Document ID: FERC-2016-0280-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Energy Resources USA Inc.
Posted Date: 2016-02-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 9177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03827]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14747-000]

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

    On December 22, 2015, the Energy Resources USA Inc. filed an 
application for a preliminary permit under section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of the proposed William H. 
Harsha Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 14747-000, to be located at 
the existing William H. Harsha Lake Dam on the East Fork of Little 
Miami River, near the City of Batavia, in Clermont County, Ohio. The 
William H. Harsha Lake Dam is owned by the United States government and 
operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 16-foot by 7.5-
foot by 9-foot concrete conduit fitted with a 7-foot by 8-foot 
discharge gate; (2) a new 210-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter steel penstock 
fitted with a butterfly valve; (3) a new 65-foot by 45-foot reinforced 
concrete powerhouse containing two 1.4-megawatt (MW) horizontal Francis 
turbine-generators having a total combined generating capacity of 2.8 
MW; (4) a new 90-foot-long by 60-foot-wide tailrace; (5) a new 45-foot-
long by 30-foot-wide substation; (6) a new 1-mile-long, 69-kilovolt 
transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The project would 
have an estimated annual generation of 8.24 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander Gonzalez, 350 Lincoln Road, 2nd Floor, 
Miami, FL 33139; telephone (954) 248-8425.
    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-14747-000.
    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-14747) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 18, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-03827 Filed 2-23-16; 8:45 am]
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