Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLII, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions, 12304-12305 [2013-04080]
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Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on March 8, 2013.
Dated: February 15, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Project No. 13739–002]
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Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLII, LLC;
Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting
Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major Original
License.
b. Project No.: 13739–002.
c. Date filed: September 17, 2012.
d. Applicant: Lock+ Hydro Friends
Fund XLII, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Braddock Locks
and Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the existing U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers’ Braddock Locks and
Dam on the Monongahela River, in
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The
project would occupy about 0.19 acre of
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)—825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark R.
Stover, Lock+TM Hydro Friends Fund
XLII, LLC, c/o Hydro Green Energy,
LLC, 900 Oakmont Lane, Suite 310,
Westmont, IL 60559; (877) 556–6566
ext. 711; email—mark@hgenergy.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at (202)
502–8902; or email at
john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
recommendations, terms and
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conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice;
reply comments are due 105 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/
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502–8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an
original and seven copies to: Kimberly
D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor 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.
k. This application has been accepted
and is now ready for environmental
analysis.
l. The proposed project would utilize
the existing U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ Braddock Locks and Dam
and the Braddock Pool, and would
consist of the following new facilities:
(1) A new powerhouse with five
turbine-generators having a total
installed capacity of 3,750 kilowatts; (2)
a new approximately 2,585-foot-long,
23-kilovolt electric distribution line; (3)
a switchyard and control room; and (4)
appurtenant facilities. The average
annual generation is estimated to be
25,020 megawatt-hours.
The proposed project would deploy
hydropower turbines within a patented
‘‘Large Frame Module’’ (LFM) that
would be deployed on the south (river
left) side of the dam, opposite the
location of the existing navigational
locks and at the upstream face of the
existing left closure weir. The proposed
modular, low environmental impact
powerhouse would be approximately
60.4 feet long, 16.6 feet wide, and 40
feet high, and constructed of structural-
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grade steel. The powerhouse will bear
on a concrete foundation on rock that is
anchored to the existing left closure
weir. A trash rack with 6-inch openings
would be placed at the powerhouse
intake to increase safety and protect the
turbines from large debris.
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
Online Support. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY
COMMENTS’’,
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS
AND CONDITIONS,’’ or
‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the
heading the name of the applicant and
the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the
filing; and (4) otherwise comply with
the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
through 385.2005. All comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions
or prescriptions must set forth their
evidentiary basis and otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).
Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant.
Each filing must be accompanied by
proof of service on all persons listed on
the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and
385.2010.
You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
n. Public notice of the filing of the
initial development application, which
has already been given, established the
due date for filing competing
applications or notices of intent. Under
the Commission’s regulations, any
competing development application
must be filed in response to and in
compliance with public notice of the
initial development application. No
competing applications or notices of
intent may be filed in response to this
notice.
o. A license applicant must file no
later than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
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the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality
certification.
Dated: February 15, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER10–2602–004.
Applicants: NewPage Energy Services,
LLC.
Description: NewPage Energy
Services, LLC Market-Based Rate Tariff
to be effective 2/12/2013.
Filed Date: 2/11/13.
Accession Number: 20130211–5141.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/4/13.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2603–002.
Applicants: Rumford Paper Company.
Description: Rumford Paper Company
Market-Based Rate Tariff to be effective
2/12/2013.
Filed Date: 2/11/13.
Accession Number: 20130211–5150.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/4/13.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2604–002.
Applicants: Luke Paper Company.
Description: Luke Paper Company
Market-Based Rate Tariff to be effective
2/12/2013.
Filed Date: 2/11/13.
Accession Number: 20130211–5136.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/4/13.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2606–004.
Applicants: Consolidated Water
Power Company.
Description: Consolidated Water
Power Company Market-Based Rate
Tariff to be effective 2/12/2013.
Filed Date: 2/11/13.
Accession Number: 20130211–5129.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/4/13.
Docket Numbers: ER10–2609–004.
Applicants: Escanaba Paper Company.
Description: Escanaba Paper Company
Market-Based Rate Tariff to be effective
2/12/2013.
Filed Date: 2/11/13.
Accession Number: 20130211–5131.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/4/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–410–001.
Applicants: Entergy Gulf States
Louisiana, L.L.C.
Description: Compliance Filing to be
effective 6/22/2012.
