[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 84 (Monday, May 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10540]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 14111-000; 14112-000; 14113-000]
Qualified Hydro 26, LLC; Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund VII; Western
Minnesota Municipal Power Agency; Notice of Competing Preliminary
Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments,
Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
On March 15, 2011, Qualified Hydro 26, LLC (Qualified Hydro), Lock+
Hydro Friends Fund VII (Hydro Friends) and Western Minnesota Municipal
Power Agency (WMMPA) filed preliminary permit applications, pursuant to
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the
feasibility of a hydropower project at the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' (Corps) Mississippi River Lock and Dam 11
structure, located on the Mississippi River near the Township of
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. 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 owner's express permission.
Qualified Hydro's Mississippi Lock and Dam 11 Project No.
14111 would consist of: (1) A 400-foot-long by 350-foot-wide intake
channel; (2) a 600-foot-long by 350-foot-wide tailrace channel; (3) a
new 750-foot-long by 6-foot-diameter buried steel penstock; (4) a new
250-foot by 325-foot concrete powerhouse containing six new turbine-
generators and associated switchgear, controls and ancillary systems;
the turbine-generator units have individual unit capacities of 3.0
megawatts (MW) and a combined capacity of 18 MW; (5) a new concrete 40-
foot by 50-foot control building constructed on the east side of the
powerhouse; (6) a 80-foot-long by 60-foot-wide, 20 megavolt-amperes
(MVA) substation; (7) a 20,000-foot-long transmission line extending
east from the substation to an interconnection point with an existing
transmission line on the Illinois side of the river; and (8)
appurtenant facilities. The proposed operating voltage would be between
115 and 161 kilovolt (kV). The project would have annual energy
production of 90 gigawatt-hours per year (GWh/yr), utilize Corps-
designated flows from the Mississippi Lock and Dam 11
structure, and operate as directed by the Corps.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow Power
Corporation, 239 Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114; (978)
283-2822.
Hydro Friends' proposed Lock and Dam 11 Hydropower Project
No. 14112 would consist of: (1) Two 109-foot-wide by 40-foot-high lock
frame modules--one installed in the inactive auxiliary lock itself and
the other east of the movable section of the dam; each consisting of 10
hydropower turbines rated at 900 kilowatts (kW) and giving the project
a total rated capacity of 18 MW; (2) two new 150-foot-long by 110-foot-
wide tailrace channels; (3) a new 50-foot-long by 25-foot-wide
switchyard; (4) a 2-mile-long, 115- kV transmission line extending from
the switchyard to an existing nearby transmission line; and (5)
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an average annual
generation of 120 GWh/yr, and utilize Corps-designated flows from the
Mississippi Lock and Dam 11 structure.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, Chairman, Hydro Green
Energy, LLC, 5090 Richmond Avenue, 390, Houston, TX 77056;
(877) 556-6566 x709.
WMMPA's Mississippi Lock and Dam 11 Project No. 1411 would
consist of: (1) A 318-foot-long by 300-foot-wide intake channel; (2) a
265-foot-long by 300-foot-wide tailrace channel; (3) a new 190-foot-
long by 260-foot-wide by 40-foot-high concrete powerhouse containing
six new pit type axial flow turbine-generators and associated
transformers and switchgear; the turbine-generator units would have
individual unit capacities of 4.6 MW and a combined capacity of 27.6
MW; (4) a new 9.4-mile-long, 69 kV transmission line extending from the
switchyard near the proposed powerhouse to an interconnection point
with an existing substation on the Wisconsin side of the river; and (5)
appurtenant facilities. The project would have annual energy production
of 190 GWh/yr, utilize Corps designated flows from the Mississippi Lock
and Dam 11 structure, and operate as directed by the Corps.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Raymond J. Wahle, P.E., Missouri River
Energy Services 3724 W. Avera Drive, Sioux Falls, SD 57109; (605) 330-
6963.
FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, [email protected] (202)
502-6331.
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.
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36. 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 http://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 http://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. 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.
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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14111, P-14112, or P-14113-000) in the
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support.
Dated: April 26, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-10540 Filed 4-29-11; 8:45 am]
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