[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16408-16409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6771]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice Announcing Preliminary Permit Drawing

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Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLV.....  Project No. 13741-000.
FFP Missouri 9, LLC..............  Project No. 13748-000.
Solia 8 Hydroelectric, LLC.......  Project No. 13771-000.
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    The Commission has received three preliminary permit applications 
deemed filed on May 18, 2010, at 8:30 a.m.,\1\ for proposed projects to 
be located at the Army Corps of Engineers' Point Marion Lock and Dam on 
the Monongahela River, in Fayette and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, 
and Monongahela County, West Virginia. The applications were filed by 
Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLV for Project No. 13741, FFP Missouri 9, 
LLC, for Project No. 13748,

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and Solia 8 Hydroelectric, LLC, for Project No. 13771.\2\
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    \1\ Under the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, any 
document received after regular business hours is considered filed 
at 8:30 a.m. on the next regular business day. 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(2) 
(2010).
    \2\ Point Marion Hydro, LLC, also filed a permit application to 
study the same site for Project No. 13789, which is deemed filed on 
May 19, 2010.
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    On March 24, 2011, at 10 a.m. (eastern time), the Secretary of the 
Commission, or her designee, will conduct a random drawing to determine 
the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The 
Commission will select among competing permit applications as provided 
in section 4.37 of its regulations.\3\ The priority established by this 
drawing will be used to determine which applicant, among those with 
identical filing times, will be considered to have the first-filed 
application.
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    \3\ 18 CFR 4.37 (2010).
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    The drawing is open to the public and will be held in room 2C, the 
Commission Meeting Room, located at 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 
20426. A subsequent notice will be issued by the Secretary announcing 
the results of the drawing.

    Dated: March 15, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-6771 Filed 3-22-11; 8:45 am]
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