[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 53956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21156]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15226-000]


City of North Little Rock; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On June 28, 2021, the City of North Little Rock filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Toad Suck 
Ferry Lock & Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 15226-000 (Toad Suck Ferry 
Project, or project), a run-of-river project to be located at the 
existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Toad Suck Ferry Lock and Dam in 
Faulkner County, Arkansas. 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) An 
existing reservoir with a maximum water surface elevation of 265.3 feet 
mean sea level; (2) an existing, 1,450-foot-long lock and dam, 
including a 1,120-foot-long spillway section with 16, 60-foot-long by 
27-foot-high tainter gates; (3) a new headrace intake channel; (4) a 
new concrete powerhouse housing one, 40-megawatt horizontal turbine-
generator unit; (5) a new discharge penstock; (6) a new tailrace 
receiving flow from the penstock; (7) a new interconnection line to 
either the existing, 69 kilo-Volt (kV) Bigelow substation, or the 
existing, 115-kV Mayflower substation; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    Applicant Contact: Scott Springer, 1400 W Maryland Ave., North 
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72120; phone: (501) 372-0100.
    FERC Contact: Navreet Deo; phone: (202) 502-6304; email: 
[email protected].
    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. 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-15226-000.
    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-15226) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 23, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-21156 Filed 9-28-21; 8:45 am]
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