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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13616-000]

 
Free Flow Power Qualified Hydro 23, LLC; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

March 3, 2010.
    On November 5, 2009, Free Flow Power Qualified Hydro 23, LLC (FFP 
Qualified Hydro 23) filed an application for a preliminary permit, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Felts Mills Hydroelectric Project No. 13616, to 
be located at an existing partially breached dam at river mile 19.2, on 
the Black River, in Jefferson County, New York.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new 18.5-foot-high by 
292-foot-long concrete gravity dam, a refurbish 5-foot-high by 520-
foot-long auxiliary dam, and a new 6-foot-high by 1,000-foot-long 
earthen embankment; (2) a new 140-acre impoundment with a normal water 
surface elevation of 589 feet mean sea level; (3) an new 54-foot-long 
by 74-foot-wide powerhouse to contain two new turbine-generator units 
for a total installed capacity of 5.0 megawatts; (4) a new 2.6-mile-
long, 23-kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. 
The proposed project would operate in a run-of-river mode and generate 
an estimated average annual generation of 40,000 megawatt-hours.
    FFP Qualified Hydro 23: Ramya Swaminathan, FFP Qualified Hydro 23, 
LLC., 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, (978) 283-2822.
    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-
13616) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-5041 Filed 3-9-10; 8:45 am]
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