[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29919]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13516-000]


Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XVIII, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

December 10, 2009.
    On July 16, 2009, Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XVIII, 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 Project 
Terrible Towel, which would be located at the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineer's William O. Huske Lock and Dam on the Cape fear River near 
the town of Tolar Landing, Bladen County, NC. 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) Two lock frame modules consisting of eighteen 525 kilowatt 
turbines placed in a concrete-lined conduit of unknown dimensions. The 
module would be located adjacent to and east of the Corps dam; and (2) 
a proposed 69 kV transmission line approximately 1.1 miles long 
extending from the turbine units, crossing the Cape fear River, to an 
existing distribution line located west of the dam. The 9.45 megawatt 
project would have an estimated annual generation of 74 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Wayne F. Krouse; Hydro Green Energy, LLC; 5090 
Richmond Avenue 390; Houston, TX 77056; phone: (877) 556-6566 
x709.
    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-13516) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-29919 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]
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