[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 51139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19785]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15113-000]


Kinet, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    On April 12, 2021, Kinet, Inc., filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Coons Rapid Hydroelectric 
Project to be located on the Mississippi River, near the Towns of 
Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids, in Hennepin County, Minnesota. 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 utilize the impoundment formed by the 
Hennepin County Dam owned and operated by Suburban Hennepin Regional 
Park District (Three Rivers Park District) and consist of the 
following: (1) An existing 975-foot-long by 35-foot-high concrete dam; 
(2) a 160-square-mile reservoir with a normal storage volume of 1,380 
acre-feet at a normal pool elevation of 830 feet mean sea level; (3) 
three 52-foot-long by 102-foot-wide by 33-foot-high concrete- intake 
structures with varying depths of between 8 to 32 feet; (4) a new 120-
foot-wide by 60-foot-long by 33-foot-high concrete powerhouse 
containing fifteen 751-kilowatt (kW) turbine-generators for a total 
project capacity of 10,275 kW; (5) a 54-foot-long by 306-foot-wide 
tailrace; (6) a 1,200-foot-long, 115-kilovolt transmission line; and 
(7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Coon 
Rapids Hydroelectric Project would be 62,539 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Dan Panko, Kinet, Inc, 2401 Monarch Street, 
Alameda, CA 94501; phone: (802) 578-7973; email: [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Tyrone Williams; phone: (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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-15113-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15113) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 8, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-19785 Filed 9-13-21; 8:45 am]
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