[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21626]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13535-000]


Muskingum Valley Hydro; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

September 1, 2009.
    On July 6, 2009, Muskingum Valley Hydro filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Muskingum Valley Hoover Dam 
Hydroelectric Project No. 13535, to be located at the existing Hoover 
Dam, on the Big Walnut River, in Franklin County, Ohio. 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 existing Hoover Dam is owned and operated by the Ohio 
Department of Natural Resources and includes the existing reservoir, 
dam, outlet works, and tailrace. The proposed project would consist of: 
(1) The existing 85.5-foot-high earth fill concrete gravity Hoover Dam 
equipped with a 680-foot-long ogee spillway; (2) an existing 3,272-acre 
impoundment with a normal water surface elevation 890 feet mean sea 
level; (3) a new 30-foot-long by 30-foot-wide powerhouse containing two 
turbine generator units for a total installed capacity of 3.5 
megawatts; (4) a new 600-foot-long, 14.7-kilovolt transmission line; 
and (5) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would operate in 
run-of-river mode and generate an estimated average annual generation 
of 30,600,000 kilowatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Randall J. Smith, Muskingum Valley Hydro, 4950 
Frazeysburg Road, Zanesville, Ohio 43701, (740) 891-5424.
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts, (202) 502-6123.
    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. 
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 
under the ``eFiling'' 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 Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-
13535) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-21626 Filed 9-4-09; 8:45 am]
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