Document ID: FERC-2014-1020-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: License Applications: Free Flow Power Project 92, LLC; Two-Year Licensing Process
Posted Date: 2014-08-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46796-46797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18885]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 14276-001; AD13-9-000]

Free Flow Power Project 92, LLC; Notice of Intent To File License 
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of 
the Two-Year Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Two-Year Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 14276-001.
    c. Date Filed: May 5, 2014.
    d. Submitted By: Free Flow Power Project 92, LLC (FFP).
    e. Name of Project: Kentucky River Lock & Dam No. 11 Hydroelectric 
Project.
    f. Location: On the Kentucky River, in Estill and Madison Counties, 
Kentucky. No federal lands are occupied by the project works or located 
within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's regulations 
and Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Dan Lissner, Free Flow Power 
Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114; (978) 
252-7111; email_dlissner@free-flow-power.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar at (202) 502-6863; or email at 
sarah.salazar@ferc.gov.
    j. On May 5, 2014, FFP filed a notice of intent to file an original 
license application, a pre-application document, and a request to be 
selected as a pilot project to test a two-year licensing process, 
pursuant to the requirements identified in the Commission's January 6, 
2014 Notice. The Commission provided public notice of the request on 
June 5, 2014. In a letter dated August 4, 2014, the Director of the 
Office of Energy Projects approved FFP's request to use the proposed 
two-year licensing process.
    k. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues

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that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document 
should file a request to do so by September 3, 2014. The Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file your request using 
the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. Your filing must include on the first page, the 
project name (Kentucky River Lock & Dam No. 11 Hydroelectric Project) 
and number (P-14276-001), and bear the heading: ``Request to be a 
Cooperating Agency.''
    Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that 
agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental 
document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
    l. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating 
consultation with the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer, as 
required by section 106, National Historical Preservation Act, and the 
implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    m. With this notice, we are designating FFP as the Commission's 
non-federal representative for carrying out informal consultation 
pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and 
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act.
    n. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

     Dated: August 4, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-18885 Filed 8-8-14; 8:45 am]
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