Document ID: FERC-2011-0862-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Lock Hydro Friends Fund I
Posted Date: 2011-06-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34071-34072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14384]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14107-000]

 Lock Hydro Friends Fund I; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On March 4, 2011, Lock Hydro Friends Fund I, filed an application, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of hydropower at the City of Austin's Longhorn Dam 
located on the Lower Colorado River in Travis County, Texas. 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 proposed project would consist of the following: (1) The 
existing 506-foot-long, 36-foot-high Longhorn dam; (2) the existing 
reservoir with a surface area of 525.0 acres and a storage capacity of 
6,000 acre-feet; (3) two prefabricated concrete walls attached to the 
downstream side of the dam which would support one power stack, also 
known as, a frame module; (4) the frame

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module would contain 2 generating units with a total combined capacity 
of 2.2 megawatts (MW); (5) a new switchyard containing a transformer; 
(6) a proposed 300-feet-long, 13-kilovolt (kV) transmission line to an 
existing distribution line. The proposed project would have an average 
annual generation of 10.6 megawatt-hours (MWh), which would be sold to 
a local utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse, Hydro Green Energy LLC, 5090 
Richmond Avenue 390, Houston, TX 77056; phone (877) 556-6566 
x709.
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502-6093.
    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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at (866) 208-
3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. 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 this project, including a copy of the 
application, 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-14107-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 31, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-14384 Filed 6-9-11; 8:45 am]
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