[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50178-50179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23517]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13421-000]


Dillon Dam Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

September 23, 2009.
    On April 2, 2009, Muskingum Valley Hydro (Muskingum) filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of developing the Dillon Dam 
Hydroelectric Project, to be located on the Licking River in Muskingum 
County, near Zanesville, Ohio. The proposed project would be located at 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dillon Dam consisting of the existing 
1,560-acre impoundment with a normal water surface elevation of 735 
feet mean sea level.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new powerhouse to be 
located on the downstream side of Dillon dam

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below the outlet works; (2) a new 50-foot-long, 96-inch penstock; (3) a 
new turbine generator unit with an installed capacity of 1.59 MW; and 
(4) a new 300-foot-long, 14.7-kV transmission line. The project would 
have an estimated average annual generation of 9,700 megawatt-hours. 
Muskingum states that it will investigate various other types of 
hydroelectric generation at the site including Very Low Head Turbine 
technology.
    Applicant Contact: Randall Smith, Muskingum Valley Hydro, 4950 
Frazeysburg Road, Zanesville, Ohio 43701 (740) 891-5424.
    FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy, (202) 502-8755.
    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 ``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-
13421) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-23517 Filed 9-29-09; 8:45 am]
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