[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 136 (Monday, July 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 41782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17247]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13330-001; Project No. 14403-000]


City of Quincy; FFP Project 110, LLC; Notice of Competing 
Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On May 1, 2012, City of Quincy and FFP Project 110, LLC filed 
preliminary permit applications pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of a hydropower project, 
to be located at the existing Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 25 on 
the Mississippi River, near the city of Winfield in Lincoln County, 
Missouri and Calhoun County, Illinois. The City of Quincy's application 
is for a successive preliminary permit. Mississippi River Lock and Dam 
No. 25 is owned by the United States government and operated by the 
United States 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 owner's express permission.
    City of Quincy's proposed project would consist of: (1) Forty new 
500-kilowatt submersible low-head turbine-generator units, having a 
total combined generating capacity of 30 megawatts; (2) a new 878-foot-
long concrete and steel control building structure immediately 
downstream of an existing dyke; (3) a new 3.1-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt 
transmission line that would connect to the Missouri electric power 
grid, or a new 6.8-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt transmission line that 
would connect to the Illinois electric power grid; and (4) appurtenant 
facilities. The project would have an estimated annual generation of 
98.3 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Charles Bevelheimer, 730 Maine Street, 
Quincy, IL 62301; (217) 228-4500.
    FFP Project 110, LLC's proposed project would consist of: (1) 
Fourteen new 60-foot by 60-foot reinforced concrete powerhouses, each 
containing two 500-kilowatt bulb turbine-generators, having a total 
combined generating capacity of 14 megawatts; (2) fourteen existing 
submersible tainter gates; (3) a new 40-foot by 35-foot substation; (4) 
a new 10-foot by 60-foot intake structure; (5) a new 3-mile-long, 34.5-
kilovolt transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an estimated annual generation of 56 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Ramya Swaminathan, 239 Causeway Street, 
Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114; (978) 283-2822.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, (202) 502-6331.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and competing 
applications (without notices of intent) or notices of intent to file 
competing applications for Project No. 13330: 60 days from the issuance 
of this notice. We previously issued an acceptance notice for Project 
No. 14403 on May 21, 2012. That notice established a deadline of July 
20, 2012 for filing comments, motions to intervene, and competing 
applications. The deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, 
and competing applications, or notices of intent to file competing 
applications for Project No. 14403 is herewith extended to 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice to coincide with the deadline for Project 
No. 13330. 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 either 
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-13330 or P-14403) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 10, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-17247 Filed 7-13-12; 8:45 am]
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