Document ID: FERC-2011-1200-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Competing Preliminary Permit Applications: Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXXV; Riverbank Hydro No. 4, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-08-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 48840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20155]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project Nos. 14136-000; 14139-000]

Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends Fund XXXV Riverbank Hydro No. 4, LLC; 
Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing 
and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    On April 1, 2011, Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends Fund XXXV (Hydro Friends) 
and Riverbank Hydro No. 4, LLC (Riverbank Hydro) filed preliminary 
permit applications, 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) Lock and Dam No. 5, located on the 
Mississippi River near Minnesota City, Minnesota, in Winona County, 
Minnesota, and Buffalo County, Wisconsin. 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.
    Hydro Friends' proposed Project Oscar Project No. 14136-000 would 
consist of: (1) A 109-foot-wide, 40-foot-high lock frame module placed 
in a new gate constructed in the downstream portion of an inactive, 
incomplete auxiliary lock of the Lock and Dam No. 5; (2) a 109-foot-
wide, 40-foot-high lock frame module placed east of the movable section 
of the Lock and Dam No. 5 in an existing levee of the east abutment; 
(3) a new switchyard and control room located on the eastern side of 
the dam; and (4) a new 3-mile-long, 115-kilovolt transmission line 
extending from the switchyard to a nearby distribution line which would 
feed the project power to the grid. Each lock frame module would 
consist of ten 7-foot-diameter hydropower turbines each rated at 650 
kilowatts (kW) based on a design head of 9 feet with a total rated 
capacity per module of 6.5 megawatts (MW) resulting in a total project 
installed capacity of 13 MW. Each module would be equipped with fish/
debris screens located upstream of each module and control door 
assemblies that can open and close off flow to the units when needed. 
The project's average annual generation would be 79,770 megawatt-hours 
(MWh), and the project would operate run-of-release.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, Managing Partner, Lock+\TM\ 
Hydro Friends Fund XXXV, 5090 Richmond Avenue 390, Houston, TX 
77056, phone (877) 556-6566, extension 709.
    Riverbank Hydro's Mississippi 5 Hydroelectric Project No. 14139-000 
would consist of: (1) A forebay and intake structure equipped with a 
trashrack constructed upstream of the powerhouse on the east section of 
the dam in the existing levee of the east abutment; (2) a reinforced 
concrete powerhouse containing five turbine-generators each with a 
rating of 4,000 kW for a total project installed capacity of 20 MW; (3) 
a tailrace directing river flows back into the Mississippi River; and 
(4) a 13.1-mile-long, 69-kV transmission line feeding the project power 
to an existing transmission line. The intake, powerhouse, and tailrace 
dimensions would be determined during the permit period. The project's 
average annual generation would be 87,000 MWh at a head range of 5.0 to 
9.5 feet, and the project would operate run-of-release.
    Applicant Contact: Kuo-Bao Tong, Riverbank Power Corporation, Royal 
Bank Plaza, South Tower, P.O. Box 166, 200 Bay Street, Suite 3230, 
Toronto, ON, Canada M5J 2J4, phone (416) 861-0092, extension 154.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, sergiu.serban@ferc.gov, (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. 
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 each project, including a copy of the 
applications, 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-14136-000, or P-14139-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: August 3, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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