[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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