Document ID: FERC-2011-1420-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: McKay Dam Hydropower, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-09-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 180 (Friday, September 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57731-57732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23739]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14205-000]

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

    On May 31, 2011, McKay Dam Hydropower, 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 McKay Dam 
Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located at the McKay dam near 
Pendleton in Umatilla County,

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Oregon. The existing McKay dam was built and operated by the U.S. 
Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). The project would occupy land 
within the McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge. 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 flows at the existing McKay 
reservoir, and would consist of the following new features: (1) A 48-
inch diameter, 250-foot-long steel-reinforced plastic pipe penstock; 
(2) a 40-foot by 30-foot concrete powerhouse containing a 3-megawatt 
turbine/generator; (3) an approximately 2,000-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt 
transmission line interconnecting to a local utility line; and (4) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the project 
would be 7.4 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Carl Spetzler, McKay Dam Hydropower, LLC, 745 
Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, phone (650) 475-4467.
    FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy, phone: (202) 502-8755.
    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 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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14205-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 9, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-23739 Filed 9-15-11; 8:45 am]
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