for a total capacity of 4.4 
MW; (5) a single generator connected to the two Francis turbines; (6) a 
70-foot-long, 50-foot-wide switchyard located adjacent to the 
powerhouse; (7) a 6.8-foot-long, 12.7-kilovolt transmission line 
interconnecting to an existing distribution system using an existing 
substation; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the Brookville Project would be 23,250 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Craig Dalton, 7100 Commercial Avenue, Suite 
4, Billings, MT 59101; Email: cdalton@watterraenergy.com; phone: (406) 
384-0080.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; Email: sergiu.serban@ferc.gov; phone: 
(202) 502-6211.
    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 
FERCOnlineSupport@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-14812-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14812) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 8, 2017.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-05205 Filed 3-15-17; 8:45 am]
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