Document ID: FERC-2012-1744-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: City of Burlington, IA and FFP Iowa 5, LLC
Posted Date: 2012-10-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64331-64332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25683]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 13429-001; 14455-000]

City of Burlington, IA; FFP Iowa 5, LLC; Notice of Competing 
Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On September 4, 2012, the City of Burlington, Iowa filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 
proposing to study the feasibility of the City of Burlington Hydropower 
Project (Burlington Project) No. 13429-001, to be located on the 
Mississippi River, in Des Moines County, Iowa and Henderson County, 
Illinois. On the same date, FFP Iowa 5, LLC filed an application, 
pursuant to the FPA, proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Mississippi Lock and Dam No. 18 Water Power Project (L&D 18 Project) 
No. 14455, which would occupy approximately the same area as the 
Burlington Project.
    The proposed Burlington and L&D 18 projects would be located at the 
existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Lock and Dam No. 18, 
which consists of: (1) A 1,350-foot-long control dam with 14 tainter 
gates and 3 roller gates; (2) a 2,200-foot-long submersible earth dyke; 
and (3) an approximately 12,000-acre reservoir at a normal maximum pool 
elevation of 529.5 feet mean sea level (msl).
    The proposed Burlington Project would consist of: (1) Twenty-four 
very-low-head turbine-generator units that would have a generating 
capacity of 500 kilowatts each for a total installed capacity of 12 
megawatts; (2) a 675-foot-long reinforced concrete structure enclosing 
the turbine-generator units and having a top of deck elevation of 528 
feet msl, to be constructed on the western half of the existing dam and 
immediately downstream of the existing submersible dyke; (3) a 1-mile-
long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV) transmission line; and (4) appurtenant 
facilities. The project would have an estimated average annual 
generation of 66,200 megawatts-hours (MWh).
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim Ferneau, City Manager, City of 
Burlington, 400 Washington Street, Burlington, IA 52601; phone: (319) 
753-8120.
    The proposed L&D 18 Project would consist of: (1) A reinforced 
concrete powerhouse located on the western half of the existing dam and 
containing four horizontal Kaplan bulb or pit-Kaplan turbine-generator 
units, each rated at

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6.25 MW for a total installed capacity of 25 MW; (2) a substation 
constructed adjacent to the powerhouse; (3) a 30,000-foot-long, 12.5-kV 
overhead transmission line; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an estimated average annual generation of 100,000 MWh.
    Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow Power Corporation, 
239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114; phone: (978) 226-
1531.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, (202) 502-6211.
    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 ``e-Filing'' 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:[sol][sol]www.ferc.gov/
filing-comments.asp. More information about this project can be viewed 
or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of Commission's Web site at 
http:[sol][sol]www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 
number (P-13429 or 14455) in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

    Dated: October 12, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-25683 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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