Document ID: FERC-2011-0620-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, etc.: New Sweden Irrigation District, ID
Posted Date: 2011-04-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 26, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 80)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14126-000]

 
New Sweden Irrigation District, ID; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On March 29, 2011, New Sweden Irrigation District 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 New 
Sweden Hydroelectric Project to be located on the Snake River, in 
Jefferson and Bonneville counties, Idaho. 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 will consist of the following: (1) An existing 
80-foot-wide diversion structure with four 13-foot-wide by 5-foot-high 
steel radial head gates; (2) a 3.5-mile-long existing canal varying 
from 75 to 100-foot-wide and 10 to 12-foot-deep; (3) a new powerhouse 
equipped with a single 0.9 megawatt Kaplan turbine; (4) a new 500-foot-
long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line connecting to the utility 
distribution system owned by Rocky Mountain Power; and (5) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the New Sweden 
Irrigation Project would be 5.6 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Nicolas E. Josten, GeoSense; 2742 Saint 
Charles Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83404; phone: (208) 528-6152.
    FERC Contact: Ian Smith; phone: (202) 502-8943.
    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. 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 seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy

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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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14126-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 20, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-9996 Filed 4-25-11; 8:45 am]
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