Free Flow Power Ohio River 8, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 42665-42666 [E9-20224]
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for the project. Further, if an intervener
files comments or documents with the
Commission relating to the merits of an
issue that may affect the responsibilities
of a particular resource agency, they
must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
Scoping comments may be filed
electronically via the Internet in lieu of
paper. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filings. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link.
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Comment.’’
k. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing Markland
Hydroelectric Project consists of a
powerhouse integrated into the north
end of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ (Corps) Markland dam,
which was constructed by the Corps
between 1959 and 1964. The project has
a total installed capacity of 64.8
megawatts (MW) and produces an
average annual generation of 350,454
megawatt-hours. All generated power is
utilized within the applicant’s electric
utility system. The project operates in
run-of-release mode, has no storage, and
only uses flows released by the Corps.
The project consists of the following
facilities: (1) A 96-foot-high, 248-footwide intake structure, with steel
trashrack panels installed along the east
side, directing flows to the connected
powerhouse; (2) a powerhouse, integral
to the Corps’ Markland dam, containing
three vertical shaft Kaplan turbine/
generator units with a total installed
capacity of 64.8 MW; (3) a tailrace
discharging flows immediately
downstream of the dam; (4) a substation
about 250 feet north of the powerhouse;
(5) an approximately 750-foot-long
existing access road; (6) a 9.37-milelong, 138-kilovolt transmission line in a
100-foot-wide right-of-way extending to
Fairview, Indiana; and (7) appurtenant
facilities. The applicant is proposing to
add a new, approximately 300-foot-long
access road, leading to a new parking
area for recreation use at the tailrace of
the dam.
m. 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
https://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
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n. Scoping Process:
The Commission intends to prepare
an Environmental Assessment (EA) on
the project in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act. The
EA will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency
scoping meeting and one public
meeting. The agency scoping meeting
will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)
concerns, while the public scoping
meeting is primarily for public input.
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend one or both of the meetings,
and to assist the staff in identifying the
scope of the environmental issues that
should be analyzed in the EA. The times
and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009.
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: Best Western Ogle Haus
Meeting Rooms.
Address: 1013 W. Main St., Vevay,
Indiana.
Public Scoping Meeting
Site Visit
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct a project site visit beginning at
1 p.m. on September 17, 2009. All
interested individuals, organizations,
and agencies are invited to attend. All
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participants should meet at the parking
lot of the Markland Hydroelectric
Project, 13901 State Highway 156,
Florence, Indiana. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation
to the site. Anyone with questions about
the site visit should contact Ms. Tamara
Styer of Duke Energy at (704) 382–0293.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will:
(1) Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
EA; (2) solicit from the meeting
participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the
resources at issue; (3) encourage
statements from experts and the public
on issues that should be analyzed in the
EA, including viewpoints in opposition
to, or in support of, the staff’s
preliminary views; (4) determine the
resource issues to be addressed in the
EA; and (5) identify those issues that
require a detailed analysis, as well as
those issues that do not require a
detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a
stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission
proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and
agencies with environmental expertise
and concerns are encouraged to attend
the meeting and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the EA.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009.
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Best Western Ogle Haus
Meeting Rooms.
Address: 1013 W. Main St., Vevay,
Indiana.
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EIS were distributed to
the parties on the Commission’s mailing
list. Copies of the SD1 will be available
at the scoping meeting or may be
viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link
(see item m above).
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13545–000]
Free Flow Power Ohio River 8, LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
August 14, 2009.
On July 14, 2009, Free Flow Power
Ohio River 8, LLC filed an application
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the
Whiskey Bay Hydrokinetic Energy
Project, located on the Atchafalaya
River, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, and
Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. The sole
purpose of a preliminary permit, if
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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.
