[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 13843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06082]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14649-000]


Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On December 1, 2014, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC filed an application 
for a preliminary permit under section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
proposing to study the feasibility of the proposed Ellis Hydroelectric 
Project No. 14649-000, to be located at the existing Ellis Lock and Dam 
on the Muskingum River, near the township of Ellis, in Muskingum 
County, Ohio. The Ellis Lock and Dam is owned and operated by the state 
of Ohio. There are no federal lands associated with the project. 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) The existing 340-foot-
long by 15.3-foot-high Ellis Dam spillway and 352-acre reservoir with a 
normal elevation of 690 feet mean sea level; (2) five new 500-kilowatt 
Very Low Head 4000 submersible turbine-generator units with a combined 
capacity of 2.5 megawatts; (3) a new 40-foot-long by 20-foot-wide 
switchyard containing a three phase step-up transformer, protective 
equipment, and metering equipment; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 12.5 to 
34.5 kilovolt, overhead transmission line that would connect to an 
existing local utility distribution system; and (5) appurtenant 
facilities. The project would have an estimated annual generation of 
9,500 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John Collins, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 
600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, (301) 718-4431.
    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-14649-000.
    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-14649) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 11, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-06082 Filed 3-16-15; 8:45 am]
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