Document ID: FERC-2018-0961-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Go With the Flow Hydro Power, LLC
Posted Date: 2018-07-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 36586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16232]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14879-000]

Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications: 
Go With the Flow Hydro Power, LLC

    On June 8, 2018, Go With the Flow Hydro Power, LLC (Go With the 
Flow) filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to 
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the Go With the Flow Hydroelectric Project (project) to 
be located on the Umatilla River about 8.7 river miles upstream from 
the confluence with the Columbia River, and 2.1 miles west southwest of 
Hermiston in Umatilla county, Oregon. On July 11, 2018, the applicant 
filed an amended permit application for the project. 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 will be at the site of the existing, abandoned 
Jim Boyd Hydroelectric Project (P-7269). The license for the Jim Boyd 
Project was terminated in 2011, and Go With the Flow has purchased 
these facilities. The proposed run-of-river project will involve 
rehabilitation and upgrade of the following existing facilities: A 3.5-
foot-high concrete diversion weir; a canal intake with trashracks and 
fish screens; A 5,350-foot-long power canal; four 5-foot-diameter, 280-
foot-long steel penstocks; a powerhouse with 4 turbine/generators with 
rated capacity of 300 kilowatts (kW) each for a total capacity of 1,200 
kW; a 60-foot-wide, 20 foot-long concrete-lined tailrace; a 0.25-mile-
long, 12.47 kilovolt transmission line; and access roads.
    The estimated averaged annual generation of the project would be 3 
gigawatt-hours and would be conveyed from the powerhouse to the 
existing Pacific Power and Light Company substation.
    Applicant Contact: Mark Sigl, Go With the Flow Hydro Power, LLC, 
8021 Firestone Way, Antelope, CA 95843, phone (916) 812-5051.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen, (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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14879-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14879) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 24, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-16232 Filed 7-27-18; 8:45 am]
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