Document ID: FERC-2012-0235-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Grand Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority
Posted Date: 2012-02-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 7143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3162]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14351-000]

Grand Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments and Motions To Intervene

    On January 13, 2012, the Grand Coulee Project Hydroelectric 
Authority (GCPHA) filed an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the P.E. 46A 
Wasteway Hydroelectric Project, to be located on the P.E. 46A Wasteway, 
which is part of the Federal Columbia Basin Project, in Franklin 
County, Washington.
    The proposed project would consist of the following new facilities: 
(1) A 20-foot-long, 20-foot-wide intake diversion canal leading to a 
20-foot-wide, 15-foot-high intake gate structure; (2) an 8-foot-
diameter, 750-foot-long steel penstock connecting the intake gate 
structure to the powerhouse; (3) a powerhouse containing a single 
Francis turbine/generating unit with an installed capacity of 1.6 
megawatts; (4) an approximately 0.1-mile-long, 13.8-kilovolt 
transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project would 
have an estimated average annual generation of 6,750 megawatts-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ronald K. Rodewald, Secretary-Manager, Grand 
Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority, 32 C Street NW., P.O. Box 219, 
Ephrata, WA 98823, phone (509) 754-2227.
    FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, (202) 502-6480.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
14237-000 filed July 29, 2011. Competing applications had to be filed 
on or before January 17, 2012.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene 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 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-14351) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-
866-208-3372.

    Dated: February 6, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-3162 Filed 2-9-12; 8:45 am]
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