Document ID: FERC-2012-0804-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Greybull Valley Irrigation District; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2012-05-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 27769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11352]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12595-002]

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

    On February 1, 2012, the Greybull Valley 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 
Upper Sunshine Reservoir Hydroelectric Power Project (Upper Sunshine 
Project or project) to be located on Sunshine Creek, near Meeteetse, 
Park County, Wyoming. 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 the existing Upper Sunshine dam 
and reservoir having a total storage capacity of 53,515 acre-feet at 
elevation 6,595 feet mean sea level, and would consist of the following 
new features: (1) A 6-foot-diameter penstock extending from the 
existing conduit to the powerhouse adjacent to the dam; (2) a 
powerhouse containing one Francis turbine/generator unit rated at 5 
megawatts or less at 150 feet of net head; (3) a tailrace channel 
discharging from the powerhouse to Sunshine Creek; (4) a 3-mile-long, 
25-kilovolt transmission line extending from the project to a 
transmission line owned by Rocky Mountain Power (the point of 
interconnection); and (5) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the Upper Sunshine Project would be 6 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contacts: Mr. Lee Allen, 989 Highway 20 West, P.O. Box 
44, Emblem, Wyoming 82422; phone: (307) 762-3555. Mr. William 
Schlenker, 989 Highway 20 West, P.O. Box 44, Emblem, Wyoming 82422; 
phone: (307) 762-3555.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen; phone: (202) 502-6105.
    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-12595-002) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 4, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-11352 Filed 5-10-12; 8:45 am]
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