Document ID: FERC-2008-1538-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Birch Power Co. and Brookfield Power Co.
Posted Date: 2008-10-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 207)]
[Notices]               
[Page 63464-63465]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13102-000; Project No. 13105-000]

 
Birch Power Company; Brookfield Power Company; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comment, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

October 17, 2008.
    On February 1, 2008, Birch Power Company (Birch Power) and BPUS 
Generation Development LLC (BPUS) filed applications, pursuant to 
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the Demopolis Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project, to be 
located at the existing U.S. Army Corp of Engineers' (Corps) Demopolis 
Lock and Dam on the Tombigbee River in Marengo County, Alabama.
    The proposed projects would use the existing Corps Demopolis Lock 
and Dam and consists of:

    For Birch Power--(1) A proposed powerhouse with two generating 
units having a total capacity of 23.7 MW; (2) two proposed 90-foot-
long, 18-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (3) a proposed one-mile-long 
transmission line; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The project would 
have an annual generation of 155 GWh, and would be sold to a local 
utility.
    For BPUS--(1) A proposed powerhouse with three generating units 
having a total capacity of 37.5 MW; (2) a proposed intake channel and 
tailrace channel; (3) a proposed 3.7-mile-long transmission line; and 
(4) appurtenant

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facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 120 GWh, and 
would be sold to a local utility.

    Applicant Contact: For Birch Power--Mr. Ted Sorenson, P.E., 
Sorenson Engineering, 5203 South 11th East, Idaho Falls, ID 83404, 
Phone: 208-522-8069; for BPUS--Mr. Jeffrey M. Auser, P.E., BPUS 
Generation Development LLC, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, 
Liverpool, NY 13088, Phone: 315-413-2821. FERC Contact: Henry Woo, 202-
502-8872.
    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. 
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 
under the ``eFiling'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project can be viewed or 
printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the Commission's Web site at http:/
/www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-
13102 or P-13105) in the docket number field to access the document. 
For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-25344 Filed 10-23-08; 8:45 am]

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