Document ID: FERC-2018-0151-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Watterra Energy, LLC
Posted Date: 2018-02-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5094-5095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02242]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14865-000]

Watterra Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On November 29, 2017, Watterra Energy, 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 Sutton Dam 
Hydroelectric Project to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' (Corps) Sutton Dam, on the Elk River, in Sutton, Braxton 
County, West Virginia. 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) A new 70-
foot-long, 55-foot-wide powerhouse containing three turbine-generator 
units with a total rated capacity of 14 megawatts; (2) a new multiple-
port intake structure to be located at the upstream face of the Sutton 
dam; (3) a new 300-foot-long, 15-foot-diameter steel penstock; (4) a 
new 50-foot-long, 50-foot-wide switchyard; (5) a new 13.8-kilovolt, 
500-foot-long transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an annual generation of 47,200 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Craig Dalton, Watterra Energy, LLC, 220 West 
Main

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Street, Hamilton, MT 59840; phone: 406-384-0080.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14865-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14865) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 30, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-02242 Filed 2-2-18; 8:45 am]
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