Document ID: FERC-2016-0469-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Energy Resources USA, Inc.
Posted Date: 2016-04-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19165-19166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07529]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14746-000]

Energy Resources USA, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To 
Intervene

    On December 22, 2015, Energy Resources USA, Inc. (Energy Resources) 
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 Taylorsville Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project (Taylorsville Project 
or project) to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 
Taylorsville Lake Dam on the Salt River in Spencer County, Kentucky. 
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) A control 
structure with one spill gate; (2) one 8-foot-diameter, 120-foot-long 
penstock with a butterfly valve; (3) a bifurcation structure; (4) two 
5.5-foot-diameter, 32-foot-long penstocks; (5) a powerhouse containing 
two generating units with a total capacity of 3 megawatts; (6) a 90-
foot-long, 60-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a substation; and (8) a 2.5-mile-
long, 69 kV transmission line. The proposed project would have an 
estimated average annual generation of 9,500 megawatt-hours, and 
operate as directed by the Corps.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander Gonzalez, Energy Resources USA Inc., 
2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 804, Coral Gables, Florida 33134; Phone: 
(954) 248-8425; Email: agonzalez@energyresources.es.
    FERC Contact: Christiane Casey; phone: (202) 502-8577.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments and motions to intervene 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 
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of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14746-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14746) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 29, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-07529 Filed 4-1-16; 8:45 am]
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