[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76972-76973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31019]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13878-000]
Kahawai Power 1, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
December 3, 2010.
On November 12, 2010, Kahawai Power 1, 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 Hanalei River
Hydroelectric Project (Hanalei River) to be located on the Hanalei
River, Pekoa Stream, Kaapahu Stream, and Kaiwa Stream in the vicinity
of Hanalei, Hawaii. 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 80-foot-
long, 15-foot-high concrete diversion weir and intake structure on the
Hanalei River creating a reservoir with a storage capacity of 7.7-acre-
feet; (2) a 23,500-foot-long, 3.5-foot-diameter main steel penstock
running from the Hanalei diversion weir to the powerhouse; (3) a 35-
foot-long, 5-foot-high concrete diversion weir with intake structure
located on the Kaiwa Stream creating a reservoir with a storage
capacity of less than 0.25 acre-feet; (4) a 1,100-foot-long, 2-foot-
diameter steel feeder penstock from the Kaiwa intake structure to the
main penstock; (5) a 35-foot-long, 5-foot-high concrete diversion weir
with intake structure located on the Kaapahu Stream creating a
reservoir with a storage capacity of less than 0.25 acre-feet; (6) a
2,800-foot-long, 2-foot-diameter steel feeder penstock from the Kaapahu
intake to the main penstock; (7) a 35-foot-long, 5-foot-high concrete
diversion weir with intake structure located on the Pekoa Stream
creating a
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reservoir with a storage capacity of less than 0.25 acre-feet; (8) a
1,700-foot-long, 2-foot-diameter steel feeder penstock from the Pekoa
intake to the main penstock; (9) a 60-foot-long, 40-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse containing one 3.5-megawatt two-jet
turgo turbine; (10) a substation with a 4.16/25-kilovolt (kV) three
phase step-up transformer; (11) a one-mile-long, 25kV transmission
line; and (12) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation
of the Hanalei River project would be 12.25 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Kahawai Power 1, LLC, 33
Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930; phone: (978) 283-2822.
FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott (202) 502-6480.
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-13878-000) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-31019 Filed 12-9-10; 8:45 am]
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