Document ID: FERC-2008-1129-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application For Preliminary Permit; Motions To Intervene, And Protests: Borough of Weatherly, PA
Posted Date: 2008-08-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 5, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 151)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[P-13177-000]

 
Borough of Weatherly, Pennsylvania; Notice of Application for 
Preliminary Permit Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Protests

July 29, 2008.
    On April 17, 2008, Borough of Weatherly, Pennsylvania filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 
to study the feasibility of Francis E. Walter Dam Water Power Project. 
The proposed project would be located on the Lehigh River in Luzerne 
and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania. The existing facilities are owned by 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    The proposed project using the existing U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' Francis E. Walter Dam and would consist of: (1) A proposed 
intake structure, (2) a proposed 1,150-foot-long, 16-foot diameter 
penstock, (3) a proposed powerhouse containing two generating units 
having a total installed capacity of 11.5 megawatts, (4) a proposed 
0.5-mile-long, 12.47 kilovolt transmission line, and (5) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed project would have an average annual 
generation of 26 gigawatt-hours and be sold to a local utility.
    Applicant Contact: Charles F. Wheatley, Jr., Wheatley & Ranquist, 
P.A., 34 Defense Street, Annapolis, MD 21401, (410) 266-7524, 
wheatlaw@aol.com.
    FERC Contact: Jake Tung, (202) 502-8757.
    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 ``e-Filing'' 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

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this project 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-13177) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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