Document ID: FERC-2013-1301-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2013-10-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 60271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23876]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14549-000]

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

    On August 16, 2013, 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 Francis E. Walter 
Hydroelectric Project (Francis Walter Project or project) to be located 
at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Francis E. Walter Dam on 
the Lehigh River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 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) An 11-
foot-diameter steel penstock attached to the existing outlet; (2) a 
concrete powerhouse to be located on the right descending bank; (3) 6-
megawatt (MW) and 3-MW generators for a total installed capacity of 9.0 
MW; (4) a concrete tailrace to direct flow from the powerhouse back 
into the Lehigh River; (5) a proposed 0.5-mile-long, 12.4-kilovolt 
transmission line interconnecting with an existing Pennsylvania Power 
and Light transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the project would be 26 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Jennifer Mesirow, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC, 5425 
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; phone: (301) 718-
4826.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
    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-14549-000.
    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-14549) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 25, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23876 Filed 9-30-13; 8:45 am]
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