80 FR 18614 - Lock 11 Hydro Partners; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 66 (April 7, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18614-18615]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07926]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14666-000]


Lock 11 Hydro Partners; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On March 4, 2015, Lock 11 Hydro Partners 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 Lock 11 Hydroelectric 
Station Project (Lock 11 Project or project) to be located at the 
Kentucky River Authority's Lock and Dam #11, on the Kentucky River, 
near the town of College Hill, in Estill and Madison Counties, 
Kentucky. 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 consist of the following: (1) An 
existing 208-foot-long, 35-foot-high concrete dam with a 52-foot-wide 
abandoned lock chamber;

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(2) an existing 19.9-mile-long reservoir having a storage capacity of 
6,900-acre-feet; (3) 7 new axial flow turbine-generators installed in 
the existing lock chamber having a total capacity of 2,800 kilowatts; 
and (4) a new 1,000-foot-long, 12.47 kilo-Volt transmission line. The 
project is estimated to generate an average of 11,000 megawatt-hours 
annually.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. David Brown Kinloch, Shaker Landing Hydro 
Associates, 414 S. Wenzel Street, Louisville, KY 40204; phone: (502) 
589-0975.
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer; phone: (202) 502-6093.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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 at 
[email protected], (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-14666-000.
    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-14666) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 1, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-07926 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am]
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