The proposed project would consist
of: (1) 1,860 turbine-generator units
configured in a series of turbine arrays
which in turn will be grouped to form
turbine fields; (2) a combination of
freestanding pilings, a floating bargelike platform, or existing shore
infrastructure such as dock pilings onto
which the turbine arrays will be
moored; (3) submersible electric cables
interconnecting the arrays within each
turbine field and transmit the turbine
field’s generation to a shore station; (4)
several shore stations each consisting of
less than 100 square meters which will
transition the submersible cabling to the
overhead transmission; (5) a 8.3 mile, 69
kV line interconnecting the shore
stations and delivering power to the
project substation; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The proposed project would
generate about 163 gigawatt-hours
annually.
Applicant contact: Ramya
Swaminathan, Free Flow Power
Corporation, 33 Commercial Street,
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930,
phone: (978) 226–1531.
FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, 202–
502–6211.
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.
Comments, motions to intervene,
notices of intent, and competing
applications may be filed electronically
via the Internet. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site under the
‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed
electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For
more information on how to submit
these types of filings please go to the
Commission’s Web site located at https://
www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp.
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 https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P–13545) in
the docket number field to access the
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document. For assistance, call toll-free
1–866–208–3372.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–20224 Filed 8–21–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13543–000]
Free Flow Power Ohio River 6, LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
August 14, 2009.
On July 14, 2009, Free Flow Power
Ohio River 6, LLC filed an application
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the
Krotz Springs Hydrokinetic Energy
Project, located on the Atchafalaya
River, Pointe Coupee, Saint Landry, and
Saint Martin Parishes, Louisiana. 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.
The proposed project would consist
of: (1) 1,110 turbine-generator units
configured in a series of turbine arrays
which in turn will be grouped to form
turbine fields; (2) a combination of
freestanding pilings, a floating bargelike platform, or existing shore
infrastructure such as dock pilings onto
which the turbine arrays will be
moored; (3) submersible electric cables
interconnecting the arrays within each
turbine field and transmit the turbine
field’s generation to a shore station; (4)
several shore stations each consisting of
less than 100 square meters which will
transition the submersible cabling to the
overhead transmission; (5) a 4.5 mile, 69
kV line interconnecting the shore
stations and delivering power to the
project substation; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The proposed project would
generate about 96 gigawatt-hours
annually.
Applicant contact: Ramya
Swaminathan, Free Flow Power
Corporation, 33 Commercial Street,
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930,
phone: (978) 226–1531.
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FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, 202–
502–6211.
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.
Comments, motions to intervene,
notices of intent, and competing
applications may be filed electronically
via the Internet. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site under the
‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed
electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For
more information on how to submit
these types of filings please go to the
Commission’s Web site located at
https://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. 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
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–13543) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
call toll-free 1–866–208–3372.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13541–000]
Free Flow Power Ohio River 4, LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
August 14, 2009.
On July 14, 2009, Free Flow Power
Ohio River 4, LLC filed an application
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the
Melville Crevasse Hydrokinetic Energy
Project, located on the Atchafalaya
River, Pointe Coupee and Saint Landry
Parishes, Louisiana. 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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13545-000]
Free Flow Power Ohio River 8, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
August 14, 2009.
On July 14, 2009, Free Flow Power Ohio River 8, LLC filed an
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Whiskey
Bay Hydrokinetic Energy Project, located on the Atchafalaya River,
Saint Landry, Saint Martin, and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. The sole
purpose of a preliminary permit, if
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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.
The proposed project would consist of: (1) 1,860 turbine-generator
units configured in a series of turbine arrays which in turn will be
grouped to form turbine fields; (2) a combination of freestanding
pilings, a floating barge-like platform, or existing shore
infrastructure such as dock pilings onto which the turbine arrays will
be moored; (3) submersible electric cables interconnecting the arrays
within each turbine field and transmit the turbine field's generation
to a shore station; (4) several shore stations each consisting of less
than 100 square meters which will transition the submersible cabling to
the overhead transmission; (5) a 8.3 mile, 69 kV line interconnecting
the shore stations and delivering power to the project substation; and
(6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would generate about
163 gigawatt-hours annually.
Applicant contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow Power Corporation,
33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930, phone: (978)
226-1531.
FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, 202-502-6211.
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.
Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing
applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically,
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to
the Commission's Web site located at https://www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp. 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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13545) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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