[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 18 (Monday, January 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01911]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13734-003]


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

    On January 13, 2017, Lock + Hydro Friends Fund V filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Hildebrand Lock & Dam Project (Hildebrand Project or project) to be 
located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Hildebrand Lock 
and Dam on the Monongahela River in Monongalia County, West Virginia. 
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 the following: (1) A new 55-
foot-long by 40-foot-high Large Frame Module (LFM); (2) two pre-
fabricated concrete walls if needed; (3) a new 50-foot-wide by 100-
foot-long tailrace; (4) five low-head modular bulb hydroelectric 
turbine-generators each rated at 1.5 megawatts; (5) a low-voltage, 
36.7-kilovolt (kV) distribution line from the generator to the new 
switchyard; (6) a new 25-foot-wide by 50-foot-long switchyard; and (7) 
a new 69-kV transmission line approximately 1,000 feet long from the 
new switchyard to an existing substation. The estimated annual 
generation of the Hildebrand Project would be 66,974 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse, Lock + Hydro Friends Fund V, 
P.O. Box 43796, Birmingham, AL 35243; phone: (877) 556-6566.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone:(202) 502-6336.
    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-13734-003.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
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-13734) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 23, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-01911 Filed 1-27-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P