Document ID: FERC-2011-0308-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing, etc.: Public Utility No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington
Posted Date: 2011-03-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12102-12103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4962]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13994-000]

Public Utility No. 1 of Snohomish County, WA; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On January 4, 2011, the Public Utility No. 1 of Snohomish County, 
Washington 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 Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project (project) to be 
located on Hancock Creek, near North Bend in King County, Washington. 
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: (1) A 7-foot-
high, 62-foot-long diversion weir and intake structure; (2) an 
impoundment having a total storage capacity of one acre-foot at a 
normal maximum operating elevation of 2,171 feet mean sea level; (3) a 
7,800-foot-long, 38-inch-diameter buried penstock; (4) a 2,600-square-
foot powerhouse containing a single turbine/generator unit with an 
installed capacity of 6.0 megawatts; (5) a 125-foot-long, 10-foot-wide 
rip-rap open channel tailrace; (6) a switchyard containing a 4.16/34.5 
three-phase step-up transformer; (7) a 2,000-foot-long, 34.5 kilovolt 
three-phase buried transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities. 
The estimated annual generation of the project would be 21,857.7 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Kim D. Moore, Assistant General Manager of 
Generation Resources; Public Utility No. 1 of Snohomish County; 2320 
California Street; Everett, WA 98201; phone: 425-783-8606.
    FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; phone: (202) 502-6480.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of

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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-13994-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 25, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-4962 Filed 3-3-11; 8:45 am]
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