
[Federal Register: July 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 136)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13435-000]

 
Hydrodynamics, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

July 10, 2009.
    On April 23, 2009, Hydrodynamics, Inc. filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the St. Mary Drops Project, 
located on the St. Mary Canal, a tributary of the St. Mary River that 
is a feature of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Milk River Project, 
and discharging into the Milk River, in Glacier County, Montana. 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) A new 2.2-
mile-long rubber-lined earthen canal extending from the existing St. 
Mary Canal approximately 27 miles downstream from the existing St. Mary 
Diversion Dam and bypassing five drop structures on the existing canal; 
(2) a new 15-foot-tall, 15-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep concrete intake 
structure with trashracks; (3) a new 10-foot-diameter, 1,200-foot-long 
steel penstock; (4) a new powerhouse containing two generating units 
with a combined capacity of 7.9 megawatts; (5) a new tailrace 
discharging flows into the Milk River; (6) a new substation; (7) a new 
12.5-kilovolt, 2-mile-long transmission line; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed project would have an average annual 
generation of 25 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ben Singer, Project Manager, Hydrodynamics, 
Inc., P.O. Box 1136, Bozeman, MT 59771; phone: (406) 587-5086.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (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. 
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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. 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-13435) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

 Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-16980 Filed 7-16-09; 8:45 am]

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