[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 50025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20628]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14999-000]
Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications;
Four Lakes Task Force
On June 20, 2019, Four Lakes Task Force filed an application for a
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the Edenville Dam Hydroelectric
Project located on the Tittabawassee and Tobacco River system
approximately one mile north of Edenville, in Gladwin and Midland
Counties, Michigan. 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 project is located immediately upstream of the confluence of
Tittabawassee and Tobacco rivers and would consist of the following
facilities: (1) A 6-square-mile, 40,000 acre-feet at normal maximum
surface elevation of 676.1 National Geodetic Vertical Datum 29 (NGVD29)
existing reservoir (Wixom Lake); (2) a 6,200.0-foot-long existing
earthen gravity dam with a minimum crest elevation of 682.1 feet NGVD29
including: (i) a 625.0-foot-long left (south-east) embankment; (ii) a
68.6-foot-wide spillway containing two 20.0-foot-wide by 9.5-foot-high
steel Tainter gates and one 23.6-foot-wide by 9.5-foot-high steel
Tainter gate each with a sill elevation of 667.8 feet NGVD29; (iii) a
50.5-foot-wide, 114.7-foot-long existing concrete and steel powerhouse
containing two 2.4 megawatts (MW) turbine-generators; (iv) a 3,428.7-
foot-long center section embankment; (v) a 60.0-foot-wide, 60.0-foot-
long new concrete and steel powerhouse containing one 1.2 MW turbine-
generator; (vi) a 72.2-foot-wide spillway containing two 23.6-foot-wide
by 9.5-foot-high steel Tainter gates and one 20.0-foot-wide by 9.5-
foot-high steel Tainter gate each with a sill elevation of 667.8 feet
NGVD29; and (vii) a 1,895.0-foot-long right (west) embankment; (3) a
50.6 to 65.0-foot-wide, 47.0-foot-long tailrace; (4) an 800-foot-long,
2.3 kilovolt existing transmission line conveying the project power to
Edenville Dam Substation owned by Consumers Energy; and (5) appurtenant
facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of
21,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: David E. Kepler, II, Four Lakes Task Force, 233
E. Larkin St., Suite 2, Midland, MI 48640; phone: (989) 636-7701.
FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211.
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-14999-000.
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-14999) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: September 18, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-20628 Filed 9-23-19; 8:45 am]
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