[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6020-6021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2485]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

January 29, 2010.

Brookfield Power United States      Project No. 13077-000.
 Generation Development, LLC.
Robertson Energy Group, LLC.......  Project No. 13081-000.
 

    Brookfield Power United States Generation Development, LLC 
(Brookfield Power) and Robertson Energy Group, LLC (Robertson Energy) 
filed preliminary permit applications, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the George W. 
Andrews Hydroelectric Project located at the existing George W. Andrews 
Lock and Dam on the Chattahoochee River, Early County, Georgia, and 
Huston County, Alabama, near the town of Columbia, Alabama. The 
projects would occupy federal lands under the jurisdiction of the U. S. 
Army Corps of Engineers. 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 Projects description:
    The proposed George W. Andrews Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project 
by Brookfield Power (Project No. 13077-000, filed on November 16, 
2007), would be built on the Alabama side and would consist of: (1) A 
new powerhouse containing four new pit turbine-generators each rated at 
6 MW for a total combined plant capacity of 24 MW; (2) an intake 
channel and a tailrace channel; (3) an approximately ten miles long 
transmission line connecting the powerhouse to an existing substation; 
and (4) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an 
average annual generation of 89 gigawatt-hours.
    The proposed George W. Andrews Hydroelectric Project by Robertson 
Energy (Project No. 13081-000, filed on November 21, 2007), would be 
built on the Alabama side and would consist of: (1) A new powerhouse 
containing four new turbine-generators each rated at 4 MW for a total 
combined plant capacity of 16 MW; (2) an intake channel and a

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tailrace channel; (3) an approximately ten miles long transmission line 
connecting the powerhouse to an existing substation; and (4) 
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an average 
annual generation of 75 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicants Contact: For Brookfield Power: Mr. Jeffrey M. Auser, 
P.E., BPUS Generation Development LLC, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 
201, Liverpool, NY 13088, telephone: (315) 413-2821. For Robertson 
Energy: Mr. James R. Robertson, 5702 Reno Court, Boonsboro, MD 21713, 
telephone: (301) 432-7882.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, (202) 502-6211.
    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. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36. 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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13077-000, or 13081-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-2485 Filed 2-4-10; 8:45 am]
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