[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17649-17650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06601]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14491-000; Project No. 13579-002]


Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency; FFP Qualified Hydro 14, 
LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    On February 1, 2013, Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency and 
FFP Qualified Hydro 14, 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 
Saylorville Lock and Dam on the Des Moines River, in the city of 
Johnston in Polk County, Iowa. FFP Qualified Hydro 14, LLC's 
application is for a successive preliminary permit. Saylorville Lock 
and Dam 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.
    Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency's proposed project would 
consist of: (1) A new 80-foot-long by 35-foot-wide by 95-foot-high 
concrete intake; (2) three new 14-foot-diameter by 740-foot long 
conduits; (3) a new 100-foot-long by 50-foot-wide concrete powerhouse 
with three 5-megawatt (MW) turbines, having a combined generating 
capacity of 15 MW; (4) three new 7.5-MW generator units; (5) a 100-
foot-long by 75-foot-wide substation; (6) a new 3.73-mile-long, 69-
kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an estimated annual generation of 66 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Raymond J. Wahle, 3724 W. Avera Drive, Sioux 
Falls, SD 57109; (605) 330-6963.
    FFP Qualified Hydro 14, LLC's proposed project would consist of: 
(1) A new 400-foot-long by 300-foot-wide

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forebay channel; (2) a new 75-foot-long by 50-foot-wide by 140-foot-
high concrete intake; (3) a new 18-foot-diameter by 75-foot-long 
concrete lined headrace tunnel; (4) a new18-foot-diameter by 250-foot-
long steel penstock; (5) three 10-foot-diameter, various-length 
pipelines that connects the penstock to the proposed turbines; (6) a 
new 120-foot-long by 70-foot-wide concrete powerhouse, containing three 
4.8-MW Kaplan turbine-generators, with a combined nameplate capacity of 
14.4 MW; (7) a new 275-foot-long by 190-foot-wide tailrace channel; (8) 
a new 60-foot-long by 50-foot-wide substation; (9) a new 4,950-foot-
long, 69-kilovolt transmission line between the project substation to 
an interconnection point and a buried 1000-foot-long, 4.16-kV line from 
the powerhouse to the project substation; and (10) appurtenant 
facilities. The project would have an estimated annual generation of 
45.3 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, 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. 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-14491 or P-13579) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 15, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-06601 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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