Document ID: FERC-2011-0136-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Idaho Irrigation District
Posted Date: 2011-02-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5585-5586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2143]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13886-000]

Idaho Irrigation District; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

January 21, 2011.
    On November 12, 2010, the Idaho Irrigation District 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 
Idaho Irrigation District Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located 
on the Idaho Canal, a tributary of the Snake River, in Bonneville and 
Jefferson counties, Idaho. 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) An 
existing canal intake consisting of a 75-foot-wide trash rack structure 
and, about 50 feet downstream, a 10-foot-high, 71-foot-wide headgate 
structure; (2) the upper 3.2 miles of the existing Idaho Canal, whose 
embankment heights within that reach would be increased 1-3 feet to 
convey up to 1,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) of additional flows; (3) 
a new gate structure diverting flows to the powerhouse while allowing 
irrigation flows to continue down the canal; (4) a

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new powerhouse, containing one 1.2-megawatt Kaplan turbine with a 
hydraulic capacity of 1,000 cfs and a generator, discharging flows into 
the Snake River; (5) a gated overflow spillway to pass flood flows 
around the powerhouse; (6) a 3,000-foot-long, 15-kilovolt transmission 
line extending to a distribution line owned by Rocky Mountain Power; 
(7) a switchyard; and (8) appurtenant facilities. Flow diversions for 
the project would take into account minimum flow requirements for the 
bypassed reach of the Snake River. The estimated annual generation of 
the project would be 7.5 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Alan D. Kelsch, Chairman, Idaho Irrigation 
District, 496 E. 14th Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404; phone: (208) 
522-2356.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman; phone: (202) 502-6077.
    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 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13886-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2143 Filed 1-31-11; 8:45 am]
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