Document ID: FERC-2015-1368-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Lock(plus) Hydro Friends Fund X, LLC; Energy Resources USA, Inc.
Posted Date: 2015-10-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61808-61809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26071]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14695-000; Project No. 14705-000]

Lock+TM Hydro Friends Fund X, LLC; Energy Resources 
USA Inc.; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    On July 20, 2015, and August 26, 2015, Lock+TM Hydro 
Friends Fund X, LLC and Energy Resources USA Inc. respectively, filed 
preliminary permit applications pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of a hydropower project, 
to be located at the existing Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 24 on 
the Mississippi River, near the city of Clarksville in Pike County, 
Missouri and Calhoun County, Illinois. Mississippi River Lock and Dam 
No. 24 is owned by the United States government and operated by the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers. 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 owner's express permission.
    Lock+TM Hydro Friends Fund X, LLC's proposed project 
would consist of: (1) three new 450-foot-wide by 25-foot-deep modular 
hydropower systems, each containing ten new 1-megawatt (MW) turbine-
generator units, having a total combined generating capacity of 30 
megawatts; (2) a new 200-foot-long by 450-foot-wide tailrace; (3) a new 
3-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line; (4) a new 25-foot by 50-
foot switchyard; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project would have 
an estimated annual generation of 170,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse, P.O. Box 43796, Birmingham, AL 
35243; (877) 556-6566, extension 709.
    Energy Resources USA Inc.'s proposed project would consist of: (1) 
a new 770-foot-long by 300-foot-wide intake area; (2) a new 90-foot by 
220-foot reinforced concrete powerhouse; (3)

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four 3-MW turbine-generators, having a total combined generating 
capacity of 12 MW; (4) a new 1,000-foot-long by 220-foot-wide tailrace 
area; (5) a new 60-foot-long by 50-foot-wide substation; (6) a new 50-
foot-wide by 60-foot-long substation; (7) a new 5.49-mile-long, 115-
kilovolt transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an estimated annual generation of 102.5 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander Gonzalez, 2655 Le June Road, Suite 
804, Coral Gables, FL 33134; +34 93 252 3840.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, (202) 502-6331.
    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-14695-000 or P-14705-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of either 
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-14695 or P-14705) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 7, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-26071 Filed 10-13-15; 8:45 am]
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