
[Federal Register: December 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 230)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13837-000]

 
City of Whittier; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

November 23, 2010.
    On September 1, 2010, and supplemented on November 9, 2010, the 
City of Whittier 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 Whittier Creek Hydroelectric Project 
(Whittier Creek project) to be located on Whittier Creek, in the 
Valdez-Cordova Borough, Alaska. 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) An 
approximately 100-foot-long, 20-foot-high reinforced concrete dam; (2) 
a 0.5-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 10 acre-feet; (3) a 
2,280-foot-long, 0.83-foot-diameter high density polyethylene penstock; 
(4) a 30-foot-long, 25-foot-wide powerhouse containing a 250-kilowatt 
turbine/generator unit; (5) a 100-foot-long, 5-foot-diameter steel 
tailrace; (6) an approximately 1,000-foot-long transmission line with 
an anticipated voltage between 4 kilovolts (kV) and 69 kV, connecting 
the proposed powerhouse to an existing switchyard; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Whittier Creek 
project would be 1,750 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ed Barrett, City of Whittier, Alaska, P.O. Box 
608, Whittier, AK 99693; phone: (907) 472-2327.
    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

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(P-13837-000) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-30159 Filed 11-30-10; 8:45 am]
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