[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49925-49926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20128]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13808-000; Project No. 13813-000]


Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLIX; FFP Missouri 14, LLC; Notice of 
Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

August 9, 2010.
    Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLIX (Hydro Friends) and FFP Missouri 14, 
LLC (FFP) filed preliminary permit applications, pursuant to section 
4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of 
developing hydropower projects at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(Corps) New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, located on the Savannah River 
near the City of Augusta, GA, in Richmond County, GA, and Aiken County, 
SC. Both applications were filed electronically and given the filing 
date of July 12, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. 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 are described as follows:
    The New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project, Project 
No. 13808-000, filed on July 12, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., would consist of: 
(1) One 75-foot-wide lock frame module placed downstream from the New 
Savannah Bluff Dam, housed between two pre-fabricated concrete walls 
that would guide flows into the turbines; (2) the lock frame module 
would consist of seven hydropower turbines, each rated at 1.25 
megawatts (MW) and have a total rated capacity of 8.75 MW; (3) fish/
debris screens located upstream of the module; (4) a new transformer in 
a switchyard which would be located on the south bank of the river; and 
(5) a 3-mile-long 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending from the 
switchyard to an existing sub-station located south-west of the dam. 
Hydro Friends is also exploring alternatives that would locate the 
module in the downstream section of the Corps lock, and upstream of the 
dam. Each design would have an average annual generation of 57,526 
megawatt-hours/year (MWh/yr). The project would operate run-of-river 
and utilize flows released from the New Savannah Bluff Dam.
    The New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project, Project 
No. 13813-000, filed on July 12, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., would consist of: 
(1) Two to four compact bulb turbines, with a combined generation 
capacity of 7.0 MW, placed in the existing gate bays of the Corps New 
Savannah Bluff Dam; (2) a 30-foot x 40-foot control building located on 
the South Carolina side of the river; and (3) a 10,900-foot-long 
transmission line extending south from a switchyard near the dam to an 
existing transmission line located south of the project. FFP is also 
exploring an alternative that would involve construction of a new 
powerhouse, intake channel, and tailrace opposite the lock structure on 
the South Carolina side of the river. Each design would have an average 
annual generation of 57,000 MWh/yr. The project would utilize flows 
from the New Savannah Bluff Dam and operate as directed by the Corps.
    Applicants Contact: For Hydro Friends: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, 
Chairman and CEO, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, 5090 Richmond Avenue 
390, Houston, TX 77056. (877) 556-6566 x709. For FFP: Mr. 
Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow Power Corporation, 33 Commercial Street, 
Gloucester, MA 01930. (978) 283-2822.
    FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar, [email protected], (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. 
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

[[Page 49926]]

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-13808-000, or P-13813-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-20128 Filed 8-13-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P