[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66910-66911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26653]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 13687-002, 14554-000]
Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing
Applications; American Municipal Power, Inc.; FFP Project 3, LLC
On September 4, 2013, American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) and Free
Flow Power Project 3, LLC (FFP) filed preliminary permit applications,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study
the feasibility of a hydropower project at the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' (Corps) Pike Island Lock and Dam, located on the Ohio River
near the City of Yorkville, Ohio, in Belmont County, Ohio, and Ohio
County, West Virginia. 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.
AMP's proposed Pike Island Hydro Project No. 13687-002 would be
located at the west end of the existing Pike Island dam structure and
consist of: (1) A 155-foot-wide, 71-foot-tall water intake structure;
(2) a 155-foot-wide, 189-foot-long concrete powerhouse containing two
turbine-generators each rated at 25 megawatts (MW) for a total
installed capacity of 50 MW; (3) a 160-foot-wide, 350-foot-long
tailrace channel; (4) a 8.75-mile-long, 138-kilovolt (kV) overhead
transmission line conveying the project power to a substation belonging
to American Electric Power Corporation and located in Brillant, Ohio;
and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project would occupy several acres
of federal lands, would operate run-of-river and generate about 256,000
megawatt-hours (MWh) annually.
Applicant Contact: Philip E. Meier, Vice President Hydro Electric
Development and Operations, American Municipal Power, Inc., 1111
Schrock Road, Suite 100, Columbus, OH 43229, phone 614-540-0913.
FFP's Pike Island Hydroelectric Project No. 14554-000 would also be
located at the west end of the existing Pike Island dam structure and
consist of: (1) A 225-foot-wide, 50-foot-long water intake structure;
(2) a 160-foot-wide, 140-foot-long concrete powerhouse containing three
turbine-generators each rated at 15 MW for a total installed capacity
of 45 MW; (3) a 200-foot-wide, 500-foot-long tailrace channel; (4) a
7,800-foot-long, 138-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission line conveying
the project power to a substation belonging to Ohio Power and located
in Tiltonsville, Ohio; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project
would occupy several acres of federal lands, would operate run-of-river
and generate about 225,000 MWh annually.
Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow Power Corporation,
239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114, phone 978-283-2822,
extension 105.
FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, email [email protected], phone
202-502-6211.
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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
[email protected], (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-13687-002 or P-14554-000.
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-13687-002, or P-14554-000) in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: October 31, 2013..
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-26653 Filed 11-6-13; 8:45 am]
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