Document ID: FERC-2012-1834-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Northern Wasco County People's Utility District
Posted Date: 2012-11-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66607-66608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27010]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14397-000]

Northern Wasco County People's Utility District; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 27, 2012, the Northern Wasco County People's Utility 
District (Northern Wasco) 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 Freedom Hydroelectric Project 
(Freedom Project or project) to be located on the Columbia River, near 
Dallesport, Klickitat County, Washington. The project would affect 
lands administered by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The sole 
purpose

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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 utilize the existing auxiliary water 
supply system for the north fishway fish ladder on the Corps' The 
Dalles Dam and would consist of the following: (1) A 150-foot-long and 
25-foot-wide concrete intake channel structure; (2) two five-foot by 
five-foot sluice gates connecting the new intake channel structure to 
the existing intake channel structure; (3) a 20-foot-high, 120-foot-
long, \1/8\-inch bar by \1/8\-inch opening fish screen; (4) a 
generation facility; (5) a new tailrace that would discharge to the 
existing discharge pool; and (6) a 9,000-foot-long 12.5-kilovolt radial 
transmission line. The estimated annual generation of the Freedom 
Project would be 39,000 megawatthours.
    Applicant Contact: Dwight D. Langer, General Manager, Northern 
Wasco County People's Utility District, 2345 River Road, The Dalles, 
Oregon 97058; phone: (541) 298-3300.
    FERC Contact: James Hastreiter; phone: (202) 552-2760.
    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.
    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-14397) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 31, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-27010 Filed 11-5-12; 8:45 am]
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