
[Federal Register: August 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 165)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13804-000]

 
White River Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

August 19, 2010.
    On July 1, 2010, and supplemented July 15, 2010, White River Hydro, 
LLC filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 
4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of 
the White River Hydroelectric Project, located on the White River in 
Pierce County, 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.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A 352-
foot-long, 11-foot-high timber constructed dam with a 7-foot-high 
aluminum flashboard; (2) a fish recovery pond containing a 5-foot-wide, 
50-foot-long channel and nine screen bays; (3) a 200-foot-long, 17-
foot-high fish screen facility, which returns fish to the White River; 
(4) a 1,000-foot-long trapezoidal concrete channel; (5) two 5.5- to 10-
foot-diameter, 11,200-foot-long pipelines; (6) a valve house to convey 
the water to an approximately 1.5-mile-long riprapped channel; (7) Lake 
Tapps, which has a surface area of 2,700 acres and a storage capacity 
of 48,258 acre-feet at elevation 543 feet above mean sea level; (8) a 
tunnel intake structure; (9) a 12-foot-diameter, 2,842-foot-long 
concrete tunnel; (10) a 73-foot-deep forebay; (11) three 5.4- to 6-
foot-diameter, 3,000-foot-long penstocks; (12) an 85-foot-wide, 255-
foot-long, and 55-foot-high powerhouse containing two 10-megawatt (MW) 
turbine/generator units, one 15-MW turbine/generator unit, and one 28-
MW turbine/generator unit, for a total generating capacity of 63 MW; 
(13) an approximately 34-foot-wide, 2,200-foot-long tailrace 
discharging to White River; (14) a 4,181-foot-long, 115-kilovolt 
transmission line; and (15) appurtenant facilities. The proposed White 
River Project will have an average annual generation of 100 gigawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Thom A. Fischer, White River Hydro, LLC, 
3633 Alderwood Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225; phone: (360) 739-9777.
    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. 
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. 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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13804) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-21170 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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