[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 5071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1983]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13649-000]


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

January 22, 2010.
    On January 8, 2010, Lock + \TM\ Hydro Friends Fund XXXI, LLC (Lock 
+ Hydro) filed an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Kermit 
Project No. 13649, to be located on the Mississippi River, in Adams 
County, Illinois, and Lewis County, Missouri. The project would be 
located at the existing Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 20 owned and 
operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers that includes a reservoir and a 
lock and dam equipped with roller and tainter gates.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) Two new underwater frame 
modules located adjacent to the dam each containing nine turbine 
generating units with a total capacity of about 9.45 megawatts; (2) a 
new 220-foot, 450-foot-long intake conduit; (3) a new 220-foot-wide, 
50-foot-long tailrace; and (4) a new 9-mile-long, 69 kilovolt 
transmission line. The project would produce an estimated average 
annual generation of about 62,130 megawatts-hours.
    Lock + Hydro Contact: Wayne F. Krouse, Chairman and CEO, Hydro 
Green Energy, LLC., 5090 Richmond Avenue, Suite 290, Houston, TX 77056, 
(877) 556-6566.
    FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 502-6041.
    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 ``eFiling'' 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-
13649) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-1983 Filed 1-29-10; 8:45 am]
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