
[Federal Register: August 31, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 167)]
[Notices]               
[Page 44836]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr31au09-67]                         

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13534-000]

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

August 25, 2009.
    On July 7, 2009,\1\ Green Hydropower Inc. filed an application for 
a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA) \2\ to study the feasibility of the proposed 2-megawatt (MW) 
Green Hydropower Rocky Reach Project No. 13534. The project would be 
located in Douglas and Chelan Counties, Washington. 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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Applicant submitted supplemental information to answer 
deficiencies in initial permit application on August 17, 2009.
    \2\ 16 U.S.C. 797(f). Three years is the maximum term for a 
preliminary permit. See FPA Section 5, 16 U.S.C. 798.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The proposed Green Hydropower Rocky Reach Project is an in-river 
development that would be located 0.25-miles downstream of the Rocky 
Reach Dam (FERC Project No. 2145) on the Columbia River. The project 
would consist of: (1) Multiple 10-foot-diameter to 40-foot-diameter sea 
anchors (pieces of high-strength synthetic material that inflate to 
roughly the shape of a parachute in the presence of an underwater 
current); (2) an up to 1.25-mile-long synthetic rope; (3) an electric-
driven traction winch or an electric-driven capstan; (4) a generator 
attached to the winch or capstan; (5) a floating vessel, such as a 
boat; (6) a new approximately 480-volt, 500-foot-long transmission 
line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The sea anchors would be attached 
to a rope that is connected to the winch or capstan. The winch or 
capstan would be mounted on shore or on a floating vessel. The sea 
anchors would be pulled downstream by the existing current, pulling the 
rope through a winch or capstan, which will turn the generator. The 
project would have an estimated annual generation of between 8,750-
megawatt hours (MWh) and 17,500 MWhs per year.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Joseph Allan Francis, Owner, Green 
Hydropower Inc., 5316 North Shirley Street, Ruston, WA 98407; phone: 
(253) 732-6532.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, 202-502-6136.
    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-13534) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-20940 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
