
[Federal Register: August 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 157)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13444-000]

 
McGinnis, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

August 7, 2009.
    On April 29, 2009, McGinnis, Inc. filed an application, pursuant to 
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the Willow Island Hydrokinetic Project, to be located on 
the Ohio River, in Washington County, Ohio and Pleasants County, West 
Virginia.
    The proposed Willow Island Project would be located approximately 
500 to 2,200 feet downstream of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Willow 
Island Lock and Dam. The proposed project would consist of: (1) Ten 
turbine generators, with a total installed capacity of 350 kilowatts, 
mounted to a single barge attached to the riverbed; (2) an armored 
submarine cable to transmit power generated to a metering station and 
transformer on shore at the southeast side of the Willow Island Dam; 
(3) a new approximately 500-foot-long, or alternatively a new 1.26-
mile-long, 13.2 kilovolt transmission line, which would extend from an 
existing substation to interconnect with the grid at the existing 
hydropower facility at the Willow Island Dam; and (4) appurtenant 
facilities. The Willow Island Project would have an estimated average 
annual generation of 1533 megawatts-hours, which would be distributed 
to the power grid or sold directly to industrial, commercial, or 
municipal users.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Bruce McGinnis, Sr., McGinnis, Inc., P.O. 
Box 534, 502 Second St. Ext., South Point, Ohio 45680, (740) 377-4391, 
bmcginnis@mcginnisinc.com.
    FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) 502-8969.
    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-
13444) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-19615 Filed 8-14-09; 8:45 am]

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