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installed capacity of 4.6 MW; (7) a 

proposed 20-foot-wide roller gate; (8) a 

new intake flume with trashracks; (9) a 

new 150-foot-long recreational boat 

portage located along the north bank of 

the Kansas River; (10) a new 765-footlong, 12-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 

connecting to an existing 535-foot-long 

2.3-kV transmission line; and (8) 

appurtenant facilities. 

The project would be operated in a 

run-of-river mode, where water levels in 

the reservoir would be maintained near 

the top of the flash boards. To avoid 

potential flooding of upstream lands, 

the project would incorporate a 20-footwide roller gate designed to release 

flows up to 2,600 cfs. In addition, the 

flashboards would be designed to 

collapse during periods of high inflows 

when the water surface elevation rises 6 

inches above the top of the flashboards. 

o. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

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. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item (h) above. 

You may also register online at 

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

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

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

p. With this notice we intend to waive 

stage I and stage II pre-filing 

consultation requirements. On October 

6, 2009 Bowersock filed a preapplication document and request for 

waiver of stage I and stage II 

consultation. As required by sections 

5.3(d)(2) of the Commission’s 

regulations, on September 24, 2009 

Bowersock published notice in a local 

paper (the Lawrence Daily Journal) of its 

request to waive consultation which 

specified that comments should be filed 

with the Commission. The application 

includes letters from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and the Kansas 

Department of Wildlife and Parks, both 

indicating that there is sufficient 

information available to make a 

recommendation for licensing the 

project and that no further studies are 

necessary. Commission staff reviewed 

the application and comments received 

and determined that Bowersock’s 

application adequately addresses the 

issues such that no additional agency 

consultation is necessary. 

q. With this notice we intend to waive 

scoping. Based on a review of the 

application filed by Bowersock, 

resource agency consultation letters, 

and comments filed to date, 

Commission staff intends to prepare a 

single environmental assessment (EA). 

The EA will assess the potential effects 

of project construction and operation on 

geology and soils, aquatic, terrestrial, 

threatened and endangered species, 

recreation and land use, aesthetic, and 

cultural and historic resources. 

Commission staff determined that the 

issues that need to be addressed in its 

EA have been adequately identified 

during the pre-filing period for the 

application, which includes a public 

meeting and site visit conducted by 

Bowersock on August 13, 2009, and no 

new issues are likely to be identified 

through additional scoping. 

r. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following Hydro Licensing 

Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 

be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Additional study requests and cooperating agency request due.April 9, 2010. 

Notice of Acceptance, 

Intervenors, and 

Ready for Environmental Analysis 

issued.

April 23, 2010. 

Recommendations, 

preliminary terms & 

conditions, and 

fishway prescriptions 

due.

June 22, 2010. 

Commission issues EA August 20, 2010. 

Comments on EA due. September 20, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13616–000] 

Free Flow Power Qualified Hydro 23, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

March 3, 2010. 

On November 5, 2009, Free Flow 

Power Qualified Hydro 23, LLC (FFP 

Qualified Hydro 23) filed an application 

for a preliminary permit, pursuant to 

section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Felts Mills Hydroelectric Project No. 

13616, to be located at an existing 

partially breached dam at river mile 

19.2, on the Black River, in Jefferson 

County, New York. 

The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) A new 18.5-foot-high by 292-footlong concrete gravity dam, a refurbish 5- 

foot-high by 520-foot-long auxiliary 

dam, and a new 6-foot-high by 1,000- 

foot-long earthen embankment; (2) a 

new 140-acre impoundment with a 

normal water surface elevation of 589 

feet mean sea level; (3) an new 54-footlong by 74-foot-wide powerhouse to 

contain two new turbine-generator units 

for a total installed capacity of 5.0 

megawatts; (4) a new 2.6-mile-long, 23- 

kilovolt transmission line; and (5) 

appurtenant facilities. The proposed 

project would operate in a run-of-river 

mode and generate an estimated average 

annual generation of 40,000 megawatthours. 

FFP Qualified Hydro 23: Ramya 

Swaminathan, FFP Qualified Hydro 23, 

LLC., 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, 

MA 01930, (978) 283–2822. 

FERC Contact: Michael Watts, (202) 

502–6123. 

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. 

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 under the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. 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 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–13616) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

call toll-free 1–866–208–3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5041 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

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