Document ID: FERC-2016-0446-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Energy Resources USA Inc.
Posted Date: 2016-03-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18611-18612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07233]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14765-000]

Energy Resources USA Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On March 4, 2016, the Energy Resources USA Inc. filed an 
application for a preliminary permit under section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of the proposed 
Mississinewa Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 14765-000, to be 
located at the existing Mississinewa Lake Dam on the Mississinewa 
River, near the City of Peru, in Miami County, Indiana. The 
Mississinewa Lake Dam is owned by the United States government and 
operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 15-foot by 10-foot 
by 90-foot-long concrete conduit; (2) a new 98-foot by 45-foot 
reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two 4-megawatt (MW) vertical 
Kaplan turbine-generators having a total combined generating capacity 
of 8 MW; (3) a new 300-foot-long by 95-foot-wide tailrace; (4) a new 
60-foot-long by 50-foot-wide substation with a 10-mega-volt-ampere 
4.16/69-kilovolt three-phase step-up transformer; (5) a new 2-mile-
long, 69-kilovolt transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. 
The project would have an estimated annual generation of 22.0 gigawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander Gonzalez, 350 Lincoln Road, 2nd Floor, 
Miami, FL 33139; telephone (954) 248-8425.
    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. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. 
Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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,

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please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 
208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic 
filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The 
first page of any filing should include docket number P-14765-000.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14765) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 22, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-07233 Filed 3-30-16; 8:45 am]
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