
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 71427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29442]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.13866-000]


Clean River Power 12, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

November 16, 2010.
    On October 15, 2010, Clean River Power 12, 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 Ruth Creek 
Hydroelectric Project (Ruth Creek project) to be located on Ruth Creek 
in the vicinity of Glacier, in Whatcom 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 will consist of the following: (1) A 100-foot-
long, 8-foot-high, reinforced concrete diversion weir on Ruth Creek; 
(2) a 45-foot-long, 15-foot-wide, 12-foot-high reinforced concrete 
intake structure adjacent to the weir with a trash rack, fish screen, 
and closure gate; (3) a 0.1-acre impoundment created by the diversion 
weir; (4) an 8,000-foot-long, 3.5-foot-diameter steel penstock from the 
intake structure to the powerhouse; (5) a 60-foot-long, 40-foot-wide 
reinforced concrete powerhouse containing one horizontal impulse 
turbine with a capacity of 2.5 megawatts (MW); (6) a 40-foot-long, 
concrete and rip rap-lined tailrace channel to return flows from the 
powerhouse to Ruth Creek; (7) a 4.16/55 kilovolt (kV) three stage step 
up transformer; (8) an approximately 2.2-mile-long, 55-kV transmission 
line which will tie into an undetermined interconnection; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Ruth 
Creek project would be 10.0 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminthan, Clean River Power 12, LLC, 33 
Commercial St., Gloucester, MA 01930; phone: (978) 283-2822.
    FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen, (202) 502-8074.
    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 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13866-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-29442 Filed 11-22-10; 8:45 am]
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