
[Federal Register: May 17, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 94)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13693-000]


South Dakota Energy, L.L.C.; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications

May 10, 2010.
    On March 29, 2010, and revised May 5, 2010, the South Dakota
Energy, L.L.C. filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant
to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the
feasibility of the South Dakota Energy Hydroelectric Project located on
the Missouri River in Gregory County, South Dakota. The proposed
project's existing lower reservoir is owned and operated by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). 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 boundary
is partially located on Federal lands managed by the Corps.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 60-
foot-high, 15,700-foot long earth embankment dam, impounding a 450-acre
upper reservoir, with 25,250 acre-feet of storage capacity at a normal
elevation of 2,090 mean sea level; (2) a 30-foot-diameter, 700-foot-
long vertical shaft concrete or steel power tunnel; (3) a 30-foot-
diameter, 7,100-foot-long concrete or steel conduit; (4) an underground
powerhouse containing four 300-megawatt reversible pump-turbine/
generator units, discharging into Lake Francis Case through a 40-foot-
diameter, 2,200-foot-long discharge tunnel; (5) the existing Lake
Francis Case lower reservoir; (6) a new 20-mile-long, 345-kilovolt
transmission line to interconnect with an existing transmission line at
the Fort Randall generation facility; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    Applicant Contact: Brent Smith, Chief Operating Officer, South
Dakota Energy, L.L.C., 975 South State Highway, Logan, UT 84321; phone:
(435) 752-2580.
    FERC Contact: Joseph C. Adamson, 202-502-8085.
    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/ferconline.asp) under the
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight 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 the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

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elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-13693-000) in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-11629 Filed 5-14-10; 8:45 am]
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