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Filed Date: 2/11/13.
Accession Number: 20130211–5191.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/4/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–922–000.
Applicants: Northern States Power
Company, a Wisconsin corporation.
Description: 2013–02–12_NSPW
Medford Intercon Agrmt-NOC–317 to be
effective 12/31/2012.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5063.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–923–000.
Applicants: Arizona Public Service
Company.
Description: Southwest Valley 500kV
Project between SRP and APS to be
effective 4/15/2013.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5081.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–924–000.
Applicants: Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc.
Description: 02–12–2013 SA 2510
Rochester Minn La Crosse T–T IA to be
effective 2/13/2013.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5117.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–925–000.
Applicants: Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc.
Description: 02–12–2013 SA 2511
NSP–MN Minn La Crosse T–T IA to be
effective 2/13/2013.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5121.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–926–000.
Applicants: Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc.
Description: 02–12–2013 SA 2512
NSP–WI Wisc La Crosse Owners T–T IA
to be effective 2/13/2013.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5123.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–927–000.
Applicants: AES Beaver Valley, LLC.
Description: AES Beaver Valley, LLC
submits Notice of Termination of
Transmission Agreement.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5134.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
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Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: February 12, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER13–449–001.
Applicants: California Independent
System Operator Corporation.
Description: 2013–02–13 Circular
Scheduling Compliance to be effective
2/1/2013.
Filed Date: 2/13/13.
Accession Number: 20130213–5090.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/6/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–790–001.
Applicants: Nevada Power Company.
Description: Rates Schedule No. 111
Second Amended & Restated PPA ORNI
42 to be effective 1/24/2013.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5170.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–928–000.
Applicants: Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc.
Description: 2013–02–12 SSR as a
Resource Filing to be effective 3/20/
2013.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5167.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–929–000.
Applicants: Nevada Power Company.
Description: Rate Schedule Nos. 76 &
77 Concurrence in SCE—Eldorado to be
effective 1/1/2013.
Filed Date: 2/12/13.
Accession Number: 20130212–5171.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. e.t. 3/5/13.
Docket Numbers: ER13–930–000.
Applicants: Midwest Independent
Transmission System Operator, Inc.
Description: 02–12–2013 SA1560 4th
Amended G298 GIA to be effective 2/13/
2013.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13739-002]
Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLII, LLC; Notice of Application Ready
for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major Original License.
b. Project No.: 13739-002.
c. Date filed: September 17, 2012.
d. Applicant: Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLII, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Braddock Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Braddock
Locks and Dam on the Monongahela River, in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania. The project would occupy about 0.19 acre of federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark R. Stover, Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends
Fund XLII, LLC, c/o Hydro Green Energy, LLC, 900 Oakmont Lane, Suite
310, Westmont, IL 60559; (877) 556-6566 ext. 711; email_
mark@hgenergy.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre at (202) 502-8902; or email at
john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice; reply comments are due 105 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/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration,
using the eComment system at https://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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file,
mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor 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.
k. This application has been accepted and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
l. The proposed project would utilize the existing U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers' Braddock Locks and Dam and the Braddock Pool, and would
consist of the following new facilities: (1) A new powerhouse with five
turbine-generators having a total installed capacity of 3,750
kilowatts; (2) a new approximately 2,585-foot-long, 23-kilovolt
electric distribution line; (3) a switchyard and control room; and (4)
appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to
be 25,020 megawatt-hours.
The proposed project would deploy hydropower turbines within a
patented ``Large Frame Module'' (LFM) that would be deployed on the
south (river left) side of the dam, opposite the location of the
existing navigational locks and at the upstream face of the existing
left closure weir. The proposed modular, low environmental impact
powerhouse would be approximately 60.4 feet long, 16.6 feet wide, and
40 feet high, and constructed of structural-grade steel. The powerhouse
will bear on a concrete foundation on rock that is anchored to the
existing left closure weir. A trash rack with 6-inch openings would be
placed at the powerhouse intake to increase safety and protect the
turbines from large debris.
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 Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development
application, which has already been given, established the due date for
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the
initial development application. No competing applications or notices
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
o. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of
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the request for certification, including proof of the date on which the
certifying agency received the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of
water quality certification.
Dated: February 15, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-04080 Filed 2-21-13; 8:45 am]
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