Document ID: FERC-2010-1068-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications Tendered for Filing with Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests: Great River Hydropower, LLC
Posted Date: 2010-08-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 2, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 147)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: P-13637-001]

 
Great River Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

July 23, 2010.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-13637-001.
    c. Date filed: July 12, 2010.
    d. Applicant: Great River Hydropower, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Upper Mississippi River Lock & Dam No. 21 
Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located on the 
Mississippi River in Marion County, Missouri and Adams County, Illinois 
near the City of Quincy, Illinois. The proposed project would occupy 5 
acres of federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Arie DeWaal, Mead & Hunt Inc., 6501 Watts 
Road, Madison, WI 53719; Telephone (608) 273-6380.
    i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel, Telephone (202) 502-8675, or by e-
mail at janet.hutzel@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. 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).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: September 10, 2010.
    All documents 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/ferconline.asp) under the 
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' 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 eight copies to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would utilize the existing U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' Lock & Dam No. 21, and would consist of the following 
facilities: (1) A new hydropower structure, located about 100 feet 
downstream of the existing dam and having a total of 30 generating 
units with a total installed capacity of 15 megawatts; (2) a new 1.57-
mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line; (3) an existing substation; 
(4) a new access road; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The average 
annual generation would be about 74,000 megawatt-hours.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Illinois and Missouri State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO), as 
required by section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and 
the regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 
CFR 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--August 2010
Issue Acceptance Letter--October 2010
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--November 2010
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--January 2011
Issue Scoping Document 2--January 2011
Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis--April 2011
Notice of Availability of Draft EA--October 2011
Notice of Availability of Final EA--January 2012

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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