[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4058-4059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1389]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12576-004]


CRD Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

January 15, 2010.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-12576-004.
    c. Date filed: February 24, 2009.
    d. Applicant: CRD Hydroelectric, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Red Rock Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Des Moines River, in Marion County, Iowa. The 
project would be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Red Rock 
Dam.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas A. Spaulding, Nelson Energy LLC, 
8441 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 101, Golden Valley, MN 55426; (952) 544-8133.
    i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, [email protected], (202) 
502-6359.

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    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    All documents 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.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted and is now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. The proposed Red Rock Project would be located at the existing 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Red Rock Dam. The existing Corps 
facilities consist of: (1) A 110-foot-high, 6,260-foot-long earth-fill 
dam with a 241-foot-long ogee spillway equipped with five 45-foot-high 
tainter gates; and (2) a 15,253-acre reservoir at a normal conservation 
pool water surface elevation of 742.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum of 1929.
    The proposed project would utilize the head created by the existing 
Corps dam and consist of: (1) A new 127-foot-long by 19-foot-wide 
intake structure connected to; (2) three new 19-foot-diameter, 211-
foot-long penstocks passing through the left side of the spillway 
leading to; (3) a new 59-foot-long by 132-foot-wide powerhouse located 
directly downstream of the existing spillway structure containing three 
new 12.13-megawatt (MW) generating units with a total generating 
capacity of 36.4 MW; (4) a new 8.4-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission 
line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual 
generation would be 158,000 megawatt-hours.
    The project would be operated in run-of-river mode in that it would 
have no storage and only use flows released by the Corps in accordance 
with its present operations.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the due date for 
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the 
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be 
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the 
initial development application. No competing applications or notices 
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate. The Commission staff proposes to issue one 
environmental assessment rather than issue a draft and final EA. 
Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, prescriptions, and 
reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA. Staff intends to 
give at least 30 days for entities to comment on the EA, and will take 
into consideration all comments received on the EA before final action 
is taken on the license application.
    Notice of the availability of the EA: September 2010.
    p. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-1389 Filed 1-25-10; 8:45 am]
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