Document ID: FERC-2011-1612-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Drawings: Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXXV and Riverbank Hydro No. 4, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-10-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 65720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27385]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14136-000; Project No. 14139-000]

Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXXV, Riverbank Hydro No. 4, LLC; Notice 
Announcing Preliminary Permit Drawing

    The Commission has received two competing preliminary permit 
applications deemed filed at the same time for proposed hydropower 
projects at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lock and Dam No. 5, 
located on the Mississippi River near Minnesota City, Minnesota, in 
Winona County, Minnesota, and Buffalo County, Wisconsin.\1\ The 
applications were filed by Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXXV for Project 
No. 14136 and Riverbank Hydro No. 4, LLC, for Project No. 14139.
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    \1\ The applications were received after Commission business 
hours on March 31, 2011. Under the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, any document received after regular business hours is 
considered filed at 8:30 a.m. on the next regular business day. 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(2) (2011). Therefore, the applications are deemed 
filed at 8:30 a.m. on April 1, 2011.
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    On October 27, 2011, at 2 p.m. (eastern time), the Secretary of the 
Commission, or her designee, will conduct a random drawing to determine 
the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The 
Commission will select among competing permit applications, as provided 
in section 4.37 of its regulations.\2\ The priority established by this 
drawing will be used to determine which applicant will be considered to 
have the first-filed application.
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    \2\ 18 CFR 4.37 (2011).
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    The drawing is open to the public and will be held in room 2C, the 
Commission Meeting Room, located at 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 
20426. A subsequent notice will be issued by the Secretary announcing 
the results of the drawing.

    Dated: October 18, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-27385 Filed 10-21-11; 8:45 am]
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