Marseilles Land & Water Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 4029 [E9-1133]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 13 (Thursday, January 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 4029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1133]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13351-000]


Marseilles Land & Water Company; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 
and Establishing a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

January 13, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original License.
    b. Project No.: 13351-000.
    c. Date filed: December 30, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Marseilles Land & Water Company.
    e. Name of Project: Marseilles Lock and Dam Project.
    f. Location: On the Illinois River, in the town of Marseilles, La 
Salle County, Illinois. This project would not occupy any federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825 (r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Lee W. Mueller, Architect and Vice President, 
Marseilles Land & Water Company, 4132 S. Rainbow Blvd., 247, 
Las Vegas, NV 89103, (702) 367-7302.
    i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, Stephen.Kartalia@ferc.gov, (202) 
502-6131.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, state, and local 
agencies and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/or special expertise 
with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the 
preparation of the environmental document. Agencies who would like to 
request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing 
comments 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 ] 
Sec.  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 a factual basis for complete analysis of the application on its 
merits, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person must file a 
request for the study with the Commission no later than 60 days from 
the application filing date, and serve a copy of the request on the 
applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: March 2, 2009.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Additional study requests may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the 
``eFiling'' link. After logging into the eFiling system, select 
``Comment on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and 
continue with the filing process.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The Marseilles Lock and Dam Project would 
utilize the head created by the existing 24-foot-high Army Corps of 
Engineers (Corps) Marseilles Lock and Dam and two existing Corps 
headgate structures and would consist of: (1) The existing north and 
south headraces in which a portion of the south headrace would be 
filled in and joined to the existing north headrace which would be 
deepened to accommodate the flow from both headraces leading to; (2) a 
new intake structure and forebay leading to; (3) a new powerhouse 
containing four generating units with a total installed capacity of 
10.26 megawatts (MW); (4) a new tailrace discharging water back to the 
Illinois River; (5) a new underground transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The project would operate in a run-of-river mode.
    o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
Web at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
filed to access the documents. For assistance, please contact FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-
3676 or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    p. You may also register online at https://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.
    q. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Illinois Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by section 
106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR pt. 800.4.
    r. Final amendments: Final amendments to the application must be 
filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date 
of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-1133 Filed 1-21-09; 8:45 am]
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