Document ID: FERC-2013-0842-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Idaho and New Sweden Irrigation Districts; County Line Road Project
Posted Date: 2013-06-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37538-37539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14888]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14513-000]

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

    On April 19, 2013, the Idaho and New Sweden Irrigation Districts, 
filed a joint application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 
4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility 
of the County Line Road Hydroelectric Project (County Line Road Project 
or project) to be located on the Snake River near Idaho Falls, 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 would consist of two developments, the Idaho 
Canal and the Great Western Canal. Both developments would utilize an 
existing 840-foot-long, 10-foot-high concrete overflow weir impounding 
a reservoir with a surface area of 30 acres and a storage capacity of 
250-acre-feet at a maximum surface elevation of 4,765 feet mean sea 
level. The two developments would also include the following new 
facilities:

Idaho Canal Development

    (1) A 70-foot-wide concrete diversion structure with seven, 8-foot-
wide, 5-foot-high steel head gates to divert water from the Snake 
River; (2) a 3.1-mile-long, 65 to 75-foot-wide, 8 to 10-foot-deep canal 
extending between the head gates and the powerhouse; (3) a gate 
structure in the canal to divert flows to the powerhouse while 
maintaining irrigation flows; (4) a powerhouse containing a 1.2-
megawatt (MW) Kaplan turbine; (5) a tailrace canal; (6) a gated 
overflow spillway to pass flows around the powerhouse; (7) a 2,500-
foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending to a 
distribution line owned by Rocky Mountain Power; (8) a switchyard; and 
(9) appurtenant facilities.

Great Western Canal Development

    (1) An 80-foot-wide-concrete diversion structure with four, 13-
foot-wide, 5-foot-high steel radial head gates to divert water from the 
Snake River; (2) a 3.5-mile-long, 50 to 100-foot-wide, 8 to 10-foot-
deep canal extending between the head gates and the powerhouse; (3) a 
gate structure in the canal to divert flows to the powerhouse while 
maintaining irrigation flows; (4) a powerhouse containing a 1.3-MW 
Kaplan turbine; (5) a tailrace canal; (6) a gated overflow spillway to 
pass flows around the powerhouse; (7) a 500-foot-long, 12.5-kV 
transmission line extending to a distribution line owned by Rocky 
Mountain Power; (8) a switchyard; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The estimated annual generation of the County Line Road Project 
would be 18.3 gigawatt-hours. The project would be partially located on 
0.5 acres of federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Alan Kelsch, Chairman, Idaho Irrigation 
District, 496 E. 14th Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404; phone: (208) 
522-2356.
    Mr. Louis Thiel, Chairman, New Sweden Irrigation District, 2350 W. 
17th Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402; phone: (208) 523-0175.
    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

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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 five 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 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14513) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 17, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-14888 Filed 6-20-13; 8:45 am]
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