[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 224 (Monday, November 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 61143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28016]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13610-000]


Hydro Energy Technologies LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

November 16, 2009.
    On October 30, 2009, Hydro Energy Technologies LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Independence Dam Hydroelectric Project, located in Defiance County, in 
the state of 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 proposed project would consist of the following developments:
    (1) An existing 652-feet-long, 11.8-feet-high concrete gravity 
Independence dam;
    (2) an existing reservoir having a surface area of 545 acres and a 
storage capacity of 3,270 acre-feet and normal water surface elevation 
of 600 feet mean sea level; (3) a proposed powerhouse containing one or 
more vertical open flume turbine generating units having a combined 
nominal capacity of 1-megawatt; (4) a proposed 150-feet-long, 480-VAC 
transmission line and transformer; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed development would have an average annual generation of 6,000 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Anthony J. Marra Jr., President, Hydro Energy 
Technologies LLC, 31300 Solon Rd., Suite 12, Solon, OH 44139; phone: 
(440) 498-1000.
    FERC Contact: Mary Greene, 202-502-8865.
    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 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected]; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, 
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly 
encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To 
paper-file, mail an original and eight 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-13610) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-28016 Filed 11-20-09; 8:45 am]
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