Document ID: FERC-2012-0161-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Conway Ranch Hydropower Project
Posted Date: 2012-01-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4290-4291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1734]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13089-002]

Conway Ranch Hydropower Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 27, 2011, KC LLC, California, 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 Conway Ranch 
Hydropower Project to be located on Virginia Creek, near the city of 
Mono, Mono County, California. The project affects federal lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 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 consist of the following new facilities: 
(1) A diversion on Virginia Creek (notched weir design); (2) a de 
minimus reservoir operated run-of river at approximately 8,800 feet 
elevation above mean sea level; (3) a 2-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter 
pressurized pipe connecting the reservoir to a powerhouse; (4) a 
powerhouse containing a single turbine totaling 500 kilowatts of 
generating capacity; and (5) an approximately 360-foot-long 
transmission line connecting with the existing Southern California 
Edison secondary distribution facilities. The project's annual energy 
output would be approximately 2.3 gigawatthours.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Kelly Sackheim, KC LLC, 5096 Cocoa Palm Way, 
Fair Oaks, CA 95628; phone (301) 401-5978.
    FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton; phone: (202) 502-8785.
    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

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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-13089-002) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 20, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-1734 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 am]
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