[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 34033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13877]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14398-000]


American River Power IX, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 30, 2012, American River Power IX, LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Peoria Dam, Illinois--Hydroelectric Water Power Project (Peoria Dam 
Project or project) to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 
(Corps) Peoria Lock and Dam on the Illinois River, near Bartonsville, 
Peoria County, Illinois. 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 project would consist of the following: (1) A concrete 
intake located on the Peoria County side of the Illinois River upstream 
of an existing retaining wall and facing 45 degrees to the existing 
dam; (2) a 120-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 55-foot-high powerhouse 
containing two horizontal Kaplan pit turbines each with a rated 
capacity of 3.75 megawatts, and each coupled to a speed increaser and 
then coupled to a high speed generator; (3) a concrete tailrace 
releasing water into the river downstream of the dam; (4) a switchyard 
with a step-up transformer increasing the 4.16 kilovolts (kV) produced 
by the generators to 36.7 kV; (5) a 1,500-foot-long, 36.7-kV 
transmission line conveying the power from the switchyard to a point of 
interconnection with the local utility; and (6) appurtenant facilities. 
The project would occupy lands owned and administered by the Corps. The 
estimated annual generation of the Peoria Dam Project would be 32.5 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Michael Skelly, Chairman/Manager, American River 
Power IX, LLC, 726 Eldridge Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08107-1708; phone: 
(856) 240-0707 or [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211 or 
[email protected].
    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/efiling.asp. Commenters can 
submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior 
registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information 
at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven 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 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14398) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 1, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-13877 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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