Document ID: FERC-2011-0167-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Mahoning Hydropower, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-02-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6459-6460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2483]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13954-000]

Mahoning Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

January 31, 2011.
    On December 30, 2010, Mahoning Hydropower, LLC filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Berlin Lake 
Hydroelectric Project (Berlin Lake Project or project) to be located on 
the Mahoning River, in the town of Berlin Center, in Portage and 
Mahoning counties, Ohio. 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 project would use Federal lands owned 
and managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Pittsburg 
District.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A 40-foot-
long, 30-foot-wide concrete powerhouse located below the existing 
Berlin Lake Dam containing one tubular S-Type propeller turbine-
generator unit with a capacity of 1.1 megawatts placed inside the 
existing 5-foot-wide, 7-foot-tall, 80-foot-long sluice intake conduit 
through the existing eastern pier; (2) a new 12.5-kilovolt, 300-foot-
long transmission line connecting the powerhouse to an existing sub-
transmission system to the east; and (3) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the Berlin Lake Project would be 6,200 
megawatt-hours at a head range of 40-70 feet.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Anthony J. Marra III, General Manager, 11365 
Normandy Lane, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023; phone: (440) 804-6627.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (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''

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link of Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-13954-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2483 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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