[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 243 (Monday, December 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67866-67867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30237]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13441-000]


FFP Iowa 3, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

December 14, 2009.
    On April 30, 2009, FFP Iowa 3, LLC filed an application pursuant to 
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 16 Water Power 
Project (Lock & Dam 16 Project) to be located at River Mile 457.2 on 
the Mississippi River near the town of Muscatine in Muscatine County, 
Iowa, and Rock Island County, Illinois.
    The proposed Lock & Dam 16 Project would be located at the existing 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock & Dam No. 16 and would consist of: 
(1) Twenty six 760-kilowatt (kW) Very Low Head (VHL) generating units 
with a combined capacity of 19.7 megawatts (MW) to be installed 
integral with the dam, and one hundred 35-kW hydrokinetic generating 
units with a combined capacity of 3.5 MW to be installed in the 
Mississippi River in an area just downstream of the dam; and (2) a new 
11,000 foot-long, 69-kilovolt (or greater) transmission line connected 
to an existing above-ground local distribution system. The project 
would have an estimated average annual generation of 96,400 megawatt-
hours.

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    Applicant Contact: Mr. Daniel R. Irvin, Free Flow Power 
Corporation, 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 252-
7631.
    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 Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-
13441) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-30237 Filed 12-18-09; 8:45 am]
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