
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 57377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22697]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14553-000]


Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC; Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To 
Intervene

    On August 30, 2013, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC (MAH) filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Dashields Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project (Dashields Project or 
project) to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Dashields 
Lock and Dam on the Ohio River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 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.
    MAH's permit application is filed in competition with FFP Project 
133, LLC's proposed Dashields Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project No. 
14524-000, which was publicly noticed July 3, 2013. The deadline for 
filing competing applications was September 1, 2013. MAH's competing 
permit application is timely filed.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 
powerhouse located adjacent to the right descending bank immediately 
downstream of a 350-linear-foot section of the existing dam; (2) 
fourteen Very Low Head (VLH) 4000 turbine units with a total capacity 
of 7 megawatts; (3) a permanent submersible magnet generator housed in 
each turbine hub; and (4) a new 69-kilovolt transmission line 
approximately 2.1 miles long. The estimated annual generation of the 
Dashields Project would be 41.4 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Kristina Johnson, Mid-Atlantic Hydro, LLC, 5425 
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; phone: (301) 718-
4432.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments and motions to intervene using the Commission's eFiling system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or 
(202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper 
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should 
include docket number P-14553-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14553) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 12, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-22697 Filed 9-17-13; 8:45 am]
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