[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13178-13179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5484]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13968-000]


Qualified Hydro 36, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On January 3, 2011, Qualified Hydro 36, LLC filed an application, 
pursuant to Section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Kaskaskia Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 
13968, to be located at the existing Kaskaskia Lock and Dam on the

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Kaskaskia River, near the Town of Chester, in Randolph County, 
Illinois. The Kaskaskia Lock and Dam is owned by the United States 
government and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 330-foot-long by 
150-foot-wide by 60 foot-high reinforced concrete powerhouse; (2) a new 
100-foot-long by 100-foot-wide tailrace channel; (3) a new 100-foot-
long by 100-foot-wide intake structure; (4) two horizontal bulb 
turbines with a combined capacity of 8.0 megawatts; (5) a new 50 foot 
by 60 foot, 10 MVA substation adjacent to the powerhouse; (6) a new-
47,500 foot-long, 34 to 69-kilovolt transmission line; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an estimated annual 
generation of 28.0 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, 33 Commercial Street, 
Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 226-1531.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, (202) 502-6331.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance date 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 
(http://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.gov; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, for 
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly 
recommends electronic filing, documents may also 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 http://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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13968) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 4, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-5484 Filed 3-9-11; 8:45 am]
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