Document ID: FERC-2015-1376-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Lock(plus) Hydro Friends Fund XI, LLC; Energy Resources USA, Inc.
Posted Date: 2015-10-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 61803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26070]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14694-000; Project No. 14711-000]

Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends Fund XI, LLC; Energy Resources USA Inc.; 
Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing 
and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    On July 20, 2015, and September 2, 2015 Lock+TM Hydro 
Friends Fund XI, LLC (Hydro Friends Fund) and Energy Resources USA Inc. 
(Energy Resources) respectively, filed preliminary permit applications 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act proposing to study 
the feasibility of a hydropower project, to be located at the existing 
Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 25 on the Mississippi River, near 
the city of Winfield in Lincoln County, Missouri and Calhoun County, 
Illinois. Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 25 is owned by the United 
States government and operated by the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers. 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 owner's express 
permission.
    Hydro Friends Fund's proposed project would consist of: (1) Three 
new 450-foot-wide by 25-foot-deep modular hydropower systems, each 
containing ten new 1-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units, having a 
total combined generating capacity of 30 megawatts; (2) a new 200-foot-
long by 450-foot-wide tailrace; (3) a new 7-mile-long, 69-kilovolt 
transmission line; (4) a new 25-foot by 50-foot switchyard; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated annual 
generation of 170,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse, P.O. Box 43796, Birmingham, AL 
35243; (877) 556-6566, extension 709.
    Energy Resources' proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 770-
foot-long by 300-foot-wide intake area; (2) a new 90-foot by 220-foot 
reinforced concrete powerhouse; (3) four 3-MW turbine-generators, 
having a total combined generating capacity of 12-MW; (4) a new 1,000-
foot-long by 220-foot-wide tailrace area; (5) a new 40-foot by 35-foot 
substation; (6) a new 50-foot-wide by 60-foot-long substation; (7) a 
new 7.69-mile-long, 115-kilovolt transmission line; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The project would have an estimated annual generation of 
101.9 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander Gonzalez, 2655 Le June Road, Suite 
804, Coral Gables, FL 33134; +34 93 252 3840.
    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, 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-14694-000 or P-14711-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of either 
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-14694 or P-14711) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 7, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-26070 Filed 10-13-15; 8:45 am]
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