[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 70549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28345]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14539-000; Project No. 14540-000]


Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund III, LLC, Western Minnesota Municipal 
Power Agency; Notice Announcing Preliminary Permit Drawing

    The Commission has received two preliminary permit applications 
deemed filed on July 23, 2013 at 8:30 a.m.,\1\ for proposed projects to 
be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Melvin Price Locks and 
Dam on the Mississippi River, near the City of Alton, in Madison 
County, Illinois, and the City of West Alton, in St. Charles County, 
Missouri. The applications were filed by Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund III, 
LLC for Project No. 14539-000 and Western Minnesota Municipal Power 
Agency for Project No. 14540-000.
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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. See 18 
CFR.385.2001(a)(2) (2013).
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    On November 25, 2013, at 10:00 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 between the two competing permit 
applications as provided in section 4.37 of its regulations.\2\ The 
priority established by this drawing will be used to determine which 
applicant, between those with identical filing times, will be 
considered to have the first-filed application.
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    \2\ See id. 4.37.
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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 Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426. The Secretary will issue a subsequent notice announcing the 
results of the drawing.

    Dated: November 19, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-28345 Filed 11-25-13; 8:45 am]
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