80 FR 58729 - Shenango Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC; 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 189 (September 30, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 58729]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24742]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14698-000]


Shenango Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On August 11, 2015, Shenango Dam Hydroelectric Company, 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 
hydropower at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Shenango dam 
located on the Shenango River, near the Borough of Sharpsburg, Mercer 
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.
    The proposed Shenango Hydroelectric Project would consist of the 
following: (1) Five bulb turbines/generators having a total installed 
capacity of 2,500 kilowatts to be installed on the upstream face of the 
existing dam in five of the seven discharge conduits; (2) a proposed 
steel equipment building 11 feet wide by 40 feet long housing the 
switchgear and transformer; (3) a 400-foot-long, 14.7-kilovolt 
transmission line extending to an existing FirstEnergy transmission 
system; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have 
an average annual generation of 10,000 megawatthours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. David C. Sinclair, Advanced Hydro Solutions, 
LLC, 3000 Auburn Drive, Suite 430, Beachwood, OH 44122; phone: (216) 
472-5581.
    FERC Contact: Timothy Looney; phone: (202) 502-6096.
    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-14698-000.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14698) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 24, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-24742 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
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