Document ID: FERC-2015-0619-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2015-05-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 27949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11694]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14676-000]

 Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 21, 2015, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC, 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 Milford 
Hydroelectric Project (Milford Project) to be located on Republic 
River, near Junction City, Geary County, Kansas. 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 30-foot-
long, 50-foot-wide, 30-foot-high bifurcation structure connecting to 
the end of an existing 615.5-foot-long, 21-foot-wide concrete 
horseshoe-shaped conduit serving as the outlet for the Milford Dam 
Reservoir; (2) a 7-foot-diameter penstock extending from the 
bifurcation to the powerhouse; (3) a 50-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 30-
foot-high concrete powerhouse located downstream of the existing 
Milford Dam and adjacent to the south abutment, containing two 1.5 
megawatts Francis turbine generating units; (4) a 75-foot-long, 50-
foot-wide concrete tailrace directing flows from the powerhouse back to 
the existing stilling basin; (5) a 4,440-foot-long, 12.7-kilovolt 
transmission line delivering the project power to a distribution line 
belonging to the local electric cooperative; (6) a 40-foot-long, 40-
foot-wide switchyard containing a three-phase step-up transformer, 
protective equipment, and metering; (7) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the Milford Project would be 15,000 
megawatt-hours annually.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Juan Kimble, President, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, 
LLC, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; phone: 
(301) 718-4496.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211; email 
sergiu.serban@ferc.gov.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications 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 end 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-14676-000.
    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-14676) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 8, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-11694 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
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