[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 47380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17221]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14789-000]


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

    On June 27, 2016, the Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund IV, 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 
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 26 Project No. 14789-000, to be located 
at the existing Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 26 on the 
Mississippi River, near the City of West Alston, in St. Charles County, 
Missouri and the City of Alton, in Madison County, Illinois. The 
Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 26 is owned by the United States 
government and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 750-foot-long by 
22-foot-wide by 66-foot-high steel frame modular hydropower system 
containing fifty 1.5-megawatt (MW) hydropower turbines for a total 
combined generating capacity of 75 MW; (2) a new 550-foot-long by 750-
foot-wide tailrace; (3) a new 50-foot by 100-foot switchyard; (4) a new 
5.2-mile-long, 69-kilovolt (kV) or 115 kV transmission line; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated annual 
generation of 427,050 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, P.O. Box 43796, Birmingham, 
AL 35243; telephone (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-14789-000.
    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-14789) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 15, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-17221 Filed 7-20-16; 8:45 am]
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