Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene, 57377 [2013-22697]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 18, 2013 / Notices Issued September 12, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. A free webcast of this event is available through www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Springer or David Reininger at 703–993–3100. Immediately following the conclusion of the Commission Meeting, a press briefing will be held in the Commission Meeting Room. Members of the public may view this briefing in the designated overflow room. This statement is intended to notify the public that the press briefings that follow Commission meetings may now be viewed remotely at Commission headquarters, but will not be telecast through the Capitol Connection service. [FR Doc. 2013–22777 Filed 9–16–13; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14553–000] emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene On August 30, 2013, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC (MAH) filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Dashields Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project (Dashields Project or project) to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dashields Lock and Dam on the Ohio River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 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. MAH’s permit application is filed in competition with FFP Project 133, LLC’s VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:45 Sep 17, 2013 Jkt 229001 proposed Dashields Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 14524–000, which was publicly noticed July 3, 2013. The deadline for filing competing applications was September 1, 2013. MAH’s competing permit application is timely filed. The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new powerhouse located adjacent to the right descending bank immediately downstream of a 350linear-foot section of the existing dam; (2) fourteen Very Low Head (VLH) 4000 turbine units with a total capacity of 7 megawatts; (3) a permanent submersible magnet generator housed in each turbine hub; and (4) a new 69-kilovolt transmission line approximately 2.1 miles long. The estimated annual generation of the Dashields Project would be 41.4 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Kristina Johnson, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; phone: (301) 718– 4432. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502–6336. Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments and motions to intervene using the Commission’s eFiling system at 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, (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–14553–000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–14553) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: September 12, 2013. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–22697 Filed 9–17–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57377 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14493–000] KC Pittsfield LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On February 1, 2013, KC Pittsfield LLC filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Drum-Spaulding Small Hydro Project (Drum-Spaulding Small Hydro Project or project) to be located on the Bear and American Rivers, near the city of Auburn, Placer County, California. 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 use facilities that are part of Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s (PG&E) DrumSpaulding Project, FERC No. 2310. The proposed project would consist of two new development sites and a proposed re-commission of an existing powerhouse. KC Pittsfield’s Lake Valley Canal development, located at the drop between the Lake Valley canal and the Drum canal, would consist of: (1) The 8,400-foot-long Lake Valley canal; (2) an existing 30-inch-diameter, 2,100-footlong pipeline serving as a penstock; (3) a new powerhouse containing a single Pelton type turbine generator rated at 1,300 kilowatts; and (4) approximately 800 feet of a new three-phase power line that will follow an existing PG&E road, and an upgrade of 1,600 feet of existing transmission line from single-phase to three-phase. KC Pittsfield’s proposed development would have an average annual generation of 4 gigawatt-hours. KC Pittsfield’s proposed Bear-Halsey Canal Drop development would consist of: (1) An existing 30-foot drop at the end of the Bear River canal into the Halsey forebay; (2) a new powerhouse enclosing a propeller or bulb-type turbine generator rated at 800 kilowatts, located at the terminus of the Bear River canal discharge to the Halsey forebay; and (3) approximately 200 feet of new three-phase power line and the upgrade of approximately 1,400 feet of singlephase line to three-phase line. This E:\FR\FM\18SEN1.SGM 18SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14553-000]


Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To 
Intervene

    On August 30, 2013, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC (MAH) filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Dashields Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project (Dashields Project or 
project) to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Dashields 
Lock and Dam on the Ohio River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 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.
    MAH's permit application is filed in competition with FFP Project 
133, LLC's proposed Dashields Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 
14524-000, which was publicly noticed July 3, 2013. The deadline for 
filing competing applications was September 1, 2013. MAH's competing 
permit application is timely filed.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 
powerhouse located adjacent to the right descending bank immediately 
downstream of a 350-linear-foot section of the existing dam; (2) 
fourteen Very Low Head (VLH) 4000 turbine units with a total capacity 
of 7 megawatts; (3) a permanent submersible magnet generator housed in 
each turbine hub; and (4) a new 69-kilovolt transmission line 
approximately 2.1 miles long. The estimated annual generation of the 
Dashields Project would be 41.4 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Kristina Johnson, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC, 5425 
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; phone: (301) 718-
4432.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments and motions to intervene using the Commission's eFiling system 
at 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, (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-14553-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14553) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 12, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-22697 Filed 9-17-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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