[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34092-34093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13395]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13625-003; Project No. 14504-000]


Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXX, LLC; FFP Project 121, LLC; Notice 
of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXX, LLC and FFP Project 121, 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 New Cumberland Locks and Dam on the Ohio 
River, near the town of New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia 
and Jefferson County, Ohio. Both applications were filed electronically 
and given the filing date of March 1, 2013, at 8:30 a.m.\1\ New 
Cumberland Locks 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.
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    \1\ The Commission is open each day, except Saturdays, Sundays, 
and holidays, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. See 18 CFR 375.101(c) 
(2012). The two applications were filed between 5:00 p.m. on April 
30, 2012 and 8:30 a.m. on March 1, 2013. 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. See id. at 385.2001(a)(2).
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    Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXX, LLC's application is for a successive 
preliminary permit. Its proposed project would consist of: (1) One new 
concrete-lined power canal; (2) one new approximately 260-foot-wide, 
56-foot-high lock frame module, containing 17 turbines each having a 
nameplate capacity of 1.5 megawatts (MW), with a total installed 
capacity of 25.5 MW; (3) new flow control doors; (4) a new tailrace 260 
feet wide by 250 feet long; (5) a new switchyard, transformer, and 
control room; (6) a new approximately 2,000-foot-long, 69-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line from the new switchyard to an existing distribution 
line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project would have an 
estimated annual generation of 145,850 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Stover, 900 Oakmont Lane, Suite 301, 
Westmont, IL 60559; (877) 556-6566 extension 711.
    FFP Project 121, LLC's proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 
250-foot-wide by 380-foot-long forebay; (2) a new 220-foot by 250-foot 
reinforced concrete powerhouse; (3) three new 16.6-MW horizontal bulb 
turbine-generators having a total combined generating capacity of 49.8 
MW; (4) a new 300-foot-long concrete retaining wall downstream of the 
powerhouse; (5) a new 300-foot-wide by 515-foot-long tailrace area; (6) 
a new 60-foot-wide by 60-foot-long substation; (7) a new 0.8-mile-long, 
36.7-kV transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an estimated annual generation of 251,600 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Daniel Lissner, 239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, 
Boston, MA 02114; (978) 252-7111.
    FERC Contact: Tim Looney, (202) 502-6096.
    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. 13625: 60 days from the issuance 
of this notice.\2\ 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 five copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy

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Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
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    \2\ On March 19, 2013, the Commission mistakenly issued public 
notice of only FFP Project 121, LLC's preliminary permit 
application. That notice established a deadline of May 20, 2013 for 
filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications 
(without notices of intent), and notices of intent to file competing 
applications. The filing deadline for both dockets is now extended 
to 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
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    More information about these projects, including a copy of either 
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-13625 or P-14504) in the docket number field 
to access the documents. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 30, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-13395 Filed 6-5-13; 8:45 am]
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