[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46516-46517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19070]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14968-000]


Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications: 
Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends Fund XV, LLC

    On March 1, 2019, Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends Fund XV, LLC, 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 
Francis Walter Dam Hydropower Project to be located at the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Francis Walter Dam on the Lehigh River in 
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 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 30-
foot-wide, 30-foot-deep, 160-foot-tall modular frame structure to be 
installed at the intake for the outlet pipe adjacent to the outlet 
tower, containing two turbine-generator units with a rated capacity of 
2,400 kilowatts each; (2) a new switchgear and control room located in 
the modular structure; and (3) a new 13-kilovolt transmission line 
connecting the modular structure with a nearby existing electrical 
grid. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 20,000 
megawatt-hours.

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    Applicant Contact: Wayne Crouse, Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends Fund XV, 
LLC, PO Box 43796, Birmingham, AL 35243; phone: 877-556-6566, ext. 709.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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-14968-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14968) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 28, 2019
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-19070 Filed 9-3-19; 8:45 am]
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