[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 5928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2216]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13331-000]


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

January 27, 2009.
    On November 10, 2008, the City of Quincy, Illinois filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Quincy Area Hydropower 
Project, which would be located near the town of Clarksville on the 
Mississippi River at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lock 
and Dam No. 24 and Reservoir in Calhoun County, Illinois and Pike 
County, Missouri. The proposed project would utilize federal lands.
    The proposed Quincy Area Hydropower Project would utilize the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers' Lock and Dam No. 24 and would consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) An intake structure, (2) a powerhouse 
containing 30 generating units with a total installed capacity of 15 
MW, (3) a 2.7-mile-long, 34.5 kV underground transmission line, 
connecting to an existing power line, and (4) appurtenant facilities. 
The project would have an annual generation of 88 gigawatt-hours, which 
would be sold to a local utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Kenneth Cantrell, Director of Administrative 
Services, City of Quincy, 730 Maine Street, Quincy, Illinois 62301; 
phone: (217) 228-4500. FERC Contact: Tom Papsidero, (202) 502-6002.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
13127-000 filed March 3, 2008. Competing applications must be filed on 
or before November 30, 2008.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene may be 
filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 
and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-
Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, documents may be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight copies should be 
mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For more 
information on how to submit these types of filings please go to the 
Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. More information about this project 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-
13331) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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