[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00100]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14716-000]
Water District No. 1 of Johnson County, KS; Notice of Preliminary
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions
To Intervene, and Competing Applications
On September 30, 2015, Water District No. 1 of Johnson County, KS
filed an application for a preliminary permit under section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act proposing to study the feasibility of the proposed
WaterOne Kansas River Hydroelectric Project No. 14716-000, to be
located at the existing WaterOne Kansas River Weir on the Kansas River,
near the town of Kanas City, in Wyandotte County, Kansas. The WaterOne
Kansas River Weir is owned by the Water District No.1 of Johnson
County, KS.
The proposed project would consist of: (1) An existing 1,284-foot-
long weir structure comprised of eighteen 54-foot-diameter substrate
filled, concrete capped cells; (2) a new 42-foot-long, 72-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two 550-kilowatt vertical
Kaplan hydropower turbine-generators having a total combined generating
capacity of 1.1 megawatts; (3) a new 20-foot-long by 20-foot-wide
switchyard containing a 480 volt(V) to 2,400V step-up transformer; (4)
a new 400 to 500-foot-long, 2,400V underground transmission line; and
(5) appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated annual
generation of 7,700,000 kilowatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael J. Armstrong, 10747 Renner
Boulevard, Lenexa, KS 66219; telephone (913) 895-5500.
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
[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-14716-000.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
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-14716) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: December 31, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-00100 Filed 1-7-16; 8:45 am]
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