
[Federal Register: January 5, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 2)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13456-000]

 
FFP Iowa 4, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

December 29, 2009.
    On April 30, 2009, FFP Iowa 4, LLC filed an application pursuant to 
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the 
feasibility of the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 17 Water Power 
Project (Lock & Dam 17 Project), to be located at River Mile 437.1 on 
the Mississippi River near Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa and in Mercer 
County, Illinois.
    The proposed Lock & Dam 17 Project would be located at the existing 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock & Dam No. 17 and would consist of: 
(1) Twenty nine 525-kilowatt (kW) Very Low Head (VHL) generating units 
to be installed integral with the dam, and one hundred 37.5-kW 
hydrokinetic generating units to be installed in the Mississippi River 
in an area just downstream of the dam; (2) a combined capacity of 17.7 
megawatts (MW) for all turbine generating units; and (3) an existing 
single overhead three-phase 27,000-foot-long, 69-kilovolt (or greater) 
transmission line connected to an existing above-ground local 
distribution system. The project would have an estimated average annual 
generation of 86,400 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Daniel R. Irvin, Free Flow Power 
Corporation, 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 252-
7631.
    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-13456) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-
866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-31324 Filed 1-4-10; 8:45 am]

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