
[Federal Register: July 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 145)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13391-000]

 
Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends Fund I, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

July 23, 2009.
    On March 6, 2009, and supplemented on May 29, 2009, and June 26, 
2009,

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Lock+\TM\ Hydro Friends Fund I, LLC filed an application for a three-
year preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), to study the feasibility of the proposed Mighty Mouse 
Project. The Mighty Mouse Project would be located on the Mississippi 
River at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam No. 5a in 
Fountain City, Winona County, Minnesota, and in Buffalo County, 
Wisconsin.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new lock door placed 
in an auxiliary lock that would hold seven new turbine generating units 
with a total capacity of 4,963 kW; (2) new removable panels to control 
flow through the turbine units; and (3) appurtenant facilities. Project 
power would be transmitted through a 1,000-foot-long, 36.7-kV 
transmission line. The estimated annual generation is 41,330 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, Hydro\\ Friends Fund I, 
LLC, 5090 Richmond Avenue, Suite 390, Houston, TX 77056; 877-556-6566, 
ext. 709.
    FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy, (202) 502-8755.
    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. 
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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may 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 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-
13391) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-18150 Filed 7-29-09; 8:45 am]

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