Riverbank Minnesota, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 18193 [2010-8074]
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n. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed
according to the following Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule may be made as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Tendering Notice ...................................................................................................
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis (when FERC
approved studies are complete).
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues EA ..........................................................................................
Comments on EA ..................................................................................................
Modified Terms and Conditions ............................................................................
o. 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. 2010–8076 Filed 4–8–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13654–000]
Riverbank Minnesota, LLC; Notice of
Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
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April 2, 2010.
On January 12, 2010, Riverbank
Minnesota, LLC filed an application,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act, proposing to study the
feasibility of the Chippewa County
Pumped Storage Project No. 13654, to be
located north of the City of Granite Falls
and the Minnesota River in Chippewa
County, Minnesota.
The proposed pumped storage project
would consist of: (1) A new
approximately 135-acre, 30-foot-deep
upper reservoir constructed of enclosed
earth embankments; (2) a new lower
reservoir excavated in granite bedrock at
a depth of approximately 1,800 feet
below the surface, consisting of six
approximately 150-foot-high, 90-footwide underground galleries; (3) a new
approximately 20 to 100-foot-diameter
intake structure; (4) a new
approximately 1,800-foot-long, 20-footdiameter penstock from the intake
structure to an underground
powerhouse; (5) a new approximately
380-foot-long, 83-foot-wide, and 400foot-high underground powerhouse; (6)
four new reversible pump-turbines with
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a total combined capacity of 1,000
megawatts; (7) a new 330-foot-long, 55foot-wide, and 400-foot-high
transformer gallery; (8) a new 200 to
1,000-foot-long, 230-kilovolt
transmission line; and (9) appurtenant
facilities. The project would have an
estimated annual generation of 2,190
gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Douglas
Spaulding, Nelson Energy, 8441
Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 101, Golden
Valley, MN 55426, (952) 544–8133.
FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry, (202)
502–8328.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing application: 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
‘‘eFiling’’ 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
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–13654) 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
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Commission
[Project No. 12626–002]
Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC;
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Motions To
Intervene and Protests
April 2, 2010.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major
License.
b. Project No.: 12626–002.
c. Date filed: March 31, 2009.
d. Applicant: Northern Illinois
Hydropower, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Dresden Island
Project.
f. Location: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Dresden Island Dam on the
Illinois River, in the Town of Morris,
Grundy County, Illinois.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Damon
Zdunich, Northern Illinois Hydropower,
LLC, 801 Oakland Avenue, Joliet, IL
60435, (312) 320–1610.
i. FERC Contact: Dr. Nicholas Palso,
(202) 502–8854 or
nicholas.palso@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests: 60 days from the
issuance date of this notice.
All documents may be filed
electronically via the Internet. 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 ‘‘eFiling’’ link.
For a simpler method of submitting text
only comments, click on ‘‘Quick
Comment.’’ For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY,
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13654-000]
Riverbank Minnesota, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
April 2, 2010.
On January 12, 2010, Riverbank Minnesota, LLC filed an application,
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study
the feasibility of the Chippewa County Pumped Storage Project No.
13654, to be located north of the City of Granite Falls and the
Minnesota River in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
The proposed pumped storage project would consist of: (1) A new
approximately 135-acre, 30-foot-deep upper reservoir constructed of
enclosed earth embankments; (2) a new lower reservoir excavated in
granite bedrock at a depth of approximately 1,800 feet below the
surface, consisting of six approximately 150-foot-high, 90-foot-wide
underground galleries; (3) a new approximately 20 to 100-foot-diameter
intake structure; (4) a new approximately 1,800-foot-long, 20-foot-
diameter penstock from the intake structure to an underground
powerhouse; (5) a new approximately 380-foot-long, 83-foot-wide, and
400-foot-high underground powerhouse; (6) four new reversible pump-
turbines with a total combined capacity of 1,000 megawatts; (7) a new
330-foot-long, 55-foot-wide, and 400-foot-high transformer gallery; (8)
a new 200 to 1,000-foot-long, 230-kilovolt transmission line; and (9)
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated annual
generation of 2,190 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Douglas Spaulding, Nelson Energy, 8441 Wayzata
Boulevard, Suite 101, Golden Valley, MN 55426, (952) 544-8133.
FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry, (202) 502-8328.
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing application: 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 ``eFiling'' 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 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-13654) 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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