Document ID: FERC-2014-1370-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Las Vegas Wash Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2014-10-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 64383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25626]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.14638-000]

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

    On October 2, 2014, the 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 to be located on Las Vegas Wash, in 
the city of Lake Las Vegas, 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 use the existing Las Vegas Wash and 
associated diversion and penstocks. The source of water through the 
project is waste streams from the metropolitan area of Las Vegas, NV. 
Flows would return to the Las Vegas Wash at or near the existing point 
of return. The proposed project would be on privately owned lands and 
prescriptive easement right-of-ways. The existing Las Vegas Wash 
pipelines are owned by the City of Henderson, NV, and located on 
private lands by easement. The project would consist of the following: 
(1) An existing concrete diversion/inlet structure with two gates; (2) 
two existing 10,204-foot-long, 84-inch-diameter, side-by-side penstocks 
that pass beneath Lake Las Vegas; (3) a new connection to the existing 
penstocks; (4) a new powerhouse located adjacent to the existing 
outfall structure for the Las Vegas Wash, containing one 2.1-megawatt 
Francis turbine; (5) a switchyard; and (6) a 900-foot-long, 15-kV 
transmission line, which would interconnect into the utility 
distribution system owned by NV Energy. Existing roads would access the 
project. The project would operate in a run-of-river mode using flows 
of the Las Vegas Wash consistent with historical operations. One of the 
two penstocks would be used for bypass flows. The estimated annual 
generation of the Las Vegas Wash Hydroelectric Project would be 16.5 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ted Sorenson, P.E., Sorenson Engineering, 
5203 S. 11th East, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404; phone: (208) 522-8069.
    FERC Contact: Claire McGrath; phone: (202) 502-8290.
    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-14638-000.
    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-14638) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 22, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25626 Filed 10-28-14; 8:45 am]
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