[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 7863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02931]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14253-003]


Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund IV; Notice of Successive Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On January 20, 2015, the Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund IV filed an 
application for a successive preliminary permit under section 4(f) of 
the Federal Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of the 
proposed USACE MSR LD 17 Project No. 14253-003, to be located at the 
existing Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 17 on the Mississippi 
River, near the city of New Boston, in Mercer County, Illinois and 
Louisa County, Iowa. The Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 17 is owned 
by the United States government and operated by the 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 owners' express 
permission.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) Three new 109-foot-wide 
by 40-foot-high steel lock frame modules each containing ten 650-
kilowatt hydropower turbines having a total combined generating 
capacity of 19.5 megawatts; (2) one new 109-foot-wide and one new 220-
foot-wide tailrace extending 75-150 feet downstream; (3) a new 25-foot 
by 50-foot switchyard; (4) a new intake structure of undetermined size; 
(5) a new 6-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated annual 
generation of 119,655 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, P.O. Box 43796, Birmingham, 
AL 35243; (877) 556-6566, extension 709.
    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. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. 
Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14253-003.
    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-14253) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 5, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-02931 Filed 2-11-15; 8:45 am]
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