
[Federal Register: December 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 240)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13517-000]

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

December 10, 2009.
    On July 16, 2009, Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXIV, LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Project 
Transformer, which would be located at the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineer's Cape Fear River Lock and Dam No. 2 on the Cape fear River 
near the town of Elizabethtown, Bladen County, NC. 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 project would consist of the following:
    (1) Two lock frame modules consisting of eighteen 525 kilowatt 
turbines placed in a concrete-lined conduit of unknown dimensions. The

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modules would be located at the northeast end of the Corps dam; and (2) 
a proposed 69 kV transmission line approximately 2.3 miles long 
extending from the turbine units, crossing the Cape fear River, to an 
existing distribution line located southwest of the dam. The 9.45 
megawatt project would have an estimated annual generation of 74 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Wayne F. Krouse; Hydro Green Energy, LLC; 5090 
Richmond Avenue 390; Houston, TX 77056; phone: (877) 556-6566 
x709.
    FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar at monte.terhaar@ferc.gov or phone 202-
502-6035.
    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 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, 
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly 
encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To 
paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, 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-13517) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-29920 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]

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