Document ID: FERC-2011-0973-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Keechelus Hydropower, LLC and Qualified Hydro 32, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 28, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 124)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14116-000; Project No. 14128-000]

 
Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

Keechelus Hydropower, LLC, Project No. 14116-000
Qualified Hydro 32, LLC, Project No. 14128-000

    On March 21, 2011, the Keechelus Hydropower, LLC (Keechelus 
Hydropower), 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 Keechelus Dam Hydroelectric Project (project) to be 
located on Keechelus Lake, Kittitas County, Washington. Another permit 
application for this same site was filed by Qualified Hydro 32, LLC 
(Qualified Hydro), on March 30, 2011. Both of the proposed projects 
would utilize the existing Keechelus Dam, which is owned by the U.S. 
Bureau of Reclamation. 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 Keechelus Hydropower project would consist of the 
following: (1) A 36-inch-diameter, 620-foot-long steel-reinforced 
plastic pipe penstock; (2) a 40-foot-long, 30-foot-wide concrete 
powerhouse; (3) a single 500-kilowatt (kW) Francis turbine; (4) a 
5,900-foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt (kV) underground cable connecting to an 
existing transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the project would be 4 gigawatt-hours 
(GWh).
    The proposed Qualified Hydro project would consist of the 
following: (1) A 14-foot-wide intake structure containing trash racks, 
an intake gate, and associated accessories adjacent to the existing 
intake; (2) a 750-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter buried steel penstock; (3) 
a 40-foot-long, 50-foot-wide reinforced concrete powerhouse containing 
a 2-megawatt (MW) Francis turbine; (4) a 40-foot-long, 40-foot-wide 
sub-station; (5) a 1.15-mile long, 34.5-69-kilovolt (kV) transmission 
line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation 
of the project would be 6.7 GWh.
    Applicant Contact (Keechelus Hydropower): Mr. Carl Spetzler, CEO, 
Orenco Hydropower, Inc., 745 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, California 
94301; phone: (650) 475-4467.
    Applicant Contact (Qualified Hydro): Ms. Ramya Swaminathan, Free 
Flow Power Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 
02114; phone: (978) 226-1531.
    FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, (202) 502-6480.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of

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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 these projects, including copies of the 
applications, 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 numbers (P-14116-000 and P-14128-000) in the docket 
number field to access the documents. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: June 21, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-16177 Filed 6-27-11; 8:45 am]
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