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Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number, excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, of for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

n. Register online at http:// 

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assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31709 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[P–13214–001] 

Lock 12 Hydro Partners; Notice of 

Intent To File License Application, 

Filing of Pre-Application Document, 

and Approving Use of the Traditional 

Licensing Process 

December 10, 2010. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 13214–001. 

c. Dated Filed: October 12, 2010. 

d. Submitted by: Lock 12 Hydro 

Partners. 

e. Name of Project: Kentucky Lock 

and Dam 12 Project. 

f. Location: On the Kentucky River, in 

Estill County, Kentucky. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: David 

Brown Kinloch, Soft Energy Associates, 

Agent for Lock 12 Hydro Partners, 414 

South Wenzel Street, Louisville, KY 

40204, (502) 589–0975. 

i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy at 

(202) 502–6145; or e-mail at 

sean.murphy@ferc.gov. 

j. Lock 12 Hydro Partners filed its 

request to use the Traditional Licensing 

Process on October 12, 2010. Lock 12 

Hydro Partners provided public notice 

of its request on November 15, 2010. In 

a letter dated December 10, 2010, the 

Director of the Office of Energy Projects 

approved Lock 12 Hydro Partners’ 

request to use the Traditional Licensing 

Process. 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations there under at 50 

CFR, Part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries 

under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act and implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 600.920; and (c) 

the Kentucky State Historic Preservation 

Officer, as required by Section 106, 

National Historical Preservation Act, 

and the implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. Lock 12 Hydro Partners filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including 

a proposed process plan and schedule) 

with the Commission, pursuant to 18 

CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

m. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number, excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, of for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

n. Register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related 

to this or other pending projects. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31710 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13841–000] 

County of DuPage; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

December 10, 2010. 

On September 21, 2010, the County of 

DuPage, Illinois, filed an application for 

a preliminary permit, pursuant to 

section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility 

of the Elmhurst Quarry Pumped Storage 

Project (Elmhurst Quarry Project or 

project) to be located on Salt Creek, near 

Elmhurst City, DuPage County, 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 landdisturbing 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) A surface quarry 

(upper reservoir) having a total storage 

capacity of 8,145 acre-feet at a normal 

maximum operating elevation of 667 

feet mean sea level (msl) and a usable 

capacity of 7,465 acre-feet; (2) an upper 

inlet/outlet structure equipped with 

trash racks and one or two slide gates 

for isolating and dewatering the 

penstock; (3) an 870-foot-long, 28-footdiameter penstock consisting of both 

shaft and tunnel segments and 

extending between the upper inlet/ 

outlet and the pump/turbines below; (4) 

an underground mine (lower reservoir) 

250 feet below the bottom of the upper 

reservoir having a total/usable storage 

capacity of 7,465 acre-feet at normal 

maximum operation elevation of 210 

feet msl; (5) a powerhouse with 

approximate dimensions of 185 feet 

long by 80 feet wide by 120 feet high 

and containing two vertical Francis 

reversible pump/turbine-motor/ 

generator units rated for 125 megawatts 

each at 415 feet of net head; (6) a 120- 

foot-long, 28-foot-diameter tailrace 

tunnel connecting the pump/turbine 

draft tubes with the lower inlet/outlet; 

(7) a lower inlet/outlet structure 

equipped with one or two slide gates for 

isolating and dewatering the tailrace 

tunnel; (8) a substation containing stepup transformers, circuit breakers, and 

disconnect switches; (9) an 

underground 2-mile-long, 138-kilovolt 

(kV) transmission line extending from 

the project substation to an overhead 

138-kV transmission line owned by 

Commonwealth Edison (the point of 

interconnection); (10) a switchyard 

constructed at the point of 

interconnection; and (11) appurtenant 

facilities. The estimated annual 

generation of the Elmhurst Quarry 

Project would be 708.5 gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Anthony 

Charlton, Director, Department of 

Environmental Concerns, DuPage 

County Center, 421 N. County Farm 

Road, Wheaton, Illinois 60187; phone: 

(630) 407–6698. 


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