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

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13499-000]

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

August 7, 2009.
    On June 2, 2009, Lock + TM Hydro Friends Fund X, LLC, filed an 
application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Green Thunder Hydroelectric 
Project, to be located on the Ohio River, in Ballard County, Kentucky 
and Pulaski County, Illinois.
    The proposed Green Thunder Project would be located at the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Olmstead Lock and Dam, which is 
presently under construction on the Ohio River, near

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Olmstead, Illinois. The newly constructed Olmstead Lock and Dam will 
extend in a south easterly direction across the Ohio River from 
Illinois to Kentucky.
    Once the Corps dam is completed, the proposed Green Thunder Project 
would include facilities upstream and downstream of the dam and on the 
Illinois and Kentucky sides of the river. The proposed project would 
consist of: (1) Two new underwater frame modules containing nine 
turbines each with a total installed capacity of 36 megawatts; (2) a 
new pre-fabricated, concrete-lined, power canal that would transport 
water from above the dam to below the dam on the Kentucky side of the 
river and contain the two aforementioned turbine modules installed side 
by side; (3) a new switchyard, transformer, and control room which 
would be located on the Illinois side of the river; (4) a new 
transmission line, which would extend across the river from the 
turbines to an existing transformer tie-in located about 1,000 feet 
from the Corps' lock and dam facilities; and (5) appurtenant 
facilities. The Green Thunder Project would have an estimated average 
annual generation of 284,018 megawatts-hours, which would be sold to a 
local utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, Managing Partner, Lock+ 
Hydro Friends Fund X, 5090 Richmond Avenue 390, Houston, TX 
77056, 877-556-6566 x709.
    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-
13499) 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. E9-19618 Filed 8-14-09; 8:45 am]

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