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

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13465-000]

 
Henry County, IA; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

July 23, 2009.
    On May 12, 2009, Henry County, Iowa filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Oakland Mills Dam Project No. 
13465, to be located at the existing Oakland Mills Dam, on the Skunk 
River, in Henry 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 
owners' express permission.
    The existing Oakland Mills Dam is owned by Henry County and was 
constructed in 1926 and used for power generation for nearly 40 years 
before being abandoned. The proposed project would consist of: (1) The 
existing 7-foot-high Oakland Mills concrete dam quipped with a 250-
foot-long spillway, an 8-foot-wide fishway, a 75-foot-wide section 
consisting of a 23-foot-wide taintor gate, and a 127-foot-wide section 
that includes the remaining foundation of the original powerhouse; (2) 
an existing 28-acre impoundment with 62-acre-feet of usable storage; 
(3) a new 45-foot-wide by 60-foot-long intake conduit connecting to; 
(4) five new 200-kilowatt (kw) turbine generator units to be located in 
the Skunk River for a total installed capacity of 1,000 kw; (5) a new 
50-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed project would operate in run-of-river mode and 
generate an estimated average annual generation of 7,008,000 kilowatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: John Pullis, Director, Henry County Conservation 
Department, 2593 Nature Center Drive, Mount Pleasant, Iowa 52641, (319) 
986-5067.
    FERC Contact: Michael Watts, (202) 502-6123.
    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 ``eFiling'' 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-
13465) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-18152 Filed 7-29-09; 8:45 am]

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