Document ID: FERC-2011-0883-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: U.S. Farmers, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-06-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34975-34976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14755]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project No. 14102-000]

 U.S. Farmers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On February 22, 2011, U.S. Farmers, LLC 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

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Deep Creek Hydroelectric Project to be located on Deep Creek, Oxbow 
Creek, and Snake River in Adams County, 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 will consist of the following; (1) a 20-foot-
wide, 6-feet-high concrete diversion on Deep Creek; (2) a 20-foot-wide, 
6-feet-high concrete diversion on Oxbow Creek; (3) a 10,000-foot-long, 
2-foot-diameter steel penstock; (4) a powerhouse situated at the 
confluence of Deep Creek and the Snake River containing one Pelton-type 
impulse turbine at 3-megawatts; (5) a 500-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt-
ampere transmission line connecting to the Idaho Power Company's Hell 
Canyon Dam sub-station at the Hells Canyon Dam; (6) a 10,000-foot-long 
gravel road. The estimated annual generation of the project would be 13 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John J. Straubhar, P.O. Box 5071, Twinfalls, 
ID 83303; phone: (208) 794-2930.
    FERC Contact: Ian Smith; phone: (202) 502-8943.
    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-14102-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 8, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-14755 Filed 6-14-11; 8:45 am]
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