77862 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 14, 2010 / Notices 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the Internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site http:// 

www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

Comment Date: December 29, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31257 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 13825–000; 13827–000] 

FFP Missouri 16, LLC, Solia 9 

Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of 

Competing Preliminary Permit 

Applications Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

December 7, 2010. 

On August 6, 2010, FFP Missouri 16, 

LLC (FFP) and Solia 9 Hydroelectric, 

LLC filed preliminary permit 

applications, pursuant to section 4(f) of 

the Federal Power Act, proposing to 

study the feasibility of a hydropower 

project at the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Mississippi River 

Lock and Dam #15 structure, located on 

the Mississippi River near Rock Island, 

Illinois. 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. 

FFP’s Mississippi Lock and Dam #15 

Project (Project No. 13825–000) would 

consist of: (1) Four modular generation 

units placed in nine of the existing gate 

bays of the Corps’ lock and dam 

structure. These 36 units would contain 

compact bulb turbines with individual 

unit capacities of 835 KW each and have 

a combined capacity of 30 MW; (2) a 

separate 50-foot x 60-foot control 

building; (3) a new 30 MVa substation 

located on the north side of the river; (4) 

a new 5,500-foot-long transmission line 

extending to an interconnection point 

with the existing Mid American Energy 

substation on the southern edge of Rock 

Island; and (5) appurtenant facilities. 

The proposed operating voltage would 

be 115-kilovolt (kV). FFP is also 

exploring an alternative that would 

involve construction of a new 260-footlong x 210-foot-wide x 70-foot-high 

conventional concrete powerhouse and 

intake in the northern two roller gate 

bays. The new proposed powerhouse 

would contain four horizontal bulb 

turbines rated at 7.5 MW each. Each 

design would have a total energy 

generation of 200 gigawatt-hours per 

year. The project would utilize Corps 

designated flows from the Mississippi 

Lock and Dam #15 structure and operate 

as directed by the Corps. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Ramya 

Swaminathan, Free Flow Power 

Corporation, 33 Commercial Street, 

Gloucester, MA 01930; Telephone: (978) 

283–2822. 

Solia 9 Hydroelectric’s proposed Lock 

and Dam #15 Hydropower Project 

(Project No. 13827–000) would consist 

of: (1) One 245-foot-long x 160-footwide x 60-foot-high concrete 

powerhouse. The proposed powerhouse 

would contain 6 turbine generator units 

with individual unit capacities of 5.2 

MW each and have a combined capacity 

of 31 MW; (2) a new 26,400-foot-long 34 

to 230-kV transmission line extending 

from the switchyard near the proposed 

powerhouse to an existing nearby 

distribution line; and (3) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed project design 

would have a total energy generation of 

172 gigawatt-hours per year. The project 

would operate run-of-river and utilize 

flows released from the dam. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas 

Spaulding, P.E., Nelson Energy, LLC, 

8441 Wayzata Blvd., #101, Golden 

Valley, MN 55426; Telephone: (952) 

544–8133. 

FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, 

tyrone.williams@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

6331. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, and competing 

applications (without notices of intent), 

or notices of intent to file competing 

applications: 60 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. Comments, motions 

to intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport.gov; call toll-free at 

(866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly recommends 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, an original 

and eight copies should be mailed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

For more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13795) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31258 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

December 9, 2010. 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 

government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. 

L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: December 16, 2010, 

10 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda. 

* Note —Items listed on the agenda may be 

deleted without further notice. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone 

(202) 502–8400. 

For a recorded message listing items 

struck from or added to the meeting, call 

(202) 502–8627. 

This is a list of matters to be 

considered by the Commission. It does 

not include a listing of all documents 

relevant to the items on the agenda. All 


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