Document ID: FERC-2013-0550-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Hydrodynamics, Inc.
Posted Date: 2013-04-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25263-25264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10166]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14492-000]

Hydrodynamics, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On February 1, 2013, Hydrodynamics, Inc. 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 Ruby River Reservoir 
Water Power Project (project) to be located on the Ruby River, near 
Alder in Madison County, Montana. 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: (1) An 846-
foot-long, 111-foot-high earthen dam; (2) a reservoir with a surface 
area of 970 acres and a storage capacity of 36,663 acre-feet at a 
normal water surface elevation of 5,392 feet mean sea level; (3) a 180-
foot-long, 84-inch-diameter concrete with steel liner penstock 
consisting of a concrete outlet tunnel works; (4) a 20-foot-long, 84-
inch-diameter penstock extending from the tunnel to the powerhouse; (5) 
a powerhouse containing two generating units with a combined installed 
capacity of 2.3 megawatts; (6) a tailrace discharging flows into the 
Ruby River at the base of the dam; (7) a new substation; (8) a 2-mile-
long, 15-kilovolt transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. 
The proposed project would have an average annual generation of 10 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Roger Kirk and Ben Singer, Hydrodynamics, Inc., 
P.O. Box 1136, Bozeman, Montana 59771; phone: (406) 587-5086.
    FERC Contact: John Matkowski; phone: (202) 502-8576.
    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 Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426.

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    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-14492) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 19, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10166 Filed 4-29-13; 8:45 am]
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