[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29916]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13596-000]


McGinnis, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

December 10, 2009.
    On September 29, 2009, McGinnis, Inc. filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Smithland Hydrokinetic 
Project, which would be located downstream of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineer's Smithland Lock and Dam on the Ohio River near the town of 
Hamletsburg, Pope County, Illinois; and town of Smithland, Livingston 
County, Kentucky. 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:
    (1) Ten 35-kilowatt turbine generators mounted to a barge anchored 
in the Ohio River downstream of the Smithland Lock and Dam; (2) an 
armored transmission cable extending from the barge to a small shore 
substation; and (3) an access road needed to access the shore 
substation. The project would have an estimated annual generation of 
1,533,000 kilowatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Bruce D. McGinnis, Sr.; McGinnis, Inc.; P.O. 
Box 534; 502 Second St. Ext.; South Point, OH 45680; or phone 740-377-
4391.
    FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar at [email protected] or phone 202-
502-6035.
    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-13596) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-29916 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]
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