Document ID: FERC-2010-1757-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: NortHydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2010-11-29T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 29, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 228)]
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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. 13855-000]

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

November 18, 2010.
    On October 1, 2010, and supplemented on November 16, 2010, 
NortHydro, 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 Boulder Creek Water Power Project (Boulder Creek 
project) to be located on Boulder Creek in the vicinity of Bonner's 
Ferry, Idaho and Troy, Montana in Boundary County, Idaho and Lincoln 
County, Montana. 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 will consist of the following: (1) A 6-foot-
high, 75-foot-long reinforced concrete diversion and inlet structure on 
Boulder Creek; (2) an impoundment of less than 1 acre-foot; (3) an 
8,500-foot-long, 4.5-foot-diameter pressurized HDPE penstock from the 
intake structure to the powerhouse; (4) a powerhouse containing one or 
more turbines with a total installed capacity of 4.3 megawatts; (5) a 
concrete or rip-rap-lined tailrace channel to return flows from the 
powerhouse to Boulder Creek; (6) an approximately 5-mile-long, 115 kV 
transmission line which will tie into an undetermined interconnection; 
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the 
Boulder Creek project would be 15.75 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Darius Ruen, NortHydro, LLC, 3201 Huetter Rd 
Suite 102, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814; phone: (208) 292-0820.
    FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen (202) 502-8074.
    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. 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. 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-13855-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-29841 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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