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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13625–001] 

Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXX, LLC; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document, and Approving Use of the 

Traditional Licensing Process 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 13625–001. 

c. Date Filed: February 20, 2012. 

d. Submitted By: Lock+ Hydro 

Friends Fund XXX, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: New Cumberland 

Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: At the existing U.S. Army 

Corp Of Engineer’s New Cumberland 

Locks and Dam on the Ohio River at the 

border of Hancock County, West 

Virginia, and Jefferson County, Ohio. 

The project would occupy United States 

lands administered by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. 

Mark R. Stover, Lock+TM Hydro Friends 

Fund XXX, c/o Hydro Green Energy, 

LLC, 900 Oakmont Lane, Suite 310, 

Westmont, IL 60559; (877) 556–6566 

ext. 711; email—mark@hgenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington 

at (202) 502–6032 or email at 

gaylord.hoisington@ferc.gov. 

j. Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXX, 

LLC filed its request to use the 

Traditional Licensing Process on 

February 20, 2012. Lock+ Hydro Friends 

Fund XXX, LLC provided public notice 

of its request on February 22, 2012. In 

a letter dated April 10, 2012, the 

Director of the Division of Hydropower 

Licensing approved Lock+ Hydro 

Friends Fund XXX, LLC’s 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 under section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act and the 

joint agency regulations thereunder at 

50 CFR, Part 402; and (b) the West 

Virginia and Ohio State Historic 

Preservation Officers, as required by 

section 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXX, LLC as 

the Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act, and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXX, 

LLC filed a Pre-Application Document 

(PAD; including a proposed process 

plan and schedule) with the 

Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of 

the Commission’s regulations. 

n. 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, or for TTY, 

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

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

o. 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. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9278 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP12–100–000] 

Floridian Natural Gas Storage 

Company, LLC; Notice of Application 

Take notice that on March 30, 2012, 

Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company, 

LLC (FGS), 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 

4361, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the 

above referenced docket an application 

pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas 

Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations to amend the 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity authorized in Docket No. 

CP08–13–000. Specifically, FGS seeks 

authorization to, in the normal course of 

business, redeliver liquefied natural gas 

to transporting vehicles provided by its 

customers, all as more fully set forth in 

the application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site web 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 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Joan 

Darby, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, 1825 Eye 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20006, by 

telephone at (202) 420–2200 or by email 

at darbyj@dicksteinshaprio.com. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

7 copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

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. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

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Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and 7 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: May 2, 2012. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9277 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14329–000] 

Grand Coulee Project Hydroelectric 

Authority; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On December 1, 2011, the Grand 

Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority 

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 Banks Lake 

Pumped Storage Project (Banks Lake 

Project or project) to be located on 

Banks Lake and Franklin D. Roosevelt 

Lake (Roosevelt Lake), near the town of 

Grand Coulee, Douglas and Grant 

Counties, Washington. The project 

would be located on federal lands 

administered by the U.S. Bureau of 

Reclamation (Reclamation) and the U.S. 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM). 

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 has two 

alternatives: 

Alternative 1 

The proposed project would use 

Reclamation’s existing Banks Lake as 

the upper reservoir and Roosevelt Lake 

as the lower reservoir. The proposed 

project would consist of the following 

new facilities: (1) An upper reservoir 

inlet/outlet structure equipped with 

trash racks; (2) a 1.5-mile-long penstock 

consisting of a vertical shaft, power 

tunnel segments, and a tailrace section, 

extending between the upper reservoir 

inlet/outlet and the reversible turbine/ 

generator units in the powerhouse; (3) 

an underground powerhouse containing 

four reversible turbine/generator units 

rated for 250 megawatts (MW) each, for 

a total installed generation of 1,000 MW, 

or a powerhouse located on the shore of 

Roosevelt Lake, also containing four 

250–MW reversible turbine/generator 

units; (4) a 2-mile-long, 500-kilovolt 

(kV) transmission line extending from 

the project powerhouse to an existing 

500-kV substation; and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. The estimated annual 

generation of Alternative 1 for the Banks 

Lake Project would be 2,263 gigawatthours (GWh). 

Alternative 2 

The proposed project would use 

Reclamation’s existing Banks Lake as 

the lower reservoir. The proposed 

project would consist of the following 

new facilities: (1) A new 312-acre upper 

reservoir constructed approximately 

3,000 feet west of the existing Banks 

Lake, impounded by three earth and 

rockfill embankments, each with a crest 

elevation of 2,300 feet above mean sea 

level; (2) an upper reservoir inlet/outlet 

structure equipped with trash racks; (3) 

a 620-foot-long, 43-foot-diameter 

vertical shaft connecting the upper 

reservoir inlet/outlet structure to the 

power tunnels; (4) four 1,700-foot-long, 

17-foot-diameter power tunnels leading 

from the vertical shaft to the 

powerhouse; (5) an underground 

powerhouse containing four reversible 

turbine/generator units rated for 260 

MW each, for a total installed generation 

of 1,040 MW; (6) a 25-foot-diameter 

tailrace tunnel between the powerhouse 

and the existing Banks Lake; (7) a 2.4- 

mile-long, 500-kV transmission line 

extending from the project powerhouse 

to a new 500-kV substation; and (8) 

appurtenant facilities. The estimated 

annual generation of Alternative 2 for 

the Banks Lake Project would be 2,978 

GWh. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Ronald K. 

Rodewald, Secretary-Manager, Grand 

Coulee Project Hydroelectric Authority, 

P.O. Box 219, Ephrata, WA 98823; 

phone: (509) 754–2227. 

FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper; 

phone: (202) 502–6136. 

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. 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/ 

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 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

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–14329) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9273 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

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