Document ID: FERC-2012-0805-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Greybull Valley Irrigation District; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2012-05-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27768-27769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11353]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12604-002]

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

    On February 1, 2012, the Greybull Valley Irrigation District 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 
Lower Sunshine Reservoir Hydroelectric Power Project (Lower Sunshine 
Project or project) to be located on Sunshine Creek, near Meeteetse, 
Park County, Wyoming. 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 utilize the existing Lower Sunshine dam 
and reservoir having a total storage capacity of 56,378 acre-feet at 
elevation 6,277 feet mean sea level, and would consist of the following 
new features: (1) A 50-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter penstock extending 
from the existing conduit to the powerhouse; (2) a powerhouse 
containing two turbine/generator units totaling 5 megawatts or less in 
capacity at 170 feet of net head; (3) a tailrace discharging flows to 
Sunshine Creek; (4) a 1,700-foot-long, 25-kilovolt (kV) transmission 
line extending from the project to a 69-kV transmission line owned by 
the Western Area Power Administration and Rocky Mountain Power (the 
point of interconnection); and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the Lower Sunshine Project would be 12.4 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contacts: Mr. Lee Allen, 989 Highway 20 West, P.O. Box 
44, Emblem, Wyoming 82422; phone: (307) 762-3555. Mr. William 
Schlenker, 989 Highway 20 West, P.O. Box 44, Emblem, Wyoming 82422; 
phone: (307) 762-3555.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen; phone: (202) 502-6105.
    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 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-12604-002) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 4, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-11353 Filed 5-10-12; 8:45 am]
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