Document ID: FERC-2011-0486-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, etc.: Kahawai Power 5, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-04-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 18756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8025]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14106-000]

Kahawai Power 5, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On March 1, 2011, Kahawai Power 5, 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 Wailua Reservoir Water 
Power (Wailua Reservoir project) to be located on the Wailua reservoir 
in the vicinity of Wailua Homesteads, in Kauai County, Hawaii. 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 utilize flows from the existing 1,400-
foot-long earth-fill dam on the Wailua Reservoir, which is owned and 
operated by State of Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources. 
New project features would consist of the following: (1) An intake 
structure at the existing 36-inch low-level outlet structure with a 
trash rack and control gate; (2) 14,600-foot-long, 42-inch-diameter 
steel penstock from the intake structure to the powerhouse; (3) a 50-
foot by 40-foot reinforced concrete powerhouse containing one two-jet 
Turgo turbine with a capacity of 2 megawatts; (4) a 45-foot-long, 15-
foot-wide tailrace channel; (5) an approximately 12,500-foot-long, 69-
kilovolt transmission line which will tie into the existing grid near 
the Lyngate switchyard; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the Wailua Reservoir project would be 11.5 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminthan, Kawahai Power 5, LLC, 239 
Causeway St., Boston, MA 02114; phone: (978) 226-1531.
    FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen (202) 502-8074 or through e-mail at 
ryan.hansen@ferc.gov.
    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. 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 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-14106-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 30, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-8025 Filed 4-4-11; 8:45 am]
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