Document ID: FERC-2009-1855-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Muskingum Valley Hydro; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2009-12-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 240)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13584-000]

 
Muskingum Valley Hydro; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

December 10, 2009.
    On September 14, 2009, Muskingum Valley Hydro filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Muskingum Valley Deer 
Creek Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 13584, to be located at the 
existing Deer Creek Dam, on the on the Deer Creek, in Pickaway County, 
Ohio. 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 existing Deer Creek Dam is owned and operated by the U.S. Corps 
of Engineers, and includes the existing reservoir, dam, outlet works, 
and tailrace. The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 30-foot-
long by 30-foot-wide powerhouse to be located on the downstream side of 
Deer Creek Dam below the outlet works; (2) two 50-foot-long, 48-inch-
diameter penstocks; (3) two new turbine generator units for a total 
installed capacity of 9.15 megawatts; (4) a new 400-foot-long, 14.7-
kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would operate in run-of-river mode and generate an 
estimated average annual generation of 34,057 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Randall J. Smith, Muskingum Valley Hydro, 4950 
Frazeysburg Road, Zanesville, Ohio 43701, (740) 891-5424.
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts, (202) 502-6123.
    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. 
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 
under the ``eFiling'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp. More information about this project 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-
13568) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-29923 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]

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