Document ID: FERC-2013-1258-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Go with the Flow Hydro Power, LLC
Posted Date: 2013-09-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58301-58302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23003]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14538-000]

Go With the Flow Hydro Power, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 22, 2013, Go with the Flow Hydro Power, 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 Go 
with the Flow Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located on the 
Umatilla River, near the City of Hermiston, Umatilla 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 proposed project would use the following existing facilities 
from an abandoned hydroelectric project: (1) A 3.5-foot-high, 120-foot-
long concrete diversion weir, (2) a concrete intake structure with 
trashrack, (3) a 5,350-foot-long earthen power canal, (4) a concrete 
penstock headworks structure, (5) four 5-foot-diameter, 280-foot-long 
welded steel penstocks, (6) a 60-foot by 35-foot powerhouse, (7) a 20-
foot by 12-foot metal controlhouse, (8) four 300-kilowatt vertical 
propeller turbine-generators, (9) a 60-foot-wide, 25-foot-long earthen 
tailrace discharging into the Umatilla River, (10) a substation with 
transformer providing connection to electric transmission lines 
operated by Pacific Power and Light Company, and (11) appurtenant 
facilities. The applicant is also proposing a new fish bypass at the 
diversion weir, and refurbishing and replacing the fish screens at the 
intake structure.
    Estimated annual generation of the project would be 3 gigawatt-
hours. The project would not be located on any federal lands.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Sigl, President, Go with the Flow Hydro 
Power, LLC, 8021 Firestone Way, Antelope, California 95843; phone: 
(916) 812-5051.
    FERC Contact: Sean O'Neill; phone: (202) 502-6462.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60

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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-14538-000.
    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-14538) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 16, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23003 Filed 9-20-13; 8:45 am]
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