Document ID: FERC-2011-0675-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
Posted Date: 2011-05-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 84 (Monday, May 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24472-24473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10539]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14108-000]

Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On March 8, 2011, Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (WMMPA) 
filed an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of a hydropower project at the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Mississippi River Lock and Dam 
15 structure located on the Mississippi River, near the 
Township of Davenport, in Scott County, Iowa. The Mississippi Lock and 
Dam No. 15 is owned by the United States government and operated by the 
U.S. 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.
    WMMPA's proposed Mississippi Lock and Dam 15 Project No. 
14108 would consist of: (1) A 350-foot-long by 300-foot-wide intake 
channel; (2) a 250-foot-long by 300-foot-wide tailrace channel; (3) a 
new 190-foot-long by 280-foot-wide by 60-foot-high concrete powerhouse; 
(4) six new pit-type axial flow turbine-generators units with a 
combined capacity of 33.8 megawatts; (5) a new 9,700-foot-long, 69-
kilovolt transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an estimated annual generation of 230 gigawatt-hours.

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    Applicant Contact: Mr. Raymond J. Wahle, P.E., Missouri River 
Energy Services, 3724 W. Avera Drive, Sioux Falls, SD 57109; (605) 330-
6963.
    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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. 
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site 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. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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 7fnl;http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-14108-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: April 26, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-10539 Filed 4-29-11; 8:45 am]
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