[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29921]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13519-000]


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

December 10, 2009.
    On June 18, 2009, Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XIX, 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 
Steel Curtain, which would be located at the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineer's Claiborne Lock and Dam on the Alabama River near the town of 
Monroeville, Monroe County, AL. 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) One lock frame module consisting of nine 2,000 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 4.0 miles long 
extending from the turbine units, and crossing the Alabama River to an 
existing distribution line located southeast of the dam. The 18 
megawatt project would have an estimated annual generation of 15 
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 simple 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-13519) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-29921 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]
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